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Zeiss Ikon<br />CV 28mm f1.9<br />ZM C Sonnar 50mm f1.5<br />CV 90mm f3.5<br />Domke 803 Shoulder bag<br />Minox Gt-E 35mm f2.8<br />Belt Case<br />4-12 rolls Fuji 400 press color

After two months, with six weeks vacationing in the my my old country, Portugal, I have a different walk-around kit. The Zorki that I mentioned in my previous post is sick and will be visiting the doctor soon. My everyday kit is now my M3 with 50/2 Summitar. I had it paired with my MP and 35/1.7 Ultron during the trip but unfortunately, a teenager attempted to steel my camera bag and in our struggle, the Ultron got damaged and is now unusable. I was used to having a 35/50 combo and for about three weeks or so I really struggled with photography. One, without a 35, I had to slightly change my approach to what I planned to photograph. Two, I was just afraid of being robbed again. I like 50mm for outdoors, 35mm for indoors and I&#039;ll be sticking to that for the most part. I got the silver 35/1.2 coming from CameraQuest now that I&#039;m back in Canada but still got to get another 35 for regular use as the BEAST (aka 35 Nokton) is tad big. Right now, I&#039;m going backergy<br /><br /> and forth between getting a new CV 35/2.5 or a used 35/2 Summicron. A friend is going to let me borrow his 3rd gen Summicron and I&#039;ll see how it goes but so far I&#039;m leaning towards the CV but as I like to shoot 35 indoors I may opt for the Summicron.<br /><br />Walk-around kit:<br />M3 + 50 Summitar (current kit)<br />MP + 35 Skopar and 50 Summitar (kit in the near future)<br />- I&#039;ll substitute the Summitar for my J3 if I feel that I can use the extra speed<br /><br />Travel-kit for short trips (around 2 weeks perhaps):<br />M3 + 50 Summitar (or J3)<br />MP + 35 Skopar (or 35 Summicron)<br />add 21 Skopar as the third lens<br /><br />Travel-kit for extended trips (e.g. my usual 6+ weeks in Portugal):<br />I would like to take everything that I have, which is not that much. It all fits in my Thinktank Airport Antidote backpack with room to spare.

My customary walkaround is an R3A with 40/1.4 Nokton, 90mm Elmar, hoods, and spare batteries and meter, and a pocket tripod. I nearly always have a second camera for spare, and just in case I&#039;d need some get-them-quick shots without waiting to re-load the main camera if it was too close to the end of the roll. The backup is usually my Olympus 35RC, as it has a razor sharp lens and will work even if the battery fails. <br /><br />The most noticeable thing about this walkabout kit is how light it is, compared to the SLR bag, which usually contained two bodies, four lenses, and the 35RC backup, plus an assortment of things like flash, batteries, winders and so on. On the last outing with this bag, most of the shots were taken with 35mm and 50mm lenses, and the &#039;just in case&#039; lenses were never used.