jan normandale
Film is the other way
Bill, cool post! About the comment "120 .. outdated" sounds like a FID thread! j/k
thirdeye
Member
Roger, I couldn't agree more. It's the reason why I have photographs of the dumpster behind my garage and of the hole in my sock. And, sometimes, between those occurrences you discover a real interesting photo.
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RML
Guest
One body (the R-D1) and the lens that happens to be on it. Used to be the ZM 50/2, changed to the Summarit 28, and now the J8 50/2. I only change lenses on a basis of need. The ZM was swapped for the 28 because the Summarit was a new lens for me. Great lens but 28mm is a bit too wide for me. I saw the J8 standing neglectedly on the shelf and decided I wanted it back on the R-D1. I reckon it'll stay there for weeks or months.
sfb_dot_com
Well-known
At one stage, I had five cameras in the boot of my car... Then I whittled it down to just one... Now it's back up to three. However, the one I use most for that spontaneous get up and go scenario is currently the Leica III with CV35mm f2.5 lens attached. It's probably paradoxically the least user-friendly camera I own, but I find most pleasure in using. Wrapped in an inconspicuous Jessops camera bag it doesn't attract too much attention from grey-bearded men (Sorry Roger) and at a concert in the Carnglaze caverns this week produced sharp and accurately exposed pictures in artificial lighting of a truly bizarre and entirely Cornish experience. Otherwise for my plant pictures, I'd carry the D100 with 'Ugly Betty' the 60mm macro attached.
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Andy
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Andy
Ben Z
Veteran
Hey don't knock that combo, what with restrictions these days, if not for a 20D and a (forget the brand but it's a small T-mount) 500 cat lens, I wouldn't be able to shoot sports from the stands. I was turned away twice with a 400/5.6, but the cat looks to the dumb guards like a kit zoom. Given the performance of the 20D @ ISO1600 I can get some decent shots.
F456
Tom H
For me it's usually 35, 50, 90 (or 85 or 105 if not a rangefinder) that I naturally reach for - the moderate focal lengths.
Yet looking back over some of my favourite shots taken with both colour and b&w film many of the very best were taken with an AF-Nikkor 180/2.8 IF-ED. This lens has been my best for sport, dog pictures - portraits and running shots (the AF was indispensable), and some action shots that I'd hardly call sport. Good for across the street shots too, though I'd naturally EXPECT to take a 50mm or moderate length for this.
A great lens, the 180mm, but one that doesn't instinctively come to mind when I am going out to take pictures. Physically too long as well to be unobtrusive.
Does anyone else find this: that they do best with a lens that doesn't spring to mind when choosing? My mind's eye always works in terms of moderate focal lengths, but the 180's perspective has often brought the most pleasing results. I like 135mm as well, perhaps because it is more unusual these days.
Tom
Yet looking back over some of my favourite shots taken with both colour and b&w film many of the very best were taken with an AF-Nikkor 180/2.8 IF-ED. This lens has been my best for sport, dog pictures - portraits and running shots (the AF was indispensable), and some action shots that I'd hardly call sport. Good for across the street shots too, though I'd naturally EXPECT to take a 50mm or moderate length for this.
A great lens, the 180mm, but one that doesn't instinctively come to mind when I am going out to take pictures. Physically too long as well to be unobtrusive.
Does anyone else find this: that they do best with a lens that doesn't spring to mind when choosing? My mind's eye always works in terms of moderate focal lengths, but the 180's perspective has often brought the most pleasing results. I like 135mm as well, perhaps because it is more unusual these days.
Tom
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dee
Well-known
Hmmmm ...having gone dee'gital ...
Right now I am re-dee,scovering the dee'lights of long neglected Rokkors in their new x2 guise on the Leica Dig 3 .. so that staying with one lense tends to go out of the window !
Also , I am persevering with the Leica zoom on the twin L 1 , though my ASD tends not to like zooms or auto focus ... being able to alter aperture / shutter / manual at the flick of a dial / lense ring helps enormously with thinking rather than auto pilot !
... then there is emma the M 8 ... here I tend to use one lense - usually one of several Russian variants - I 22 rigid / I 50 /rigid / Fed collapsible / J 8 [ have not got the I 61ld etc to work with the M 8 ]
Recently , I have been trying out the uncoated Summitar - a little nervously , 'cos it's very low contrast and flair [ if there is any ] is tempered by equal flare !
But I am beginning to appreciate it !
As for the cv 35 f 2.5 classic ... it's my sole new lense ... but it now , post 67mm , seems like a wide angle , so I am reluctant to take out just that one lense ... however it is in keeping with the vintage lenses .
iWhen I return to film , it will almost inevitably be a 50mm , 'cos I have one on my kIev 4m and on the Zenit 1 / Fed 1 '' Leica , the II and iiic ...
Oddly , I prefer the old cameras to my lovely Minolta SRs / SR7v now ...
dee
Right now I am re-dee,scovering the dee'lights of long neglected Rokkors in their new x2 guise on the Leica Dig 3 .. so that staying with one lense tends to go out of the window !
Also , I am persevering with the Leica zoom on the twin L 1 , though my ASD tends not to like zooms or auto focus ... being able to alter aperture / shutter / manual at the flick of a dial / lense ring helps enormously with thinking rather than auto pilot !
... then there is emma the M 8 ... here I tend to use one lense - usually one of several Russian variants - I 22 rigid / I 50 /rigid / Fed collapsible / J 8 [ have not got the I 61ld etc to work with the M 8 ]
Recently , I have been trying out the uncoated Summitar - a little nervously , 'cos it's very low contrast and flair [ if there is any ] is tempered by equal flare !
But I am beginning to appreciate it !
As for the cv 35 f 2.5 classic ... it's my sole new lense ... but it now , post 67mm , seems like a wide angle , so I am reluctant to take out just that one lense ... however it is in keeping with the vintage lenses .
iWhen I return to film , it will almost inevitably be a 50mm , 'cos I have one on my kIev 4m and on the Zenit 1 / Fed 1 '' Leica , the II and iiic ...
Oddly , I prefer the old cameras to my lovely Minolta SRs / SR7v now ...
dee