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Laika
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Hi all,
I wondering if anyone here shoots/travels with both RF's & SLR's at once?. The last few times I've travelled overseas I've got my gear standardised to (Nikon) F3HP, FM3a, 16/2.8 fisheye, 24/2, 35/1.4, 85/2. But since my last time travelling (02) I've been bitten by the RF bug, so far I have built up a collection of Soviet RF's and recently got a CV 15mm/4.5 lens and I'm hooked on RF's. I'm thinking about taking the F3HP and the fisheye (limited use) out of my kit and replacing them with my CV 15mm, one of my sharp soviet 50mm's and a RF body I've yet to decide on. Does this sound like a good/bad idea?
The advantages I can see are having a very light weight kit (RF & 50, maybe with 15mm in pocket/on belt) option for when I'm not taking all my gear out. Having a RF would be handy for the times I want low noise operation (often). And while I haven't weighted it I think the overall kit would be lighter.
My thoughts on a body are a limited $$ wise, I guess I could take one of my fav soviet bodies but the ones I really trust are all lack slow speeds and the viewfinders are OK until you pick up a SLR again. So other options would be a Bessa R or R2, both seem nice but maybe are a little more noisy than my Ruskies , making a big $$ stretch I could look for a user Leica M2 or 3 (a leica is what I'd really like) ... Hhhmmmm, I blame my local camera store a couple of months back they "forced" me to look over a new old stock M6 TTL .58 …Oh the finder! and when I thought I couldn't drool anymore they pull out a new black paint MP... Damm then!! hehehe.
I wondering if anyone here shoots/travels with both RF's & SLR's at once?. The last few times I've travelled overseas I've got my gear standardised to (Nikon) F3HP, FM3a, 16/2.8 fisheye, 24/2, 35/1.4, 85/2. But since my last time travelling (02) I've been bitten by the RF bug, so far I have built up a collection of Soviet RF's and recently got a CV 15mm/4.5 lens and I'm hooked on RF's. I'm thinking about taking the F3HP and the fisheye (limited use) out of my kit and replacing them with my CV 15mm, one of my sharp soviet 50mm's and a RF body I've yet to decide on. Does this sound like a good/bad idea?
The advantages I can see are having a very light weight kit (RF & 50, maybe with 15mm in pocket/on belt) option for when I'm not taking all my gear out. Having a RF would be handy for the times I want low noise operation (often). And while I haven't weighted it I think the overall kit would be lighter.
My thoughts on a body are a limited $$ wise, I guess I could take one of my fav soviet bodies but the ones I really trust are all lack slow speeds and the viewfinders are OK until you pick up a SLR again. So other options would be a Bessa R or R2, both seem nice but maybe are a little more noisy than my Ruskies , making a big $$ stretch I could look for a user Leica M2 or 3 (a leica is what I'd really like) ... Hhhmmmm, I blame my local camera store a couple of months back they "forced" me to look over a new old stock M6 TTL .58 …Oh the finder! and when I thought I couldn't drool anymore they pull out a new black paint MP... Damm then!! hehehe.