What camera are you carrying RIGHT NOW?

Just at work :)

M2, Bessa R2, Voigtlander 35/2.5, Leica Summitar 50mm f/2 collapsible, Canon 85 f/2 Serenar, Yashica Electro 35 GSN (Thrift rescue.)

And of course, the RX100.
 
I've been using a lot of LTM gear lately - Leica IIIF, IIIG, Canon 7s, Bessa R. Yesterday I picked up my Nikon F2 after a long period of disuse. Wow, SLRs can take photographs!
 
Out shooting today with the M8 and a few lenses. I don't usually attempt to shoot birds with an RF camera - thats for my autofocus DSLR and 560mm effective length (400mm + 1.4x teleconverter) lens. But some blue jays were within 30-40 feet at a local park's bird feeders, so I tried the M8 with 90 mm elmarit. Its the best I had with me! The guy next to me had his canon DSLR and a 500mm telephoto prime.

Needless to say, I got small images of small birds with 90mm at this distance. But sharpness and color were very good, so I'll see what I get with major cropping.
 
OM1n.
Soon to switch to my DP2M for a trip to Oregon coast this week. Well, I'll bring the OM1 as well to finish off the roll ;-)
 
Carrying this today

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A Zorki-10 with Ilford P4 film in it. I have it for many years, but never tried it with film. Half of the film will go through auto-exposure, and the rest manually at 1/30 and what ever aperture per condition.
Fingers crossed!
 
Today a Canon 7 with Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens and a FED 2 with a Jupiter 12 and a FSU turret finder, both cameras loaded with Tri-X.
 
These days you can't have enough protection. ;)

The lens is one of Brian Sweeney's 50mm f/1.5 Sonnars in a Jupiter-3 mount.

Haha ;-)

It is actually interesting how huge the Sonnar looks on the III body!
(for people who have never held a 50 Sonnar in their hands - this 50/1.5 lens is TINY)
 
You should see the Sonnar 85 f/2 / Jupiter-9 ;)

The helmet is a reproduction of a World War 2 T-14 Photographer Helmet, based on the regular M1 Helmet. In June 1944 reports on equipment mentioned that the US Army Signal Company Photographers couldn't wear their helmets when operating some equipment. The Army Pictoral Service Staff came up with this design and permission was granted by G-4, The European Theater of Operation staff and the Chief of Ordnance for a 100 of these to be made and sent to frontline units. Apparently they were completed and distributed within a week of receiving the request.
Best known example is the photo of Lee Miller wearing one. ;)
 
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