What camera to take for going on a walk?

[jnk]

It's been a few walks. Took a Rolleiflex 2.8GX, Leica MP, Nikon F6, Kodak Ektar H35, Agat 18K, Leica M7, Olympus Trip 35, Fuji Work Record Pano, Nikon Lite Touch AF, Ricoh FF-1, Fuji Klassee W, Konica C35 (red), Leica M3 SS, Leica 1F, Rollei A110, Konica C35 (blue), Nikonos V (orange), Agfa Optima 1535, Chinon Bellami, Leica M-A, Leica R9, Hasselblad H1, Pentax Auto 110, Leica M5.

Looking back at the cameras I've used on walks since I started this thread - I use www.filmtrackr.com

I 'think' I wore pants. How am I expected to remember that?

filmtrackr looks helpful
I forget pants too, but I squat in a ghost town and they don't seem to mind

 

[Paul Howell]

Just finished a walk with my Minolta 9XI. Although hated for needing function cards for bracketing, multiexposure, and the like, for a take it on walk camera, set to program mode, a 28mm to 100mm mid level zoom, works well for me.

 

[Ian Grant]

Jeez wimps, I'm known to walk a few miles with my 10x8 Agra Ansco Commercial View, and I'm past retirement age, admittedly I don't take the 165mm Super Angulon - that is a heavy beast.

Just a walk though, not a planned photo outing, a Rolleiflex. Planned either my Wista 45DX or Super Graphic and three lenses, plus a TLR, oh and a DSLR.

Ian

 

[Sirius Glass]

If I want to travel light then there is the Tessina.

 

[Larryc001]

I was looking at the various cameras in my wife’s closet the other day. I came across her like new Canon G11. I remember this is a pretty good little camera. I have been studying it and think it would be a few steps up from the iPhone for a walking around camera. I will give it a try and see how it does.

 

[MattKing]

Sorry Larry, this is in an analog camera sub-forum, so that one can't be entered in the queue!

 

[faberryman]

Are people compiling shopping lists for a new camera to carry when going for a walk? I ask because just about any camera you have laying around the house will work just fine.

 

[BradS]

It's been a few walks. Took a Rolleiflex 2.8GX, Leica MP, Nikon F6, Kodak Ektar H35, Agat 18K, Leica M7, Olympus Trip 35, Fuji Work Record Pano, Nikon Lite Touch AF, Ricoh FF-1, Fuji Klassee W, Konica C35 (red), Leica M3 SS, Leica 1F, Rollei A110, Konica C35 (blue), Nikonos V (orange), Agfa Optima 1535, Chinon Bellami, Leica M-A, Leica R9, Hasselblad H1, Pentax Auto 110, Leica M5.

Looking back at the cameras I've used on walks since I started this thread - I use www.filmtrackr.com

I 'think' I wore pants. How am I expected to remember that?

That's a lotta gear to haul around. Do you employ a sherpa? or have a string of pack mules?

....and of course, pants are optional in the major metro areas of California when within a mile of the coast.

Footwear is where things can get tricky...y'know, I mean, flip-flops down South (South of Glenn Annie Road), Tevas up North and Birkenstocks around Berkeley.

 

[Huss]

That's a lotta gear to haul around. Do you employ a sherpa? or have a string of pack mules?

....and of course, pants are optional in the major metro areas of California when within a mile of the coast.

I wear cargo kilts. Mark my words, they will be the next big thing.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I wear cargo kilts. Mark my words, they will be the next big thing.

No need for a purse.

 

[jtk]

Don't take a camera. Keep your eyes open for opportunities and ideas, come back fully intentionally and with whatever camera floats your boat then..

 

[Nicholas Lindan]

I wear cargo kilts.

The mind boggles.

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I take either a Yashica T4 or a Nikon N-75 (with the 28-80 kit lens) on hikes where the primary focus (groan) isn't on photography. Light weight is the key criteria. Another candidate I have always meant to try is a 6x6cm Zeiss Nettar. I have a small ball head on the head of my hiking staff. I carry a length of para cord to tie the staff to a tree for an improvised tripod, otherwise I use the staff as a monopod.

It isn't a real hike without a good staff in my hand and a good dog at my side; a camera is optional.

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Nicholas Lindan​

The mind boggles.

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I take either a Yashica T4 or a Nikon N-75 (with the 28-80 kit lens) on hikes where the primary focus (groan) isn't on photography. Light weight is the key criteria. Another candidate I have always meant to try is a 6x6cm Zeiss Nettar. I have a small ball head on the head of my hiking staff. I carry a length of para cord to tie the staff to a tree for an improvised tripod, otherwise I use the staff as a monopod.

It isn't a real hike without a good staff in my hand and a good dog at my side; a camera is optional.

I use to have a Garmin GPS attached to my hiking stick to navigate. This isn't my setup but it was similar.

 

[Jay Schrotenboer]

I wear cargo kilts. Mark my words, they will be the next big thing.

Built in air conditioning! Nice!

 

[Huss]

Built in air conditioning! Nice!

People do not appreciate it when I do my Marilyn impersonation.

 

[Jay Schrotenboer]

People do not appreciate it when I do my Marilyn impersonation.

They are just jealous you are so cool

 

[Huss]

Today I skateboarded with my MP, Cv 40 2.8, TTA 28 5.6, Fuji C200 and Arista 100
Shot three rolls in the afternoon, mainly w the 40mm

 

[lxdude]

I think small is important. A Pentax MX with wide angle or normal fits lens easily in a jacket pocket. An OM-1, etc. also.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

This summer I used a Canon IIb with a Summitar on some hikes, everything fits in a fanny pack, and I carry a light tripod on my knapsack. I keep threatening to put a 1/4" x 20 screw on top of my staff....

 

[MattKing]

Andrew O'Neill this morning, out on a walk with his camera:

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Andrew O'Neill this morning, out on a walk with his camera:
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I was giving her a wee pep talk... more like bribing her. She can be stubborn, especially in these early Autumn mornings... Just mixed up some D23 and about to develop those sheets...

 

[Don_ih]

My "go for a walk" camera is usually a Leica III. But the best kind of "go for a walk" camera is one with film loaded correctly. I've tried it the other way - doesn't work so well.

 

[Moose22]

Don, I actually trimmed up a couple of rolls for the IIIf and threw them in the bag, just in case something interesting happened while I had it this weekend. It is an enjoyable sunny 16 gem of a camera.

But you remind me of an event this summer, trying to load an ETR back in the near-dark with a huge crowd around and wondering which way the film went. When I switch cameras too often those brain farts occur far more than I like to admit. Thankfully I sorted it out and didn't try to expose 15 frames of backing paper or anything, but it almost happened.

 

[Sirius Glass]

This summer I used a Canon IIb with a Summitar on some hikes, everything fits in a fanny pack, and I carry a light tripod on my knapsack. I keep threatening to put a 1/4" x 20 screw on top of my staff....

If you do that your workers' comp monthly payments will probably increase and your staff may quit to work elsewhere.

 

[AnselMortensen]

My usual " go for a walk" camera is a Canon P with a 50mm Summicron.

However, I recently acquired a sexy black Nikkormat FTN with a dead meter, a non-AI 43-86mm Nikkor, 15 rolls of Kentmere 400, and 2 bottles of Rodinal...all unplanned in regard to each other.
So Fate has decided for me that I will be 'walking around' with one camera, one lens, and one film for a while.
We'll see how that goes.