Guest Posted November 5, 2020 Share #421 Posted November 5, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) So, inspired by this thread, I’ve looked at the EXIF data from past photographs, determined my most and least used focal lengths and apertures, the utility of having all coded Leica lenses with the same filter size, scoured the used market to sell and buy, read reviews and recommendations, tried to lighten my kit, and considered my actual use of lenses (street, travel, documentary, environmental portraits, and some architectural and landscape) rather than aspirational use. I’ve sold the remainder of my least (almost never) used kit and found some good buys, so for digital I’m now down to 2 bodies and 3 lenses as follows: Leica M10 Monochrom Leica M10P Leica 24mm f/3.8 Elmar Lens Leica Summilux M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH FLE Lens Leica Summarit M 90mm f/2.5 Lens This means I can carry one body (depending on whether I mainly want to shoot color or B&W) and the three lenses in a very small and light Billingham Bag (I obviously have become obsessive about this), but it works best for me for every day carry and travel. YMMV. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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molto1 Posted November 19, 2020 Share #422 Posted November 19, 2020 My travel kit is : Elmarit 28 2,8 and APO 50 2,0 with Leica SL2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
budjames Posted January 23, 2021 Share #423 Posted January 23, 2021 Since my original post, I had a trip to Scotland and Ireland. I took my M10-P, Summilux 35mm, APO Summicron 50mm and Sony RX100VII (back and 20mm equivalent zoom). The Summilux 35mm never left my M10-P body. I used the Sony RX100VII for about 50 images of the 3,500+ that I shot. For my next trip, I will take my M10-R, Summilux 35mm, APO Summicron 50mm and an extra battery. My new iPhone 12Pro will work just fine for my snapshots and any video. The Sony will stay home. I will carry this reduced kit and my iPad Pro 10" in my Billingham Hadley Pro 2020 bag with plenty of room to spare. That said, when I vacationed for two weeks this summer visiting National Parks in Utah, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, I took my Leica SL2 and 24-90 and 16-35 Leica zooms in a Peak Design back pack. I knew that I would be shooting a lot of landscapes. The convenience of the zooms and IBIS of the SL2 worked great. I now have a number of fine additions to my travel landscape portfolio. We had an SUV as we travel, so I mostly just carried the SL2 and 24-90 with a neck/shoulder strap. The bag stayed in the car. This was great, but I still prefer the more compact M10 for most travel needs. Great to have choices. Regards, Bud James Please check out my fine art and travel photography at www.budjames.photography or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/budjamesphoto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
105012 Posted January 24, 2021 Share #424 Posted January 24, 2021 What and how we see are I guess the principle determinants of our ideal two lens kit. I am currently on the road with a 50mm Summicron (type 1) and 90mm Tele-Elmarit (thin), and finding this a good kit, although have missed the 135mm a few times already... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2021 Share #425 Posted January 24, 2021 What is this "travel" you speak of? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lelmer Posted January 24, 2021 Share #426 Posted January 24, 2021 8 hours ago, 105012 said: What and how we see are I guess the principle determinants of our ideal two lens kit. I am currently on the road.... Happy man 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu_downunder Posted April 4, 2021 Share #427 Posted April 4, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) On 6/14/2017 at 9:22 AM, a.noctilux said: Some months ago, I would say MATE (Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50) and Macro-Elmar-M 4/90 . Now it would just be something else but even lighter : Summaron-M 5.6/28mm and Summarit-M 2.5/50 on two bodies. How about now in 2021? Your two bodies, I guess, would be M10 and Ma? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted April 4, 2021 Share #428 Posted April 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Shu_downunder said: How about now in 2021? Your two bodies, I guess, would be M10 and Ma? Two M-A with two different focal lenses on each ... one at a time, and more films. Sometimes, I use digital M but I have far less pleasure than with film (or kind of meditation without destination). As side note, I take less pics but savouring each frame. Side note two, the results are much less important than before. I understand now, better than in the past, the words of Winogrand 'pocket full of rolls of film', then he neglicted the processing after that. ( so why he left thousands of rolls to be processed, or ...not ). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu_downunder Posted April 4, 2021 Share #429 Posted April 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, a.noctilux said: Two M-A with two different focal lenses on each ... one at a time, and more films. Sometimes, I use digital M but I have far less pleasure than with film (or kind of meditation without destination). As side note, I take less pics but savouring each frame. Side note two, the results are much less important than before. I understand now, better than in the past, the words of Winogrand 'pocket full of rolls of film', then he neglicted the processing after that. ( so why he left thousands of rolls to be processed, or ...not ). Well you start to enjoy purely now. While I’m still in the early stage, with lots of ‘purposes’, recording life, work, learning, etc, which I enjoy as well though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted April 4, 2021 Share #430 Posted April 4, 2021 10 minutes ago, Shu_downunder said: Well you start to enjoy purely now. While I’m still in the early stage, with lots of ‘purposes’, recording life, work, learning, etc, which I enjoy as well though. Enjoy your present life, Shu. Live in present time, as said the sage. Remember we have only ONE life not re-placeable or repeatable. