Your Minimal Kit...

<p>Either my D700 or F100 and my 20mm f/2.8.</p>

<p>If I'm climbing or know I'm going to be away for more than a day I also throw in a 50mm and a spare battery + memory card or spare AAs and a couple of rolls of film.</p>

<p>Sometimes my minimal kit is a Hasselblad 500CM + either my 80mm or 50mm and a spare roll of whatever film I feel like shooting.</p>

<p>Minimal everyday walk around kit...D300 with the 17-55mm f2.8 & Polarizer in my pocket. Most of the time it's all I need. </p>

<p>My walk-around includes my D700 with a 28-105 Nikkor. If I want to go even lighter, I'd trade in the zoom for a 24 mm f/2.8 and an 85 mm f/1.8. If I had someone to carry the bag, I'd throw in my 20-35 mm f/2.8, my Tokina 28-85 f/2.8, my 80-200 f/2.8, and my 180 f/2.8.</p>

<p>Oh, and I'm John W. Wall's evil twin (see above) Nikon shooter.</p>

<p>Canon S90<br>

or<br>

Nikon D700 w/50mm 1.4</p>

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<p>D60 + 50/1.8 (yeah, manual focus)</p>

<p>Or just the Sigma DP1s.</p>

<p>Minimal? When I travel for business I carry my GF1 and the 20mm f/1.7 with the occasional 45mm f/2.8 macro.</p>

<p>DSLR? Canon 50D & either 24-70mm L or the 50 f/1.4.</p>

<p>My minimal kit at the moment is...<br>

D90 + 12-24,f4 + flash + batteries.<br>

My Canon Ixus broke lolx.</p>

<p>When I go out for a stroll, usually I'll take my D50 and one lens. Usually either my 24/2.8, 55/3.5 micro, 50/1.8, 135/3.5 or my 28-80 G zoom if I'm feeling a little lazy. If I take more than one, I usually end up taking a bag full because I can't decide which ones to take and which to leave, so I'll try to cover pretty much every focal length from 19mm to 300mm with primes and zooms.</p>

<p>D700 and 24-70mm for all digital/color.</p>

<p>ZI and CV 35/1.2 and Tri-X for all film/B&W</p>

<p>Nikon N80 with a prime lens and usually a filter of some sort. An extra roll of film sometimes.</p>

<p>Minimal kit/<br>

Nokia N95 5 megapixel or Zorky 4K<br>

Otherwise<br>

Lowepro CompuTrekker AW backpack with<br>

F100 w/ 50mm f/1.4<br>

D300+ MB10<br />35mm f/2 AI<br />55-200mm<br />30-80mm<br />CF cards<br />Tripod<br />Flash</p>

<p>D700 w/ RRS L-bracket<br>

24-70 f/2.8<br>

SB-800<br>

77 mm Singh-Ray polarizer<br>

Singh-Ray Galen Rowell 1-stop and 2-stop hard-edge ND grads<br>

Lee holder and 77 mm adapter ring<br>

16 GB Sandisk or Lexar CF cards<br>

Lens cleaning cloth<br>

Extra batteries (camera and flash)<br>

optional: Nikon cable release, Gitzo tripod, and Kirk or RRS head</p>

<p>I donated my point and shoot camera to my girlfriend's daughter, since she is interested in beginner photography, so I guess now I can either take pictures with my cell phone or<br>

Canon Xti<br>

18-55mm<br>

55-250 IS zoom lense<br>

Tamron backpack.</p>

<p>I never use my cell phone camera. In fact, I'm not even sure how to use it...I just wanted a phone to make and receive calls. For 35mm I have just one body (Nikon F2) one lens (35mm f2 Zeiss Distagon-T) and a cable release just in case I want a really slow shutter speed and can brace the camera on something. That's it. Some of my gear head friends started talking to me of zooms and other lenses to get but I'll have none of that. One body and a prime lens is all I need. Oh yeah and I do carry my Sekonic L-508 for exposure readings. My F2 has the non metered DE-1 prism finder. My medium format kit is a bit more expansive.</p>

<p>Great thread!</p>

<p>Minimal Kit:<br />- Nikon D700<br />- AF-Nikkor 28mm f/1.4<br />- AF-Nikkor 85mm f/1.4</p>

<p>When I'm travelling for a more extended period of time, I'll usually take a 60mm or a 105mm Macro lens, and a tripod and ballhead. Depending on what I expect, I might also pack a Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye or an Ai-S Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 ED-IF, although usually they both get left at home.</p>

<p>Sometimes I'll mix it up and just carry the D700 with an Olympus OM-Zukio 50mm f/1.2 (converted to F-mount) or the Noct-Nikkor 58mm f/1.2, although I find the 28 and 85 to be much more useful than just carrying around a 50.</p>

<p>Before I had my D80 stolen (may the theifs soul rest in hell) I only ever had:<br>

18-70mm with a polarizer for special occasions.<br>

Now its my partners D80 with the nifty-fifty f1.8 and somtimes the 55-200mm just incase.<br>

I aslo have a 12-24mm, 70-300mm, standard nikon twin lens kit and a 60mm macro. Thats my travlers kit.</p>

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<p>After trying a couple different combinations, I've settled on a D70s and Nikon 18-135 f/4.5-5.6 (nice and sharp), SB600 flash, 4 gig 266x CF card (holds 1100 Fine JPG) and Lowepro TLZ-1 holster.</p>

<p>If I know exactly what I am going to shoot: Crown Graphic, Schneider 135 f/5.6, Sekonic 758 meter, and 16 sheets of T-Max 100 4x5.<br>

If I am wandering around looking for stuff to shoot: Either my D700 with 24mm f/2.8D and 50mm f1.8, or If I feel like some B/W: Mamiya 645 AFDII, 80mm f/2.8 AF and 45mm f/2.8N MF.<br>

I am however getting more into taking out just my "new" Nikon F100 with the 50mm lens with T-Max 400 and Tri-X 400 if I want B/W with real grain to it.</p>

<p>D80+ Tamrom 28-75 2.8 or FM2 + 35mm 2.5 or Yashica D TLR.</p>

<p>Nikon FM3a, 45mm P and Fuji Reala. Really, that is all the camera I truly need - the rest is just for fun.</p>

<p>Depends a bit; absolute minimal: D300, 16-85VR and most likely SB600; only when I "just" want to make some photos.<br>

A bit more, when I'm really out to take photos: D300, with 24, 35 and 105 primes.</p>

<p>if i'm really going minimal:<br>

d80<br>

50/1.8.</p>

<p>D70 & Tokina AT-X PRO 28-80mm/2.8<br>

or just...<br>

Canon Powershot S5IS & Flash</p>

<p>Minimal: D700 + 50AFS<br /> Minimal pro: D700 + 24-70AFS<br /> Minimal extended pro: Minimal pro + flash<br /> First blood kit: D700 + 24-85AFS<br /> Expedition kit: FM2 + 45P<br /> Fashion kit: F3HP + 501.4AiS<br>

<em>Connoisseur</em> fashion kit: F3HP + 24/2.8Ai<br /> ---<br />BTW; I wonder what "minimal" means... two cameras + more than two lenses doesn`t seem minimal to me at all (... some mention up to five lenses!)</p>

<p>Any one of my film bodies (a choice of 8!) or a D700 + 35mm f2 ZF prime or possibly Nikon 50mm f1.4G if I need autofocus. That is a bare minimum.</p>

<p>If I am only shooting negative film then I boil that down to a Contax T3 that has the most brutally brilliant little lens I know. Or just an S90 sometimes.</p>