Travelling with a RF, what are you packing?

[david b]

I never leave the house without my Xpan.

I will be going back to New Orleans in April, LA in June and July, NY in August and Mexico in December.

I will only being going with my xpan and 45mm lens. Film varies but I normally over do it.

 

[Flinor]

Depends on the trip. If it's a serious sightseeing vacation I'll generally take the M5 and CLE bodies with lenses from 15-90. If it's something like the trip to SoCal that I'm taking next week which will be to see releatives, buy stuff you can't get in Phoenix and get my taxes done I'll just go with the Contax T or a Voiglander VF101. In a couple of weeks we're taking a tour with a photo group of digital shooters and just to be perverse I'm taking my Super Ikonta B.

 

[Doug]

Raid, I see the same odd thread display at post #11 as you, I think. Not the first time I've seen it either, used to be common (along with sequences of posts that just didn't appera) before the shift to new server, then refreshing the window would usually fix it.

As to the topic, I have fun before traveling thinking what I'll bring. Often something very minimal, like a CLE with 40 and/or 28, though the Bronica RF isn't all that bulkier. I try to take as much film as I anticipate possibly needing, since I can't count on finding my preferred films on the store shelves.

 

[cp_ste.croix]

I take a GSN or a Canonet. Though I'd love to be able to take a Leica or ZI and more than 1 lens...

 

[wlewisiii]

This is a bit OT, but I get that problem (aka post 11 in this thread) everytime I read a post from eric mac. This has held true in PM's as well. I have utterly no idea why as I have never seen this from anyone else.

Now back to our regularly schedualed thread ... 😀

William

 

[hth]

For a couple of days business trip I usually take one body and one lens, sometimes two lenses and a little film.

For a more serious shooting trips...

If I expect lots of nice scenery the Mamiya 7 comes along with one or two lenses and a tripod. I might combine it with a Hexar AF or a very light RF set. If I have room and expect nice flower scenes the pinhole camera usually joins.

For other trips I tend to take one or two RF bodies and about 3 lenses. These days a small 35/2 do most of the work. On my next trip I would like to try to have a light lens above and below it. I have a light 50, but sadly I do not have any light 25 or 21. Are looking a bit at the 25/4, but maybe I will take my Hexanon 21-35 as a wide lens and see how I like a 21 and just accept the bulk this time...

And enough film to make me survive and a try (but do not always succeed in) trying to not be annoyed by all the X-ray machines at the airports...

I usually pack a lightmeter, a table top tripod and a cable release too.

For most of the time, I try to take no more than needed and on all trips except small business trips I try to have two cameras with me in case one malfunctions.

/Håkan

 

[Goodyear]

This is a bit OT, but I get that problem (aka post 11 in this thread) everytime I read a post from eric mac.

Same here.

It's weird.

 

[BJ Bignell]

For short business trips, it would be one body and one lens, say the Bessa and 50 or 21. I also have a Hi-matic F, which would be a good choice. If it's a longer trip (a week or more) I'll take whatever I can carry without inconveniencing myself. Folding cameras are also excellent travel companions.

 

[varjag]

It is either 2.8/35, 1.8/50 and 4/135, or just 50 and 135. I find the 50 mounted most often anyway.

 

[JohnR]

This is a bit OT, but I get that problem (aka post 11 in this thread) everytime I read a post from eric mac. This has held true in PM's as well. I have utterly no idea why as I have never seen this from anyone else.

Hi, the signature contains:

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It should be:

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[kuvvy]

I always take a compact along regardless of what other gear goes. Something pocketable eg Oly epic, Espio mini. These for the times when you want to be free from the heavier kit and for fun snaps. In fact I carry one daily anyway. Have even been to funerals with one in my pocket (never shot any pix though!)
Oddly enough one of the cameras I always seem to take on holidays is my Hexar Silver and yet it gets very little use the rest of the time. That's probably why it's in such super condition and yet I love the quality of the shots.
My other choice at the moment is my G1 + 45 + 28.

I recently spent 3 weeks in Vegas, San Fran and LA and confess to having shot more than I thought I would on my digital G5. Took over 700 shots on 3 cameras, the G3, the Hexar and the Espio. The Espio is amazing for low light shots like neon signs etc.

