speaking of gear...

[back alley]

and when aren't we...?


i went out today with both rd1 bodies and with the cv 28/1.9 and cv 35/1.2 attached...in truth i didn't even take the 28 out of the bag because i wanted to play with the new 35.
i started thinking that if i got the 50/1.1, i could easily live with that kit (and bulk up my arms a bit too) 😉.

i now have a slow and small kit and a large and fast kit and it would be a tough decision to make if i could only keep one kit. i mean, some days small is better but i had forgotten how nice a bigger lens feels in the hand. that big focus grip on the 35 is very nice and so fast to grab on to.

 

[jan normandale]

Joe, you're unstoppable
;D

 

[back alley]

Joe, you're unstoppable
;D

a bit scary eh?

must be a deep rooted feeling of loss stemming from my childhood...😉

 

[tbarker13]

It is a sickness that never ends. The perfect kit is only perfect until you've actually assembled it. At that point, you realize that perfection needs some refinement.

 

[Nikkor AIS]

I don't know, it sounds reasonable to me 😉. I tested the 35 1.2 myself and it seems like a really excellent low-light lens. Like you said Joe, it would make a great companion to the 50 1.1. Post some shots?

Gregory

 

[back alley]

...Yes, it's a disease...

we call it gas...

 

[back alley]

one of the reasons that i am building a set of fast lenses is that i spend 7 months of the year in near darkness.
in winter, all the daylight hours happen while i am at work. i drive to work and home in darkness.

as to a fast 50, i have the zm sonnar which is a 1.5 and while a 1.1 may not be all that much faster, it IS faster plus i don't seem to use the sonnar as much as i thought i would. perhaps a switch in lenses might change that for me.
if i were to get the 1.1, i would need to sell the zm and likely my little elmar collapsable, leaving me with a large, fast lens and the tiny cv 50/2.5...i could live with that.

 

[FrankS]

That would be a nice working combo. My one fast RF lens is the CV40f1.4. All my other RF lenses are f2 and slower.

Do you have the fast CV28?

 

[coelacanth]

My GAS milage had been good for quite some time (like 3 months), but I opened a can of GAS again when I sold Summicron 35. GAS desease can be contained if you strain yourself and keep all gears absolutely as-is. No-go-no-come. New funding, lack of focal length coverage, needs of repair, travel plan, whatever excuses that you can come up or fabricate, there be GAS.

As for lens choices, I always come back to small, relatively slow lens. Because I want to carry everyday in my hand or bag, low profile lens always wins. And I regularly push two stops, shooting F2.8 Elmar @1600 is essentially someone shooting F1.4 Summilux @400 as far as the speed goes. I'm so used to carry-on-size of Elmar-M and original Elmar, my super tiny Nikkor-HC 50/2 rarely get out of cabinet.

 

[FrankS]

The CV28f3.5 and CV50f2.5 would be the lenses in my ideal compact kit. The CV40f1.4 would be my fast lens. Then pick a body like M2, HRF, or CL.

 

[jbielikowski]

you can cure it, choose ONE lens and ONE body. virtually you can make with it 99% of shots and lost 1% will be probably "oh look, I have cool lens so I can make such-and-such images". then same for MF, LF, half-frame, 110... one camera for slide, one for b&w, different ISO...

 

[back alley]

That would be a nice working combo. My one fast RF lens is the CV40f1.4. All my other RF lenses are f2 and slower.

Do you have the fast CV28?

i have the cv 28/1.9 and the 3.5.

 

[back alley]

The CV28f3.5 and CV50f2.5 would be the lenses in my ideal compact kit. The CV40f1.4 would be my fast lens. Then pick a body like M2, HRF, or CL.

i have the cv 28/3.5, the cv 50/2.5 and the rollei 40/2.8 sonnar...very small kit.

 

[tbarker13]

you can cure it, choose ONE lens and ONE body. virtually you can make with it 99% of shots and lost 1% will be probably "oh look, I have cool lens so I can make such-and-such images". then same for MF, LF, half-frame, 110... one camera for slide, one for b&w, different ISO...

For some of us, this isn't even close to being true. But I guess it just depends on what you like to shoot. For some photographers, a single camera and lens may very well be all that is needed.

 

[back alley]

i can live with a single camera/lens but just for individual outings, occasionally.
i need/prefer at least a 3 lens kit to choose from.

on the rd1, shooting what i shoot, i like the 15 along with a 28/35/50 combination.

 

[back alley]

i'm toying with the idea of selling the 50/1.5 and the elmar 50/2.8 and getting the 50/1.1...

 

[coelacanth]

i'm toying with the idea of selling the 50/1.5 and the elmar 50/2.8 and getting the 50/1.1...

Sell the 1.5, but keep the Elmar! 😉

 

[back alley]

Sell the 1.5, but keep the Elmar! 😉

possibly...the elmar is special for sure and is great for a one lens outing.

 

[tbarker13]

i can live with a single camera/lens but just for individual outings, occasionally.
i need/prefer at least a 3 lens kit to choose from.

Same here. I love to run around with my m8 and a 35 pre-asph lux.
But for a range of work that includes portraits and documentary projects (including a series I'm about to do on roller derby), that combo would be very limiting.

 

[coelacanth]

possibly...the elmar is special for sure and is great for a one lens outing.

Yeah, I took Elmar and Nokton to Paris for a week. Elmar was all I needed for the entire trip. It's sharp, still "gentle" and you just can't beat the size of that thing. To me, that lens is the ultimate travel/walkabout 50. And remember, that little gem is already discontinued. Don't sell it! 😀