permanent street kit?

[BlackXList]

Currently 35, 50 and 90.

I'd love a 28, but there's nothing in the mount I'm currently using, and I need more practice with 35, so it's kind of a bonus.

 

[Uncle Brian]

One body one lens seems idea as I hate carrying stuff and I don't like using a camera bag. 50mm is my prefered focal length but for just street I think 28mm or 35mm might be better, all depends on how you do street photography. X100V does seem like the answer as you can get those lense adapter things 🙂 and they would fit into your pocket.

 

[back alley]

Too much gear to carry around for discrete street photog IMO.

One kamera, one lens or one kamera with fixed lens. Preferably a prime so relatively compact.
For me any of my rfs or slrs w one lens. Or Ricoh ff1/Nikonos V (super quiet, huge OVF) etc.

i look like santa clause...discrete is likely never gonna be part of my approach...

 

[Uncle Brian]

I think Santa uses a speed graphic ...
If you aren't trying to be discrete and you don't mind carrying gear and possibly have a love for camera bags than take two. It's all a compromise no right answer.

 

[nightfly]

If you can afford to keep the M6, do. At some point, you will want it and regret the sale.

By all means get a Fuji but I would hesitate to spend big bucks on a fixed lens Leica digital unless you are positive you want to shoot in 28mm, even then I'd get some flavor of Ricoh GR. Probably not as satisfying as using a Leica but I would bet the image quality is not that far off and it's so small you could use all the extra space in your pockets to hold the cash you didn't blow on the Leica...

as of late it's been M6 35 2.8 summaron

I am thinking of selling the M6, 50 collapsible summicron
(film days I have lost interest in)

Buying either the Leica Q ...totally silent camera, so faassst in AF, brilliant fixed 28 1.7 lux
OR the fuji X100F or V

 

[zuiko85]

One of my Olympus Pen VF half frame cameras. The all manual original with 28mm f3.5 lens (40mm E/full frame). That and a bag of 400 ISO B&W.

 

[Pfreddee]

How about a Rollei 35 SE? You can have any focal length you want as long as it's a 40mm.

With best regards,

Pfreddee(Stephen)

 

[zenza]

I just made my permanent street/travel kit.
Voigt Bessa R4A + Voigt 25mm F4 + Voigt 40mm 1.4. Wide angle covered, low light covered, aperture priority covered in a kit that weighs 800g 🙂

 

[Archiver]

Thinking about the focal lengths I prefer when walking around, I like:

24-25mm
28mm
35mm
50mm

My most used (translation: easiest) camera/focal length for street is the smallest wide angle camera/lens I can get, which in my case is 24mm with the Sony RX0 or Panasonic LX10. Before that, it was approximately 22mm with the Panasonic LX7 in 16:9 ratio.

I also like working with a 50 at the same time, so I can swap between the two focal lengths. For me, the 50 is the tiny Olympus 25/1.8 on the Panasonic GM1 or GX85, or the Leica M9 with 50 Cron. I often enjoy using the Sigma DP1 (28mm) with the M9 + 50, the Sigma around my neck and the M9 across my body. Another combination I enjoy is the Panasonic GH4 + Olympus 25/1.8 across my body and the Sony RX0 on my wrist. The Sony is light enough to dangle from my wrist if I switch to the Panasonic.

A 24-70 zoom lens would cover these focal lengths easily, but apart from the Panasonic LX10, any larger sensor option would be much bigger than a tiny prime and a pocket camera. The smallest way out of it would be the Panasonic 12-31mm collapsible pancake on a small m43 body, but the image quality isn't as good as primes, nor is depth of field shallow enough for my liking.


I have had enjoyable times shooting with the Canon 30D and 17-55, and the 5D Mark II with 24-105, but when compared with small cameras and tiny lenses, I much prefer the latter for size and weight.

 

[karateisland]

Once Nikon releases the 40mm pancake for the z, that’ll be it for me! Until then, Z6 with 35 or 50, but never both.