This year it's a UK holiday in Cornwall. Never been before. Scenery looks fantastic. Gonna shoot Velvia for the landscapes.

Paul

 

[santino]

usually Jupiter 12 2,8/35 and Jupiter 9 2/85 but sometimes the prime lens is a must. 35mm is my fav. focal length.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Kodak Retina IIIc is a great travel camera. Folds flat, sharp lens, bigger viewfinder than the older II series.

 

[bmoc]

CL with 40 cron, which stays on it most of the time. 21 CV and 90 elmar-c. very compact and covers the range for me.

 

[sbug]

It does depend upon the trip. Last two times I've traveled for business, I have brought my Canonet and nothing else. My family trip to AZ will include either the Canonet or my Yashica GS and my Nikon with 35 and 105 lenses, a Gossen Pilot meter and several rolls of film. Once I get a slightly larger bag in a few weeks, I will include a flash in that bundle.

 

[tkluck]

For "once in a lifetime" and/or "never to be repeated" travel I take the Olympus OM outfit. I'm too old to learn that many new tricks. (I did put a split image screen in my OM-1. Does that count?)
For a snapshot outing with gradchildren I'll stick my Fed with the colapsable lens in my pocket and back it up with a minox. Husbands can sound cool with their soccer moms when they tell 'em "look that guy's got a Leica!" .
For " fun with camera" on a weekend trip I tend to take the Kiev 4a along with a Jupiter 12 and Pax wide angle finder, Gossen pilot, Minox tripod (It'll hold a suprising load) a little Rolei flash and a 3ft. sync cord. Also take a GSN loaded with c-41 color for snapshots. Put it all in an Army surplus gasmask bag. Does'nt look like a purse (or anything worth stealing) and has a little left room for stuff I might buy that I might not want my wife to notice right away. Like a gift for her......or the odd slightly used camera bargan .
Used to use a niffty black diaper bag (formula salesmen give 'em away!) until my son in law stuffed a cute but urp laden little outfit in the wrong bag in the heat of battle. Ironicly, I actualy kept a spare paper diaper in the side pocket (to hand my wife).

 

[billwheeler]

I could happily travel with my rangefinder and 35mm lens alone, To tell the truth, the camera and lens were the ONLY rangefinder gear I owned until I bought a used VC 15mm lens a week or two ago. I could take along the 15mm lens or not; I'd be happy with the 35mm lens alone.

 

[VinceC]

My basic over-the-shoulder walking-around kit is a camera with a 28mm lens or a 50mm lens and, if there's room, the other lens in one of my pockets. For parties or social gatherings which I know will be very dark, just one lens -- the 35 f/1.8 -- plus a tiny flash in a coat pocket.

When I'm traveling on vacation, my usual setup is: One body; 25 or 28mm lens; fast 35mm lens; fast 50 and the 105mm, plus a small flash.

When traveling for work (not so often these days) two bodies; 21 or 25/ 35/ 50/ 85/ 135, plus a larger flash.

The last few years, I've been carrying one film camera body and, for a second body, a digital point-and-shoot (a Canon G1 that I shoot rather like an autofocus rangefinder).

 

[ChrisN]

Good thread! I'm organising for a three-week holiday in May, and am currently planning to take the M4 with 35, 50 and 90 lenses as a rangefinder kit, to shoot B&W exclusively. Along with that will go an SLR kit for colour negatives, a digital Sony for macro work and as a backup, and a decent tripod and flash. Not a very compact outfit, but versatile, and it all fits into the car.

 

[John Camp]

If it's a hard business trip, where I'm not going to have time to think about shooting, and I'm going to be too tired anyway, and I need something that can easily be carried in a briefcase, I take a Pentax 750z digital with a collapsible lens and optical viewfinder. It has the form factor of a pack of cigarettes, a 5x zoom and a chip a bit bigger than an R-D1. The lens is about what you'd expect. My next air photo trip will probably be based on a set of two or three Leica lenses; but for serious, heavy-duty, car-based traveling, I have a Nikon D2x with enough gear to make a mule weep. I'll take that in addition to the Leica/R-D1 stuff.

JC