What is in your kit?

[dave lackey]

M4 ...35 Summicron & 40 nokton SC
M4-2 .... 50 Planar ( the sale of the m4-2 fell through)

Just got back from a six hour Emergency Room visit
Fell outside the Grocery Store and hit hard the cement and the Broken glass bottle of pelligrino water in my bag ... Required Plastic Surgery/ stitching to repair my Face

Hope i can get back to Shooting asap
And work hard to pay off this big hospital bill ....arghhhh 🙁

Good grief, Helen! Sorry to hear about that! We have been to the ER 12 times in the last 18 months and the last visit was a fall that required my wife to be in a wheelchair...so, I know how big a shock this sort of thing is. So sorry about the fall and the surgery...🙁

Mend well, and get better fast!:angel:

 

[maddoc]

M4 ...35 Summicron & 40 nokton SC
M4-2 .... 50 Planar ( the sale of the m4-2 fell through)

Just got back from a six hour Emergency Room visit
Fell outside the Grocery Store and hit hard the cement and the Broken glass bottle of pelligrino water in my bag ... Required Plastic Surgery/ stitching to repair my Face

Hope i can get back to Shooting asap
And work hard to pay off this big hospital bill ....arghhhh 🙁

Yikes !!!! 😱 I wish for a speedy recovery and really sorry to hear that. 🙁

 

[River Dog]

M4 ...35 Summicron & 40 nokton SC
M4-2 .... 50 Planar ( the sale of the m4-2 fell through)

Just got back from a six hour Emergency Room visit
Fell outside the Grocery Store and hit hard the cement and the Broken glass bottle of pelligrino water in my bag ... Required Plastic Surgery/ stitching to repair my Face

Hope i can get back to Shooting asap
And work hard to pay off this big hospital bill ....arghhhh 🙁

Gosh, get well soon!

 

[oftheherd]

M4 ...35 Summicron & 40 nokton SC
M4-2 .... 50 Planar ( the sale of the m4-2 fell through)

Just got back from a six hour Emergency Room visit
Fell outside the Grocery Store and hit hard the cement and the Broken glass bottle of pelligrino water in my bag ... Required Plastic Surgery/ stitching to repair my Face

Hope i can get back to Shooting asap
And work hard to pay off this big hospital bill ....arghhhh 🙁

Wow! That's doesn't sound like it was any fun. Hope you heal quickly and can get those bills paid as well. Also glad it wasn't any worse. Falls from just slipping on the ground can do a surprising amount of damage.

 

[ferider]

This is what I used on my last trip to Alaska. Worked very well.

Ektar 100 in the OM (with 35/50/180), Tmax 100 in one M4P, Tmax 400 in the other (with 35/50/90).

I use SLRs only when I need them: for color (Pol filters), teles and macros.

Roland.

 

[oftheherd]

Due to back problems my kits are as likely to be storage for travel, with just what I think I will need out of the car. Kits I have, not in order of use, since there isn't one:

Mid-sized canvas-weave vinyl bags:

1. Kiev 4am with 50 f/1.8, Jupiter 50 f/2, 35, 85 and 135. A Russian turret finder, a Vivitar 185 flash, a Gossen Luna Pro, a Zeiss 6x9 folder, and film.

2. Contax 167mt, Contax T* 50 f/1.4, Phoenix/Samsung 18-28, Vivitar 28-70, Vivitar 75-150. Yashica FX 3 (backup), vivitar 185 flash, 2x extender, Welti 645/6x6 folder, film for both.

Large canvas camera bag:

Fujica ST 901, Fujinon 50 f/1.4, 28mm, 135mm, Vivitar TX 24mm and 300mm, Spiratone 18mm, 185 flash, accessories including about 10 filters, and film.

Aluminum clam shell case:

Mamiya Super Press 23, 100mm, 150mm, 250 mm, 65mm, 50mm, cut film gg holder, 8 cut film backs, 2 extra 6x7 film holders. This is definitly a storage medium. 😀

Vinyl food bag (stealth bag? 😀):

Kodak 9x12, with 120 back, Welti Weltini, Gossen Luna Pro SBC, Sekonic L28c2, as many cut film holders as I want at any given time, film for the Weltini.

Sadly, the most important part of all these kits is the time to use them. That is in critically short supply. Apparently it is strickly rationed and I long ago exceeded my lifetime allotment.

 

[helen.HH]

Very Kind and means a Great Deal to Me
Your Loving Thoughts :
Dan, Rogier, Kdemas,Red Robin, Robert, Boris, Johan, John, Dave, Gabor, River Dog, Oftheherd

I'm not feeling sorry for myself...just stunned & Dazed at Life's unFortunate twists
Just feeling Quite Mad at my stupid fall
Well i will no longer buy glass bottles of water / sold on
plastic now... Safer for the face..😕
Lucky i was Not carrying any of my 'kit' ...one of my few times without a camera

Thank You Again - xo - Now a SCARRED hopefully still a Pretty Girl Face- HH...:bang:....😱...

