Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Today: Domke F1X (black ballistic) Ebony SV45TE Schneider Super-Symar 5.6/110 XL Schneider APO-Symar 5.6/150 XL Schneider center filter for 110mm (rarely used) Heliopan 58mm linear polarizer Schneider 6x asph. loupe Sekonic L-608 meter Spare CR123 Battery 6 Fidelity 4x5 film holders loaded with Portra NC (half 160, half 400) Polaroid 545 Pro back and a few sheets of Polapan 72 Leica long cable release Lee wide-angle compendium shade and adapter rings Clearsight lens brush, cleaning fluid, micro-fiber cloth Schneider micro-fiber cloth Focusing hood Ebony all-weather focusing cloth with bracket Small Kodak gray card (used as lens shade with Ebony bracket) Mini canned air Gitzo tripod wrench Small Phillips screwdriver Big Swiss Army knife (Phillips, pliers (!), no corkscrew) Measuring tape (for extension factors) Wet-erase marker Small ruled Moleskine Cheap Pelikan ballpoint Back-up meter: Leica M7 with 35 Summilux ASPH, film :) Not actually in bag: Gitzo 1325 w/ short rapid column and 2270M head on OpTech strap. In car: 1 Alien Bees 800 watt/sec. strobe 45" Photoflex convertible umbrella 10' White Lightning stand Sync & power cords Lead-acid battery/inverter I'm not a big guy but I'm amazed that I can actually carry all this stuff (sans lighting gear) for moderate distances If I'm doing reportage I carry a Domke F6B with: 2 Leica M7s (0.72 & 0.85) w/ or w/o Motor Drives 21 Elmarit ASPH w/finder 28 Summicron w/finder 35 Summilux ASPH 50 Summilux ASPH 90 Elmarit (or Summicron APO ASPH) SF 20 and Contax cable (sometimes Metz 54 MZ 3 Am I the only one who used the HSS?) Various filters and copious amounts of Tri-X If I bring the 90 AA I usually bring a 24 Elmarit ASPH in lieu of the 21 & 28) I haven't used my Hasselblad since I got the 4x5. Commercial jobs are mostly R8/DMR with 21-35, 28/90, 60 Macro, Metz or Alien Bees My go-everywhere camera used to be the M7 with motor and 28 Summicron; now it's my iPhone... Gilbert http://www.upstatelight.com