Which item do you always carry and never use?

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Reading Diggin99's thread on the items we always forget, I'm sure there are folks like me who carry stuff around "just in case" and never use it. My best was a 50mm Summicron I took to New Zealand a couple of years ago. It was used for a total of four frames which could easily have been cropped down from the 35 I used all the rest of the time I was there.

What's the dead weight in your bag?
 
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Hi! I can say that for me its actually film. When I go out with my gear I find that there are really just a few shots that I want to take, then I am left with options that seem not ideal. So I will go out, take shots that interest me and have like half a roll left. Then I can either take shots that don't really interest me to take up the roll, or end the film early. I hesitate to just keep the film in the camera and wait to use it another day because I don't want to put more than one lighting situation on a roll. More often than not I end up rewinding the roll so I can go home and develope it. Maybe I should start rolling really short rolls! Oh and also I never seem to want to use my external meters, I end up guesstimating!

Nancy
 
Most of the time, the camera.

It's with me 80% of the time and gets used 10%. The lightmeter is used once in a blue moon if I take it. I don't bother with other lenses, I only ever have my 50mm on the camera to hand.
 
It's 35mm or bust...

It's 35mm or bust...

I always carry but seldom use a short telephoto/portrait lens in my SLR kit.

As to my 35mm RF kit, I now know better and don't even own a tele.
In fact I seek to further simplify by "downgrading" to a fixed lens RF camera...

Chris
 
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Have a collapsible Elmar 90mm 4.0 that I just have taken a few test shots with .. and since i hardly uses a 90mm I´d borrowed a 90mm Tele Elmarit that works as a space keeper too .. but you never know when your going to take a portrait . . ;)

vha
 
There's extra stuff stored in the bag... lens & body caps, filters, cable release (useless without a tripod too!), a viewfinder for a wide lens when I just use the camera's whole window... And spare batteries are almost never needed but smart to have anyway.
 
I don't always carry it with me, but the 90mm Lanthar doesn't seem to come out much when it's along.
 
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