Playing around with this 35mm kit today, thinking of possibly taking this combination to Thailand.
3 M6 Leica bodies, R6 body, 50mm F1.4, 35mm F1.4, 28mm F2, 60mm F2.8. I also am testing out my more rigid used Billingham bag, last trip I ripped my bag up quite a bit (had it repaired in Bangkok), so am looking for something a bit more sturdy.
Not sure if I need both the 50mm and 60mm lens (close focus), thou the F1.4 could be valuable in low light. Also not sure if I need 3 M6 bodies, 2 might be enough. I would have to include the 21mm F2.8 a lens I have grown to love.
It would be great to just take a single bag of gear like this and 200 rolls of Tri-x and call it quits. I need to shoot the 5x7 thou, so that's a whole bunch of more equipment ("Families of the Dump" and "Khon Thai", "Migrants", "Khon Thai" "Muay Thai Boxers"). I also need to decide if I should take the blad and ring flash to try to do some "Lost Innocence" photographs. I will only have 7 weeks next trip so I might want to postpone some of the projects. Traveling lighter is always a better idea. Less projects and less gear might equal better photographs.
Update* Maybe I should go with 2 M6s and 21mm, 35mm lens plus the 5x7 with the 120mm lens. That is the smallest kit I can imagine and yet still be able to shoot 150 rolls of Tri-x 35 and 250+ sheets of 5x7. This kit would force me to concentrate more on the composition the photographs and less on the toys.
3 M6 Leica bodies, R6 body, 50mm F1.4, 35mm F1.4, 28mm F2, 60mm F2.8. I also am testing out my more rigid used Billingham bag, last trip I ripped my bag up quite a bit (had it repaired in Bangkok), so am looking for something a bit more sturdy.
Not sure if I need both the 50mm and 60mm lens (close focus), thou the F1.4 could be valuable in low light. Also not sure if I need 3 M6 bodies, 2 might be enough. I would have to include the 21mm F2.8 a lens I have grown to love.
It would be great to just take a single bag of gear like this and 200 rolls of Tri-x and call it quits. I need to shoot the 5x7 thou, so that's a whole bunch of more equipment ("Families of the Dump" and "Khon Thai", "Migrants", "Khon Thai" "Muay Thai Boxers"). I also need to decide if I should take the blad and ring flash to try to do some "Lost Innocence" photographs. I will only have 7 weeks next trip so I might want to postpone some of the projects. Traveling lighter is always a better idea. Less projects and less gear might equal better photographs.
Update* Maybe I should go with 2 M6s and 21mm, 35mm lens plus the 5x7 with the 120mm lens. That is the smallest kit I can imagine and yet still be able to shoot 150 rolls of Tri-x 35 and 250+ sheets of 5x7. This kit would force me to concentrate more on the composition the photographs and less on the toys.
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| M6 28mm, R6 60mm, M6 50mm, M6 35mm, Billingham bag. |