Wednesday, February 17, 2010

What's in Edwin's Camera bag - Part 2


My (current) favorite things


Nikon D700 Camera
Nikkor 55 1.2 lens (1971)
Nikkor 85 1.8 lens (1965)
Nikkor 28 2.0 lens (early 1970's)
Domke F6 bag
8 or 16 gb cards and extra battery

This is the bag I carry then I'm shooting things I am passionate about and fancy myself a great artist.   I am having a love affair with early nikon glass.   With small modifications to the mount they work really well with full frame digital bodies.   There is something of a dreamy creamy quality to them when used wide open that is hard to match with anything else.    They focus so smoothy and feel so good in your hand  compared to modern plastic stuff.   The D700 is by far my favorite camera body.  Small and light with stunning low light performance.  I shoot by the light of tea candles and dying fireflies with it and the 55 1.2   I could never use these with the DX sensor Nikons.

What's missing?


I'd still like to have a nice 35 1.4 of the same vintage (they are expensive and get beat up).   Occasionally I will throw in a modern 135 2.0 when I feel the need of something longer but generally not.  Any of the Zeiss ZF lenses would be at home here.  I really like the 100 2.0 makro.