 

[21-135 Apo All Good]

Very Kind and means a Great Deal to Me
Your Loving Thoughts :
Dan, Rogier, Kdemas,Red Robin, Robert, Boris, Johan, John, Dave, Gabor, River Dog, Oftheherd

I'm not feeling sorry for myself...just stunned & Dazed at Life's unFortunate twists
Just feeling Quite Mad at my stupid fall
Well i will no longer buy glass bottles of water / sold on
plastic now... Safer for the face..😕
Lucky i was Not carrying any of my 'kit' ...one of my few times without a camera

Thank You Again - xo -A Scared Pretty Girl Face HH...:bang:....😱...

Feel better soon!

Dave

 

[pismo923]

Sorry to hear about your mishap Helen. Not a nice way to start a New Year.

 

[DNG]

My most used kit is:

Panasonic G3
14mm f/2.5 ASPH
20mm f/1.7 ASPH
14/42 O/MkI
Canon FL 50mm f/1.4 (6 element Planar Design adapted for an SLR from the Canon RF 50mm f/1.4 lens, Overhauled in Dec, 2011)
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others lenses I use now and again:

Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AiS (CLA'd/Repair 2012)
Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 Micro (later Pre-Ai)
Vivitar 85mm f/1.8 T2 for Nikon(no Iris) (CLA'd 2011)
Soligar 105mm f/2.8 Preset M42 (CLA'd/Repair 2012)
Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 Q
Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 M42
Vivitar 55-135mm f/3.5-4.5 (Internal Zoom) M42 (CLA'd 2011)
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Film:
Konica C35
Ricoh TLS

 

[burancap]

Glad you are OK, Helen!

I don't really carry any "kit" unless traveling, and then it is simply a container for all sorts of random gear.

Typically, I just grab something from the shelf that sparks my interest or is suited to what I intend to shoot. Occasionally, I will take two cameras with me.

 

[OddE]

Ouch. Helen, count one more wish for a speedy recovery.

a) Day-to-day kit - Nikon FM3a, F4 and D3; FM3a with Tri-X or Delta 400; F4 with Provia 100. AF 17-35mm f/2.8, 35mm f/1.4 Ai-S, AF 50mm f/1.4D, AF 105mm f/2DC. Occasionally some other Nikkor lenses, but 90% of the time, the 35mm sits on the FM3a, the 17-35 and 50mm sit on either of the AF bodies. In a Kata backpack of some sort or the other.

b) Travel & fun kit - Leica M4, 35&50mm Summicrons, 90mm Elmarit. Tri-X and a Sekonic meter. Incidentally, this kit weighs just a tad more than the D3 body alone. Occasionally use Delta 3200 as well, for instance when attending live shows. In a small canvas bag custom-made by a skilled artisan. (That is, my mother made it for me after I brought her the fabric and sketched out what I'd like. 🙂)

 

[filmfan]

Leica M6 + 40mm Nokton SC

Olympus OM-1n + 28mm f/2.8 + 50mm f/1.4

Olympus Stylus Epic

 

[oftheherd]

...
Now a SCARRED hopefully still a Pretty Girl Face- HH...:bang:....😱...

With you worrying about recovery, now isn't the time to be correcting a spelling error on you. But you spelled scared with an extra "r" as if you thought you would not still be as attractive. And you're not going to make any of us believe that! 😉

Do get better soon.

 

[meso]

I have 3 kits I use:

Main kit: Leica M6ttl, CV Nokton 35 SC, Zeiss Planar 50

My landscape/studio kit: Mamiya RB67 Pro-S with 50, 65, 127 and 180mm

and when I dont feel like having an expensive camera with me I have the Konica Auto S3.

 

[bob338]

I rarely carry a bag. On the shelf I have at the ready;

Plaubel W67
Plaubel 670
Mamiya 7II with an 80mm
Fujica G690 with a 100mm, currently not working again!
Leica M3 with a 35 Summaron
Leica M3 with a Rigid 50
Leica M8 with something on it
Leica MP with a 50 Lux

Hoping to add a Hasselblad back to the rotation soon.

 

[jsolanzo]

Leica M2 40mm Rokkor(Gonna get shipped out to Youxin for Shutter Capping repair)

Canon A1 50mm 1.8 28mm 2.8

 

[hausen]

My standard walk around kit is: M6 Ti + M9 + 21/35/50 in 5 million dollar home.
My Colour film/slides kit: Fuji Xpan + 45/4 + Bessa II + Gorillapod
Low weight kit: Retina IIIc + X100 in 4 million dollar home
But kit I have been walking around with this week has been M9/M6 + Bessa II, Canon 35/2.8 + 50/1.4

 

[RanceEric]

I'm always carrying at least my SP with 5cm f/1.4 or 3.5cm f/1.8.. but I often carry around the outfit in my Domke:
Nikon Rangefinder Bodies and Lenses on flickr

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Hoping you keep that great spirit, and also hoping you get better and better after the incident, Helen... And very good luck with the rest of the recovery: your face will look as sweet and purrrrfect as always! 🙂

Cheers,

Juan