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After shooting around the world with one body and lens for a full year, it seems that things are getting complicated again….
Sometimes I feel like I should sell everything and stick with a basic kit. But then, I enjoy these cameras and lenses and never shoot in the streets with more then one body and a couple of lenses. Also, there are a few projects I have been thinking about to experiment new avenues :
- one year with a 24mm lens on full frame.
- one year with the 60mm Hexanon, wide open only.
We will see, but for now I am definitely happy to get to shoot with the 60mm Hexanon again. And that Epson R-D1 1:1 viewfinder is so gorgeous, and that Jupiter 9 bokeh is so luxurious, and …… life is complicated isn't it ?
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Hey Yanick
For a couple of weeks now I've been looking at my gear and wondering if I have gone too far…….I'm very fortunate and I have kit that most people would kill for, but I am starting to suspect it's adding an unnecessary level of complication, maybe even removing some of the pleaseure I get from actually photographing!!!
Less can sometimes be more, the images from your trip are testement to that, along with your talent.
Cheers
Jason
Mate do the two lens thing. Either one will leave you fealing more restricted than simplistic. You know I'm right….right? ;-)
I can't see the Fujifilm X10 you bought at some point, did you get rid of it?
Cheers
Thomas
My mother stole it from me …. Seriously, I found I did not use it and though the X10 is a wonderful camera, the file it produces are just too far from my M cameras to be complimentary. I found I still prefer the Sigma DP2. Cheers.
I made my life easy. I sold everything and have only a dmc-gx1 + 20mm lens.
Smart man ! Happy with it ?
The one lens set up is very tempting – I find if I go out with just the 35mm I have no problem finding subjects. The same if I just go with a 50mm. But if I take both lenses I never seem to have the right one on the camera! Maybe taking 2 M9s is the answer.
You might not always have the right M9 in your hand in the midst of action though ? Keep it simple, one body, one main lens. Switch for shots where you really can’t do it with the main lens. Cheers.
two different focal lengths! They're not the extremes but quite different when it comes to the shooting approach. It'd certainly be fun to do that in your photographic journey.
I could tell my own 28mm and 35mm are two completely different animal already!
They are, especially in terms of distortion. But still too close to take the two of them on an extended trip.
That is easy. Just keep the real rangefinder (easy to recognise – it has a lever for cocking the shutter) and sell the two wannabe rangefinders ;-)
/Xpanded
Ha ha – good one
I am sure that you noticed that the real rangefinder is in fact a digital one ? ;)
Yours too! I thought it was only mine ;-)
Je ne sais pas si la vie est compliquée mais je suis à peu près sûr que ce billet a un petit quelque chose d'indécent… :D
C’est vrai, d’une certaine façon c’est indécent. Mais somme toute, pas tellement que cela en Occident. A chacun sa passion. ;)
You have guven all of us followers and viewers a very wonderful and privileged view of India and many other countries. Thank You! Your minimal use of equipment again a marked contrast to the massive white lens syndrom and huge camera boxes. Good for you! I think only Henri Cartier-Bresson travelled almost as light! OK no Laptop.
Your future plans will yield photos wherever you go.
I did critcize your "washed-out" look and don't like the very narrow angle of sharpness thru shooting wide open! It's becoming a style of esp. :Leica users.It is not pleasant to look at. I think Torsten Overgaard is a main culprit.
In my opinion, style should be natural. A photo should be clear. If you used "fish-eye" lens that would inflict that look! So is large aperture out of focus.I've done it in the past myself. Now as a user of small digital cameras where everything is sharp, i realize with wonder, i am not chained to the apertures.My cautions, i am sure do not offend.Your pix are great.
Good luck with your new venture!
Hi Jason, think about your memories of a scene. Are they clear from all edges of the scene ? Do you remember every single detail fo it ? Probably not, this is why the blur does actually well replicated our memory. And pictures are nothing else than memories. See my point. This being said, I also like pictures where everything is in focus and have converged a lot more towards this at the end of the trip. Yet here again, it is about tastes, and nobody is ever right regarding that ;)
Cheers, Yanick
my friend would describe these as "luxury problems". the good news is, of course, you cant go wrong whatever you do.
I like the 2 camera + 2 lens idea with the M9 and RD1, that gives potentially 4 focal lengths. but maybe thats too complicated ! ;)-