What have you been using lately?

Taking photos in northern Vietnam, using two Sony's: a6000 w/ 10-18 and a6300 w/ 55-210. Lightweight kit to carry, couldn't imagine doing same with dSLRs. Some fast prime would be nice also, but I dislike switching lenses on street, so prefer it this way.
 
I have been enjoying shooting with some vintage German lenses by firms like Schneider Kreusnach, Enna of Munchen, Zeiss etc. Nice lenses with naturally enough some old world charm. Though universally low contrast by today's standards.
 
raid said:
Contrast can be added in PP.if needed. Old lenses have a special charm to them.
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You are right Raid and that is what I usually do. I am seldom fazed by the idiosyncrasies of old lenses which just as you say have a special charm.
 
HP5+ in my Intrepid 4x5 camera has been the only film and "serious" photography I've done for the last year or so. I do always have a phone with me so for stuff like "Is this the right size/brand/flavor?" while at the store I'm covered as well.

Rob
 
I use 2 fuji xe3 bodies.
I recently started using the fuji 16-55...still learning to use the lens as i’m not a natural with a zoom.
 
This past year I've been using a Sony a6000 every day...

Lenses include the Sony 16-50 OSS (my only AF lens for this camera)
Tamron 35-70mm 3.5 CF MACRO
Tamron 90mm 2.5 SP
Nikkor-SC 50mm 1.4
Canon FD 50mm 1.4 SSC
Canon FL 100mm 3.5
Pentax-A 28mm 2.8

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Fuji X Pro2

Fuji X Pro2

Candid interior family pictures, Thanksgiving and Christmas get togethers.

X Pro2 with 35 /1.4 or 56 /1.2
 
Finished a project with Leica M4-P (or at least finished for the moment)

Today I just used a new to me fuji gw690 ii 90mm. Very excited to be scanning these negatives in.
 
peterm1 said:
You are right Raid and that is what I usually do. I am seldom fazed by the idiosyncrasies of old lenses which just as you say have a special charm.
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One of my favorite lenses is a 50mm 1.4 Planar (for the Rollei QBM system). I use it on M 4/3 cameras as a portrait lens. Another gem is the 85mm/1.4 QBM. The rendering by both lenses is beautiful to my eyes. The original Voigtlaender Nokton 50/1.5 is also wonderful overall. Amedeo made an adapter for me so that this lens fully RF couples with M cameras.
 
This past year I've been getting more familiar with the Leica Q and its 28mm 'lux. And using the Pentax K-1 full-frame, earlier with 1.8/31mm and lately with 1.4/58mm Nokton, as well as Leica S2 with 100mm Summicron (mostly landscapes). Lots of travel subjects as well as local area (whatever catches my eye).
 
I have 4 main users, X1D for digital, Fuji GF670w & 903SWC for 120 and a M6ti for 35mm. Majority would be X1D + GF670w, especially for travel.
 
Finally finished a roll of Tri-X in the M6 -- some street, some family -- and might continue with film in 2019.

John
 
I would say the Rolleiflex 2.8F has been getting the most consistent use since I bought it last summer. I don't know that I have put even a full roll through my previous fave — the M3 — in that time.

For digital I have been using my Sony A7 II, mostly with manual focus legacy glass (OM, K and F-mounts).
 
I have been quite an absent member lately :)

But I've been shooting mostly with:

- RX1Rii: this camera is a beast, I adore it. Sucks light out of nothing, the sensor is ridiculous, deals beautifully with recovering highlights and shadows, I love the tones it catches. Extremely silent, light, useable AF, beautiful 35/2 lens that is damn sharp even at f2. Battery life is crap but the batteries are tiny and light, so who cares, really?

- MP240 with the 40/1.2 Nokton and the ZM 50/2 Planar. I also have a 21/1.8 Ultron but don't use it that often. The Nokton is a fantastic all rounder. Draws much like the 35/1.2 v2, and field of view wise it's pretty close. Did a direct comparision today with a friend's 35/1.2. In fact i've gaffer taped the framelines lever on the 35/135 setting and using it as a tight 35. Bonus: the 40 is much tinier, but it's heavier. Balances beautifully on the MP240. Being fast is uite useful as the low light performance of the MP240 is quite meh for itself. Which also makes me not use the Planar as much as I like the lens as f2 with 1/60 will deliver underexposed shots (i cap the iso at 1600 otherwise it gets quite bad). But the lens in daylight shines, that thing is really sharp and I like how it draws. But I'm missing a faster 50. For now I'll settle though, as I'm tight on $.

Now, apart from gear: I'm pretty much capturing the same subjects I've always have - random people, odd and beautiful things and places, food and drinks, spend most of the year in London and then travelling a bit through Europe, so there was a lot of travel photos as well.
 
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