What kind of RF lens combination do you have?

usually:
CV21 and CV40 with the CL
Canon 28f3.5, CV50f2.5, and CZJ Sonnar 50f2 with the H-RF
Summaron f2.8, col. Summicron 50, and 90 Elmar with the two M2's
Summaron f3.5, Elmar 50f3.5, and Summar with the two IIF's
 
I only have a 50/2 currently.

I'd like to add a 28 & 90 to that sometime but I have no hurry because 90+% of my shooting is with a 50.

William
 
jwnash1 said:
Contax
Sonnar Opton 50mm f2.0, Nikkor-w 35mm f2.5
Jupiter-9 85mm f2.0, CZJ Sonnar 135mm f4.0

Fed-2
Jupiter-3 50mm f1.5, Fed 50mm f3.5, Canon 28mm f3.5
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Thanks. I didn't think anyone was going to mention an FSU camera. When I take my Kiev, it is with the Kiev 35mm, 50mm, 85mm and 135mm. Would love to have a 28mm Orion, but when they do rarely come up, they cost way more than I want to pay.
 
I'm slowly shrinking my kit down. These days, I usually carry a 50 and one or at most two wider lenses, i.e.,

50-28, or

50-35-25.

I use either of these lens combinations w/ the M2, IIIc, Canon P, or Bessa T. I also own a Rokkor-M 40, and a Canon 100/3.5, but those lenses see somewhat less use these days. The big decision for travel is which 50 to take (Canon 50/1.8, Canon 50/1.5, Summitar, Elmar 50/3.5, or CV Skopar 50/2.5). I have a strong preference for small, compact lenses.

I recently got an Oly Pen M4/3ds (E-PL1), and put the superb Panasonic 20/1.7 lens on it. It has become the indoor/low light/backup cam. It has the additional advantage of covering the portrait/moderate telephoto range, since a 35 becomes 70 and 50 becomes 100 due to the crop factor.

So, my bag these days might well contain an M2 or IIIc w/ 50-35-25; and the E-PL1 w/ the 20/1.7. Two cams, small kit, lots of possibilities.
 
Contax II and Kiev 4 with Tessar 2.8/50mm, J8; J3; J12 and J11.
Fed4 with I61 and J11
Zorki 1 with I22 and J11; next to come is an m42 to M39 adapter to fit a Tamron 24mm f3.5 to it.
But I have to admit that most of my everyday shooting is with a "normal" lens, be it 40 to 58 mm, and mostly with fixed lens RFs.
Ernesto
 
Usually head out with a 35 Summilux pre asph and either a 50 Summilus pre or a 75 Summilux. Latley I'm diggin my recently acquired Summitar and 35 2.8 Summaron combo.
 
M6TTL,
One lens: Either 35/2 ASPH or 50/1.5 CV.
Two lenses: Both 35 and 50
Standard setup in Domke F-5XB, 35 or 50 mounted, other in another pocket. In the other pocket, on top of each other, 90/2.8 "fat" and 24/2.8 ASPH. I have a pouch for the 24 & finder, so the two lenses don't bang each other up. I can fit the little Leica SF20 flash on top of the camera in that bag too.

Special occasion: 15/4.5 CV or 135/2.8. I use the 15 quite a bit more than the 135, and I have the CV case for the lens and finder, so I can squeeze it in with the 4-lens kit.
 
CV 21 f4 / CV 25 f4 / Nikkor 28 3.5 / Nikkor 35 1.8 / Nikkor 85 f2 / Nikkor 105 2.5 / Nikkor 135 3.5. All of course in Nikon s mount
 
For quite a while I only owned two lenses - Leitz 35 and 50 - for RF and was quite happy with those two FLs. I used a Zeiss 28 a lot on my Contax SLR and after I sold it, I got a 28 Elmarit v2. It was a disappointment and I replaced it with the CV 28/2. I've only had it a few days so it's my lenscap for the foreseeable future. Next on my list is the CV 75/1.8. Since I sold my SLR and DSLR, I need a portrait lens again and what I've seen from it so far looks very nice. I'm also looking to add the CV 12, 15 and 21 at some point but for now, 28/35/50 serves me just fine.
 
I use a Leica cl with:
cv 15/ 4.5
summicron 40
elmarit 90

seems to cover anything i need. But if i could i would also add a 200mm
 
I've pared down to one body and two lenses:

M6
35 Cron ASPH
75 CV (to be replaced with either a Cron or a Summarit)
 
I'm a 50mm kinda guy. I've got a Planar ZM on my Ikon 95% of the time. The other 5% I'm using a Canon 50mm 1.2 for low light, or it's character.

I would like to try a 35mm though.
 
25-28-35-40-50-75-85-90-105-135 RF lenses from different brands.
Wide angle SLR lenses that I use with adapters: 7.5-17-19-21
 
Zeiss 18 Distagon
CV 21, 50 3.5, 75 Heliar
Hex 28, 35UC, M 50, 50 2.5 collapsible, 90
MS 35 3.5 Perar
Waiting to buy the new CV 50 1.4 aspherical.
 
My RF bag contains a 25/4, 35/2.5 and two 50's; a 50/2 and a 50/3.5 collapsible. The focal lengths are separated by 1.4x, so I either take a single 35 along, or a 25/50 combination. Which 50 I take depends on the light I expect..
 
One of two configurations goes into my camera bag most of the time, either a
21 + 35 + 90(or 75 but never both)

or

28 + 50 + 90

I try to steer clear of having the next one up, so avoid 35 to 50. The thing is though 90% of the time the lens I start with I keep using all day, I get my eye in and everything in front of me is a 35mm image, or a 21mm image etc. But I know from bitter experience that if I don't carry around another couple of lenses that ellusive image will come along that simply begs for the lens I don't have. So its not a waste of time carrying 'spare' lenses. And the only time I would go out for a day with only one lens on my Leica would be if I had a good P&S camera in my pocket as well. I don't trust the world not to throw up opportunities and surprises!

Steve
 
35mm and 50mm are my prefered focal lengths. I use different lenses for their different characters (mainly Leitz/Leica lenses).
Normal carry around kits are:
- only 35
- only 50
- 35/50
- 21/35/90
- 28/50
Sometimes I carry two M-bodies because I don't like to change lenses very much.
 
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