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One camera one lens this Fall season!


dave.gt

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I admire people who use one camera one lens. However, it is not for me. Why limit myself when I have choices? :D

 

When I was a teenager with limited resources, I used a Canon A-1 with a 50/1.4. I found out that the setup wasn't ideal. Now, almost 30 years later, I have different bodies with various lenses. Yes, I do have GAS. I had it under control for months now. But now I NEED to get a Leica R adaptor for M.

 

Yes, most of the time I carry a one camera one lens but it depends. Sometimes I carry two bodies (film and/or digital) with 2 different focal lengths depending on what I feel I would need. But somehow I feel that I need a wider lens...I wished I had a SEM 21mm.

 

The 80/1.4 is a beautiful lens and use it for portraits. I love the look when shot wide open - similar to the Leica 50/0.95 or the Nikkor Nocti 58/1.2. I do not have a Noct 50/1 so I cannot comment on that.

 

Have fun but you might need a ND filter.

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I admire people who use one camera one lens. However, it is not for me. Why limit myself when I have choices? :D

 

It helps me get back to the basics - perspective, aperture, shutter speed, etc. It helps me concentrate on the image. I am currently doing a project of a specific subject with one camera, one lens. I like the images I am getting.

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It helps me get back to the basics - perspective, aperture, shutter speed, etc. It helps me concentrate on the image. I am currently doing a project of a specific subject with one camera, one lens. I like the images I am getting.

 

That's very nice. I mostly carry one camera and one lens. Sometimes another body with another lens.

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I have recently been away and I ended up using the Elmarit 60mm a lot while walking about towns. I found it could cope with architecture , places as well as stopping to photograph a small flower or similar . A great all rounder.

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Last month I spent 5 days in Venice to finish off a European trip. At the start I set out to 'see' Venice only through a Noctilux 50/1.0. I wanted to vary what I saw using the extremes of that tool. 99% of my pics were with that lens, but I always carried my full kit because there is always something that does not fit a 'locked in' gear set up. I have since produced a book of that experience where the M9 + Noctilux rule, but I never 'blind' myself to alternatives. Some things just need a different treatment.

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A small 3 lens kit is liberating also, say a 35, 50,75 or 90.

 

My 50 2.8 takes wonderful pics, nice bokeh, nice color, sharp but not too clinical.

50 1.4 is the same.

 

A mid range zoom on a Nikon, but perhaps that is beyond scope of thread. 24.120 vr is great.

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