What camera to take for going on a walk?

benjiboy

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I usually take my Canon EF with the FD 35mm f 2 lens.
 

Jon Buffington

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XA, XA4 or a Leica CL (I see that option was posted). Very lightweight, packs a great punch. I am partial though to the CL with the 40 cron, such a great lens and I like the slightly wider normal for a walk. Otherwise, I have the XA with color and XA4 with B&W, one in each pocket (or vs versa on film/back). 3rd option is a barnack leica, also super small and I love twisting on the knobs for winding. However having a meter has it's benefits...the barnack for me is for SLOW walks, the other 3 are for quick grabs and pocketable.
 

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This (Vito II):

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Image borrowed from Mike Eckman’s site

I was given that as my first serious camera and I took it to the New York World's Fair 1964 and learned to about using the depth of field scales since it did not have a range finder. I did buy a range finder attachment and a light meter. It got damaged a few years later and recently I added on to my mob.
 

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I've got both XA and XA2, and both are great. I prefer the XA2 for casual strolling though, because I don't have to think much about distance setting or aperture setting. As much as I welcome the possibility to have control over that, sometime I just don't want to think and just point and shoot
 
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Ended up taking a Klasse W. Great camera but not worth the price from a technical standpoint. None of these expensive P&S are, but it is driven what the market can bare.
 

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I bought two in mint shape with the original cases. One for $16 and one for $20-ish. Yes, very underrated and inexpensive.
 
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Just loaded up my Chinon Goodfriend with Kentmere 400. An Olympus XA is just too obvious a choice.
 

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Nikon F5 + F6 with the HOLY TRINITY 14-24MM FX AF-S NANO G-ED +
24-70MM FX AF-S G ED VR NANO + 70-200MM FX AFS G ED VR NANO.

Can’t wait for their next, new, compensating lens. A 135MM FX G NANO VR SALML PIENS
 
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