Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, A compact kit is a wonderfully liberating thing. You will find that you will be photographing more actively, because you aren't hindered by your gear. Today, it's more important than ever to look like a simple tourist, so as not to raise suspicion. I spent a year on the road with a single kit between 1999 and 2000 I carried the following kit, which was just about perfect. Only a few times did I wish for a longer lens: M6 Classic .72x M6 Classic .85x Elmarit 21mm ASPH Summilux 35mm ASPH Summicron 50mm Summicron 90mm APO ASPH With this kit, I typically had the 21mm finder always mounted to the .85, and would switch between the 21 and 90mm lenses on this body. Most of the time, I am walking around with the 35 mounted on the .72 and the 90 on the .85. If the intent is to concentrate on more journalistic-style photographs, I substitute the Summicron 28 ASPH for the Elmarit 21 ASPH. If I expect alot of very low light, I take a Noctilux instead of the Summicron 50. - --Jim - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christer Almqvist" <chris@almqvist.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 2:11 PM Subject: [Leica] less equipment > Since my Leica camera bag recently went bust due to constant > overstuffing,I have been thinking of getting rid of some more of my > equipment. > > I took a first step even before the bag went bust when I replaced my > 90mm APO-Asph by the 50mm Summicron, first the current version with > clip on sunshade and then the current version with built in sliding > sunshade. I am very happy with this move, which was inspired by a > LUGger who showed a lot of his wedding portraits made with a 50mm > lens here on the LUG. The sliding lens shade works very well, and > sves time and space, but as someone said here recently, it is > probably is not as good a protection as the old one if you drop the > lens, but that happens very rarely in my case. > > Next on the block to go is probably the 21mm Asph. Some time ago I > was offered a 15mm Super Wide Heliar new in the box for 360 dollars, > and although I had had one earlier, which I sold because it was a > lemon, I could not resist the offer as I had read that most LUGgers > were pleased with their S/W Heliars. This one works just fine, and > it does not worry me that the paint flakes off here and there, just > as others have experienced. But I hardly use the 21 mm any more. Add > to that that the 21 mm is the heaviest, most voluminous and most > expensive of all my lenses. Will I be a happier man and a better > photographer once it is gone? > > I should add that I also have a 35 mm Summicron, which I find > sufficiently different from the 50mm to be deaf on both ears, should > somebody recommend that I change it to 28 or 24 mm and sell the 21 > mm. One additional reason I like the 35 mm compared to the 24 and 28 > mm is that there is adequate space around the frames with a .72 > viewfinder. > > Otherwise I use two M7 bodies, two films (Delta 100 and HP5), two > film developers (Xtol and Rodinal.) and a single paper (Kodak > Polysomething RC) in one size (9 1/2 by 12"). I generally shoot ...., > well look at my websites. > > It would be a great help to me if persons having reduced their > equipment would share their experience with me. But do I find such > persons on the LUG? ;-) > > Chris > -- > Christer Almqvist > D 20255 Hamburg and / or > F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > > please look at my NEW b+w pictures at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > > old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html