What is your favorite...

[Byuphoto]

Camera, lens, film or camera film combo?
My favorite is my Bessa R with a 90mm Leitz Elmar and 400 Fuji superia color
My fixed lens favorite is my Canonet QL17 GIII and Fuji Neopan 400, but I am really starting to like my Mamiya 7II with the 50mm and Fuji Reala 100.

 

[captainslack]

Try some Reala in that Canonet. You'll like the results.

 

[Byuphoto]

I keep the Canon for B&W so I have both with me

 

[hoot]

Currently I most often use the M3 + J-8 and NP16k@640. However, I am soon switching to the M-Rokkor 40/2 as my main lens, which might demand a new camera body if the M3's viewfinder is too narrow for 40mm guesstimation. This would be a shame, as I love the M3.

 

[rover]

M3 & Tri-X are definite. I really love both my rigid Summicron and Canon 50/1.5, can I carry both in my bag? (I do in real life)

 

[Frank Granovski]

G2 + 45mm + HP5+. 😎

 

[FrankS]

M3 & Tri-X are definite. I really love both my rigid Summicron and Canon 50/1.5, can I carry both in my bag? (I do in real life)

Ralph, what kind of pictures (situations) do you use each type of lens for?

 

[Toby]

At the moment my best work seems to come from pentax 67 165 f2.8 and Tri X (heresy I know but I've got to be honest). I've been banging away with my bessa R and either CV35 1.7 or 25 F4 but I'm currently struggling to be really happy with either combination I see a 50mm and a leica in my future.... I feel an expensive trip to the camera shop coming on.....

 

[bmattock]

As I narrow down the kit I carry more and more with each long trip, I find that for rangefinder work, the Bessa R with Canon 50mm f1.4, and for film - color is Kodak Gold 100 (hard to find at retail now) and B&W is now officially Arista.EDU Ultra 200 (Fomapan 200). With a yellow filter, of course.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

 

[DougK]

I'm usually carrying either my Bessa R with the 35mm Color Skopar or my Pentax MG with a 28/2.8 and a 50/2.0 macro combination. Love that Bessa but sometimes I just need to see exactly what will be on the film and the 28/50 combo is proving very versatile. 90% of the time the cameras are loaded with Elite Chrome 100, the rest of the time it's whatever black-and-white film I have handy.

 

[rover]

Ralph, what kind of pictures (situations) do you use each type of lens for?

I use them interchangeably Frank. The rigid I picked up is super sharp, very "Summicron" if you know what I mean. I like the slightly less contrast than from my more current Summicron. The Canon is just a favorite. I use both for general situations.

I try to shoot both at f2-f4 if possible. I shoot my TriX for Diafine so that means the lenses are hooded with yellow filters to knock down the film speed a stop.

Both lenses are remarkably well made and handsome. No current lens, Leica, Zeiss, CV, nobody's, can hold a torch to the craftsmanship of the 1950s lenses.

 

[peter_n]

I've been carrying my new 0.72 M7 + Hexanon 28mm everywhere for about 3 weeks now. Will continue I think for a while longer. Its partly a test of the new cam and partly getting used to the 28mm focal length again.

 

[GeneW]

Nowadays my normal 'walking kit' is an M2 with a 50 or 35 attached and iso400 film, either Tri-X or Neopan 400. I don't seem to need other lenses or films ...

Gene

 

[Mackinaw]

Leica MP with Canon 50/1.2 or 35/2.0 Asph Summicron on Efke 25 or Delta 100.

Jim Bielecki

 

[Uncle Bill]

I would say with my last rangefinder outing I was using my Leica M3, 50/2 Collapsable Summicron and the 90/4 Elmar with Kodak Tri-x black and white which the results will be posted to my gallery shortly.

Bill

 

[Skinny McGee]

M3 with 1935 50mm Summar and my 111A with a 1936 90mm elmar Tri-x film... iIwould like to pick up a 50mm 2.8 elmar M mount.. But I just bought a Gossen digiflash meter so I will have to hold off for a while ... i also have to get another 100'roll of Tri-x....

 

[ZeissFan]

Contax IIa with 35, 50 and 135 lenses and a few rolls of Agfapan APX 100 (Ektachrome when I want color). Been toying around a bit with a couple of 85mm lenses.

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

Contax IIa with 21mm Biogon and Canon P with 35mm VC. Tri-x is the fodder.

Wayne

 

[Doug]

Bronica RF645 with 65mm and Fuji NPZ800 film. But I just returned from a couple weeks vacation trip by car, and it turned out I used the Pentax 67 with 75mm and Fuji NPH400 a lot more!

 

[pvdhaar]

Favorite?

Bessa-T loaded with Fuji NPH, and sporting an M-Hexanon 50/2 and a 1:1 finder. The CV25/4 comes close though.

But most important ingredient: all the time in the world. With this setup I need my time to focus, measure, compose, and only then shoot. If I've got that time, it's a very relaxing experience..