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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fluffy, tastes differ. Before I moved up to 2x3 I shot 35 mm with Nikons and one Canon fixed lens AF point and shoot. The Canon was backup to the Nikons, which often had to fly as checked baggage. It once saved much of a trip's photography.

My Nikon kit contains one manual body (Nikkormat FTN, then FM-2n) and one aperture priority auto exposure body to hang behind a mirror lens (EM, then FG, then N8008S). Lenses are 24/2.8 (AI'd), 35-70/3.5-4.5 (replaced a stolen 35/2), 55/2.8 Micro AIS, 105/2.8 Micro AIS, 200/4 Micro AIS, a cheapo 400/6.3 preset long focus (not telephoto) lens and a 700/8 Questar. They are enough.

Along the way I've had a few other lenses (50/1.4, traded when I realized I didn't need it and a 55/3.5; 35/2 AI, stolen; 55/3.5 Micro, traded; 105/4 Micro, stolen; 105/4 Noflexar, traded; 135/2.8 Steinheil micro, traded; 200/4 tele, sold; 1000/11 Celestron C-90, sold). And a coupla 50/1.8s to see how good they are. The lenses I have pretty well cover the range I need to cover, I can't justify more.

I have way too many lenses for my 2x3 Graphics, don't regret having 'em. At the moment my lenses that cover 2x3 and can be used on my Graphics run from 35 mm to 480 mm with no large gaps between focal lengths. I have a 610 and a 900 in the closet, should finish tinkering with a modified 2x3 Graflex SLR for them later this year. There are stability problems to solve.

Thing is, I'm an ignorant barbarian -- the owners of Alpa agree wholeheartedly; I once pointed out very forcefully that a humble Century Graphic can do all their very well made and expensive cameras can do, and more, for much less money -- and am insensitive to the fine points of lens performance. I envy many of the posters here their ability to see differences that I can't.


PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
danfromm wrote:
Fluffy, tastes differ. Before I moved up to 2x3 I shot 35 mm with Nikons and one Canon fixed lens AF point and shoot. The Canon was backup to the Nikons, which often had to fly as checked baggage. It once saved much of a trip's photography.

My Nikon kit contains one manual body (Nikkormat FTN, then FM-2n) and one aperture priority auto exposure body to hang behind a mirror lens (EM, then FG, then N8008S). Lenses are 24/2.8 (AI'd), 35-70/3.5-4.5 (replaced a stolen 35/2), 55/2.8 Micro AIS, 105/2.8 Micro AIS, 200/4 Micro AIS, a cheapo 400/6.3 preset long focus (not telephoto) lens and a 700/8 Questar. They are enough.

Along the way I've had a few other lenses (50/1.4, traded when I realized I didn't need it and a 55/3.5; 35/2 AI, stolen; 55/3.5 Micro, traded; 105/4 Micro, stolen; 105/4 Noflexar, traded; 135/2.8 Steinheil micro, traded; 200/4 tele, sold; 1000/11 Celestron C-90, sold). And a coupla 50/1.8s to see how good they are. The lenses I have pretty well cover the range I need to cover, I can't justify more.

I have way too many lenses for my 2x3 Graphics, don't regret having 'em. At the moment my lenses that cover 2x3 and can be used on my Graphics run from 35 mm to 480 mm with no large gaps between focal lengths. I have a 610 and a 900 in the closet, should finish tinkering with a modified 2x3 Graflex SLR for them later this year. There are stability problems to solve.

Thing is, I'm an ignorant barbarian -- the owners of Alpa agree wholeheartedly; I once pointed out very forcefully that a humble Century Graphic can do all their very well made and expensive cameras can do, and more, for much less money -- and am insensitive to the fine points of lens performance. I envy many of the posters here their ability to see differences that I can't.


The trouble with having a lot of equipment is that you tend to try to carry it all with you, and it simply can't be done. For a long while I had only a Leicaflex SL and a 90mm Elmarit-R. I took some of my best photos ever with that very modest kit...because it never left my side.
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