permanent street kit?

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if you were about to put together a solid street kit what focal length lenses would you add...one or 2 bodies?
camera brands are not what i'm looking for or specific lenses...
would you consider only zoom lenses or no zooms?
what about close focal lengths like 35 and 50 (FF)?

mine would look like this (for apsc) format.
16
23
35
50
two bodies, preferably 2 of the same body.
 
One body only with just 35mm (FF)
- If you shoot long / often with just one FL, you can easily pre-visualize what you are going to get before lifting the camera to your eyes, , , ,
 
Joe, I could live with any of these kit options for street:


Fuji x100V with the wide and tele converter lenses; OR
Fuji X-T3 with 18-55; OR
Fuji X-Pro 3 with 16/2.8 and 35/2.
 
Yeah same here. One body (ff) and probably 35mm/28mm.

50mm is too narrow for me and usually excludes context of the subject which may be important if shooting street. Don't get me wrong, love 50mm focal length but just not my FL to go for street.

Marcelo
 
Jamie Pillers said:
Joe, I could live with any of these kit options for street:


Fuji x100V with the wide and tele converter lenses; OR
Fuji X-T3 with 18-55; OR
Fuji X-Pro 3 with 16/2.8 and 35/2.
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Nice suggestion Jamie. I would go with the Fuji X-T3 with 18-55 combo. Light/small and practical; also cover the most useful fl for steer IMHO.

Marcelo
 
50mm is my go-to, on a Barnack body with a SBOOI finder. If I add a second, it's a 28mm on another Barnack, also with an external finder (usually the mini 28/35).
 
If modern then one body and a compact zoom of your choice.

If older/manual focus cameras then one body, a 28 or 35 and a 50mm.
 
:)

One camera for use, ideally the same for spare. Two M Two, for example. Or two four-two.
Ideally, one lens. Fast, not too heavy. Lux 35 FLE, for example.

One thing I learned, less gear the better. It just hard to follow. Plus, street is just selfish hobby. For me.
With digital M it is somewhat closer to usable photography tool, not just hobby toy. And then second camera is with good metering, AF, dust shake and normally priced batteries.

So, film M as toy (but some might know how to sell street photography DR prints). One digital M (to have million subscribers on YouTube for nothing special close up faces pictures : ) ) and one digital camera with AF for something more real. Family photos, for example.

Less ego, for me would be small Pen F with compact, fast prime (good as in-home camera) plus f8 pancake and normal zoom, then Canon EOS R6 as second camera for higher IQ with couple of adapted Nikon F and one, two RF lenses (for local events). And digital M as total toy (street camera) suitable for "hey, this is nice camera" I like and hear on the streets.
Well, any shiny metal film camera is also the must for it as well. "Hey, is it film camera" I hear and like as well. Lenses are irrelevant for it, the status of cool photog is. Doesn't even needs to be loaded. I have seen it. Dudes wearing them just as status amulet.

:)

Honestly, one camera, one lens. The rest is next to irrelevant details...
 
Whilst shooting, one body...

Main lens 50mm (FF) or

15 or 28 wide / 100 or 105 long

Typical street shoot is one lens...

The road trip kit is 28, 50, 105 (FF)
 
M9 or an M4-P and a 35 or a 50.

Really depends on how I'm feeling. I can (have) lived with either combination for many years.

I've thought about going with a 40 to split the difference.
 
back alley said:
if you were about to put together a solid street kit what focal length lenses would you add...one or 2 bodies?
camera brands are not what i'm looking for or specific lenses...
would you consider only zoom lenses or no zooms?
what about close focal lengths like 35 and 50 (FF)?

mine would look like this (for apsc) format.
16
23
35
50
two bodies, preferably 2 of the same body.
Click to expand...

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.
 
Two bodies, 35mm (equiv.) on one, 50mm (equiv.) on the other. Maybe a 24mm (equiv.) in my pocket or a bag.
 
My kit would be,

5D Classic + 35/2.0
Ricoh GRD Classic


Mostly because those are the only cameras I really have short of my travelwide... which is for travel obviously ;)
 
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
 
jsrockit said:
APSC or FF
35mm, 50mm and 75/85mm equiv primes
One 24-120 F4 zoom equiv
One Fujifilm X100V
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i also have been thinking about 2 bodies (same) with 10-24 on one body and 16-80 on the second body...in theory this is an ideal kit but i physically prefer the smaller primes.
 
helenhill said:
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
Click to expand...

that x100v looks really good...
 
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