As a kind of corollary to Cobalt's thread (Cameras/lens you wish you'd kept...), which camera/lens do you see yourself keeping no matter what. What will you never give up unless they tear it from your cold, dead fingers?
I'll begin the crowing by saying that it's my Agfa Studio 5A 8x10 with the 18" Verito and 15" Cooke Series IIB. More fun than a barrel of monkeys and I don't have to carry it around.
My new Arca Swiss F-line Metric with Micrometric Orbix. I haven't even taken a picture with it yet, but I can just tell. It's a gem.
I think the 4x5" Tech V is a keeper. I've got six cammed lenses for it now, and I use it quite a lot.
On the other hand, I see myself doing more albumen printing which might mean using the larger cameras more.
My Ebony is a keeper. If we are limited to one lens, then the 90mm SA.
My Leica M4 kit if we aren't talking only about LF.
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Off the top of my head it would have to be the V8 'dorff, 19" Artar, 10" WF Ektar & 5x7 Speed Graphic with 203mm Ektar
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
B&J Commercial Views in 4x5, 5x7, & 8x10. Also 2D and Deardorff in 8x10. All the others I will toss out one at a time to occupy and distract the wolves as I retreat with the afore mentioned cameras.
Lenses - I'll just have to pick the 90 SA, 165 Wolly, 203 Ektar, 210 Fujinon, 240/300/&360 Apo-Ronars, 485 Repro-Claron, & anything in a Dial Set Compur.
Will need a pallet & forklift to make my escape with this stuff.
EuGene
Last edited by EuGene Smith; 15-Oct-2008 at 20:46. Reason: Forgot lenses
Canham 8x10 lightweight...and all my lenses stuffed into my backpack 'cause I'm just soooooooo selfish.
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Don't know if I have one, but my 1946 Pressman has been with me for 12 yrs, so that's probably a good bet (when all photo has gone purely digital I can still keep it around as an antique).
My Toho 4x5 and my APO Sironar-S 135mm. Great as a light-weight combo and by themselves.
Don't know if I have one, but my 1946 Pressman has been with me for 12 yrs, so that's probably a good bet (when all photo has gone purely digital I can still keep it around as an antique).
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