 

[presspass]

2 iiia cameras, 35 Elmar, 50 Summar, 90 Elmar and film. Tiny, competent, and very responsive. A two lens set would be 28-35-50 Tri-Elmar and 90 Macro Elmar with a .58 M.

 

[Rob-F]

I'd be good with just the 35mm equivalent--23mm, for APS-c. Maybe add a 25mm or 28mm equivalent. And then I might add a second body. Of course, I only have one M9, but I could use the X100 and the M9 with a 28mm.

 

[Gerry M]

For street, I have and use IIIf, M4, XE2, X100 with a slug of lenses. And yet today I shot street with a Canon EOS 5/A2, 19-35, Ultrafine Xtreme 400 and no bag. Just sayin', does the gear matter that much?

 

[Hari]

one rangefinder 35mm camera
lenses 15mm, 25mm, 50mm and 105mm

 

[nightfly]

Any links to photos with that Sony RX0?

Curious about that camera.

Thinking about the focal lengths I prefer when walking around, I like:

24-25mm
28mm
35mm
50mm

My most used (translation: easiest) camera/focal length for street is the smallest wide angle camera/lens I can get, which in my case is 24mm with the Sony RX0 or Panasonic LX10. Before that, it was approximately 22mm with the Panasonic LX7 in 16:9 ratio.

I also like working with a 50 at the same time, so I can swap between the two focal lengths. For me, the 50 is the tiny Olympus 25/1.8 on the Panasonic GM1 or GX85, or the Leica M9 with 50 Cron. I often enjoy using the Sigma DP1 (28mm) with the M9 + 50, the Sigma around my neck and the M9 across my body. Another combination I enjoy is the Panasonic GH4 + Olympus 25/1.8 across my body and the Sony RX0 on my wrist. The Sony is light enough to dangle from my wrist if I switch to the Panasonic.

A 24-70 zoom lens would cover these focal lengths easily, but apart from the Panasonic LX10, any larger sensor option would be much bigger than a tiny prime and a pocket camera. The smallest way out of it would be the Panasonic 12-31mm collapsible pancake on a small m43 body, but the image quality isn't as good as primes, nor is depth of field shallow enough for my liking.


I have had enjoyable times shooting with the Canon 30D and 17-55, and the 5D Mark II with 24-105, but when compared with small cameras and tiny lenses, I much prefer the latter for size and weight.

 

[Godfrey]

For street, I'll want a wide-normal, a long-normal, and an ultra-wide ... although only very rarely all in the same bag at the same time. I get into the rhythm of a particular view and work it for long periods of time without change, then make a sea-change to something different and do the same there.

Format is relevant only in how much or how little it allows me to making the focus zone deep or shallow, and like the choice or lens it varies for me in long cycles of shooting.

For Examples:

• APS-C digital and 10, 28, 35, and 43mm.
• 6x6 film using 50 and 80 mm.
• 35mm FF, film or digital, with 20, 35, 43, 50, 75mm.
• FourThirds with 11-22, 25, 35 mm.
• Minox C.
• Polaroid SX-70.

Each sees differently, and all have their place as part of my "street" kit. Work with one, or another, or another, etc, for extended periods. There is no "one solution" for me.

G

 

[gavinlg]

Leica m or similar body with a 35mm lens. The more lens choice I have the less productive I am.

 

[Godfrey]

i look like santa clause...discrete is likely never gonna be part of my approach...

Anyone can be discrete. Discrete and unintrusive is not the same as covert. 😉

G

 

[agentlossing]

All individuals are discrete. Not all are discreet 😉

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[back alley]

I just made my permanent street/travel kit.
Voigt Bessa R4A + Voigt 25mm F4 + Voigt 40mm 1.4. Wide angle covered, low light covered, aperture priority covered in a kit that weighs 800g 🙂

good choices!