Ok, i need your opinion guys; tomorrow I'm going on a trip to Cajamarca (in the andean region of Peru), 4 days, i'll be trekking a little bit; weather goes from about 0°C to 25°C (32°F to 77°F for the friends in USA), and i have yet not decided which camera to carry. I have different systems and in almost all of the systems i have a 24/28mm, 35mm, 85/100, 135 and 200.
So i've put the weights of the cameras and lenses into a spreadsheet and i have these options, they all weight very similar (1500g +/- 50g)
The choices are:
SYSTEM FD:
Canon New F-1 in battered shape so it does not attract attention
FD 28/2.8 lens
FD 50/1.8 lens or 50/1.4
FD 100/2.8 lens
pros: Cheap lenses, F-1N is my favorite 35mm SLR
SYSTEM EOS:
Canon EOS 5 -- this camera has a full-featured integrated flash and auto everything, reads my mind and acts accordingly
EF 24/2.8
EF 50/1.8 first version
EF 85/1.8
pros: Camera is very quick to use, lenses great
cons: lenses (relatively) expensive and delicate
SYSTEM Nikon:
Nikkormat EL or Nikon F2
Nikon 20/4.0 AI or 28/3.5
Nikon 35/3.5 perspective-control
Nikon 50/2.0
pros: Cameras great to use, 35/3.5PC is one of my favorite lenses
cons: I don't want my beloved 20 or 35PC to get damaged or dirty or stolen!
SYSTEM Pentax M42:
Pentax Spotmatic
S-M-C Takumar 28/3.5 or Carl Zeiss Jena 35/2.4
SMC Takumar 50/1.4
Carl Zeiss Jena 135/3.5
pros: Light camera, i have many spotmatics so no prob if it gets stolen.
cons: Changing lenses is noticeably slower. Some of the lenses were a bit difficult to find and/or expensive.
SYSTEM "SLR cameras suck":
Zeiss Contessa folder (45/2.8 lens) or Kodak Retina IIIc (50/2.0 lens)
both being rangefinder cameras of course.
or Olympus Pen S (28/3.5 half frame lens)
Circumstances are, i'm afraid that the camera gets damaged by weather and rough treatment. Weather-wise perhaps the New F-1 is the most resilient and would perhaps be choice #1. All the cameras are very reliable, although i feel that my EF lenses are more fragile than the rest (i dropped an EF 50/1.8 Mk1 in the past and it needed repair).
The cheapest set of lenses above was the FD lenses, by far, followed by the M42 lenses, and then the Nikon lenses and EOS lenses (tie in price).
What would you guys choose?
So i've put the weights of the cameras and lenses into a spreadsheet and i have these options, they all weight very similar (1500g +/- 50g)
The choices are:
SYSTEM FD:
Canon New F-1 in battered shape so it does not attract attention
FD 28/2.8 lens
FD 50/1.8 lens or 50/1.4
FD 100/2.8 lens
pros: Cheap lenses, F-1N is my favorite 35mm SLR
SYSTEM EOS:
Canon EOS 5 -- this camera has a full-featured integrated flash and auto everything, reads my mind and acts accordingly
EF 24/2.8
EF 50/1.8 first version
EF 85/1.8
pros: Camera is very quick to use, lenses great
cons: lenses (relatively) expensive and delicate
SYSTEM Nikon:
Nikkormat EL or Nikon F2
Nikon 20/4.0 AI or 28/3.5
Nikon 35/3.5 perspective-control
Nikon 50/2.0
pros: Cameras great to use, 35/3.5PC is one of my favorite lenses
cons: I don't want my beloved 20 or 35PC to get damaged or dirty or stolen!
SYSTEM Pentax M42:
Pentax Spotmatic
S-M-C Takumar 28/3.5 or Carl Zeiss Jena 35/2.4
SMC Takumar 50/1.4
Carl Zeiss Jena 135/3.5
pros: Light camera, i have many spotmatics so no prob if it gets stolen.
cons: Changing lenses is noticeably slower. Some of the lenses were a bit difficult to find and/or expensive.
SYSTEM "SLR cameras suck":
Zeiss Contessa folder (45/2.8 lens) or Kodak Retina IIIc (50/2.0 lens)
both being rangefinder cameras of course.
or Olympus Pen S (28/3.5 half frame lens)
Circumstances are, i'm afraid that the camera gets damaged by weather and rough treatment. Weather-wise perhaps the New F-1 is the most resilient and would perhaps be choice #1. All the cameras are very reliable, although i feel that my EF lenses are more fragile than the rest (i dropped an EF 50/1.8 Mk1 in the past and it needed repair).
The cheapest set of lenses above was the FD lenses, by far, followed by the M42 lenses, and then the Nikon lenses and EOS lenses (tie in price).
What would you guys choose?
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