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu_downunder Posted April 4, 2021 Share #431 Posted April 4, 2021 1 minute ago, a.noctilux said: Enjoy your present life, Shu. Live in present time, as said the sage. Remember we have only ONE life not re-placeable or repeatable. Well said:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu_downunder Posted April 4, 2021 Share #432 Posted April 4, 2021 On 5/10/2018 at 1:49 AM, SiggiGun said: Really, an interessting question! In my Leica live, I changed 3 times my preferred 2 lens travel combo: 35LUX + 90MACRO TRI-ELMAR 28-35-30 + 90MACRO 28CRON + 50APO I found many replies in the thread shows this trend, as the photographer getting more experienced, their favorite lens get wider. Could it be the reason - this is just my humble guess - that the as more experienced photographer can emphasise the subject, or focus point, with even more context. Thus wider lens. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiggiGun Posted April 4, 2021 Share #433 Posted April 4, 2021 vor 9 Minuten schrieb Shu_downunder: I found many replies in the thread shows this trend, as the photographer getting more experienced, their favorite lens get wider. Could it be the reason - this is just my humble guess - that the as more experienced photographer can emphasise the subject, or focus point, with even more context. Thus wider lens. I guess you're right. My experience is now in a spirit of "reportage" and less "esthetic". However I love changing the combo. Maybe inva near future I will take (if delivered..) the new APO35M and the APO75M.... Will see Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted April 4, 2021 Share #434 Posted April 4, 2021 24 minutes ago, Shu_downunder said: I found many replies in the thread shows this trend, as the photographer getting more experienced, their favorite lens get wider. Could it be the reason - this is just my humble guess - that the as more experienced photographer can emphasise the subject, or focus point, with even more context. Thus wider lens. I hope that one day, Shu, you would find that only ONE lens is enough for so many things. No worry to "change" anything. But having choices for that ONE lens can be tough when travelling 😉. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted April 4, 2021 Share #435 Posted April 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Shu_downunder said: I found many replies in the thread shows this trend, as the photographer getting more experienced, their favorite lens get wider. Could it be the reason - this is just my humble guess - that the as more experienced photographer can emphasise the subject, or focus point, with even more context. Thus wider lens. I would not generalize. Some photogs "see" in 35mm for instance, others in 50mm etc. Not sure if it depends on experience. AFAIC i've been used to carry three main lenses since the seventies: 35, 50 & 90. Now i sometimes replace a 35 by a 28 or 21 or a 90 by a 75 or 135 but my favorite field of view remains 50mm. YMMV. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu_downunder Posted April 4, 2021 Share #436 Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, a.noctilux said: I hope that one day, Shu, you would find that only ONE lens is enough for so many things. No worry to "change" anything. But having choices for that ONE lens can be tough when travelling 😉. Interesting you saying that. Spending the past 2 days reading though this interesting thread, I have been actually trying to find THE ONE lens I will use in one of my most important travel in a few years time. In that travel, weight control is most important, gear liability comes second, and last but not least, quality. I’m therefore thinking of a maybe weird set: The ONE lens set is M10 + 35 FLE , and M-A + F5.6/2.8 + a few rolls of 800 film as backup ( in situation such as no power to charge battery for continuous 3 or more days ) The whole set would be under 2kg including chargers and spare batteries. — In normal life I’m yet to get to the ONE LENS phase. Still need variety of bodies and lenses for different purpose. I’m looking forward to the coming of that day when I am comfortable with ONE lens only without any anxiety, I’m just not in a hurry to get there though. Edited April 4, 2021 by Shu_downunder Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted April 4, 2021 Share #437 Posted April 4, 2021 Shu maybe good or bad choice which can vary with time. You are the only one to decide. Me when I'll travel again? I'd choose only one Monochrom (plus 28+50) over M10 for fun travelling, no need backup anymore. or ... With M10, I'd take Summarit-M 2.5/35 or 50 for their compactness and good for the job from f/2.5 With M-A I'd prefer more "light" with Elmarit-M asph.28 (or why not the "sweet" 28mm Summicron-M which can be used on M10 also, when needing 28mm and more light gathering). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fgcm Posted April 4, 2021 Share #438 Posted April 4, 2021 On 11/19/2020 at 5:47 PM, molto1 said: My travel kit is : Elmarit 28 2,8 and APO 50 2,0 with Leica SL2 Same lenses with M10. I suppose your Elmarit is the recent Asph, not the old pre-Asph. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu_downunder Posted April 4, 2021 Share #439 Posted April 4, 2021 2 hours ago, a.noctilux said: Shu maybe good or bad choice which can vary with time. You are the only one to decide. Indeed it’s personal, and all depends on type of travel, and available gear, and many other things... 2 hours ago, a.noctilux said: no need backup anymore Why? M10 is reliable enough? Or backup is not important to you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted April 4, 2021 Share #440 Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) I don't need backup anymore for two and a half reasons : a - my wife takes the backup for us, well the second "system" of my choice if I can convince her to take M10 (other M would be fine) I think she would take MATE the lens she likes a lot b - when I take Monochrom, never need a backup in digital, if something can go wrong, let's see b' - I would take a film M anyway with Monochrom and some more films if need be Edited April 4, 2021 by a.noctilux Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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