Member69643 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Ok, this is mindless conjecture, but I'm curious. Let's say you just found out an hour before the wedding your son/daughter's wedding photographer fell ill and can't shoot. YOU have to. You know this is a once in a lifetime (hopefully) event and your kid really wants good pictures. You have two rolls of 35mm Portra 160. What camera do you grab? Doesn't really have to be a wedding but some really rare once in a lifetime sorta thing and you really want to deliver.</p><p>Pretty easy eh, we'd all grab the most reliable and familiar camera we have... so that's part 1, what would YOU grab?</p> <blockquote><p>For me, it's the Canon EOS-1V because my most "pro" system is Canon flavored.</p></blockquote><p>The second part is the nightmare. You get to the wedding and open up your camera bag, and go "OH NO! Wrong bag!" What camera would be in there as your worst nightmare?</p> <blockquote><p>Ahhhh! It's my Fuji STX-2. The mirror CLANG is enough to wake the dead. Great glass though!</p></blockquote><p>I'd like to hear from everyone, but am really curious what those of us who have more than 20 cameras would grab. And which one you'd fear the most. The one thing that I'd ask though is that your most feared camera be one that actually works. A dead/dying clunker isn't a nightmare, it's a disaster. Let's stick with nightmares. Feel free to pick a classic manual camera if you wish, I just put the thread here to be as flexible as possible.</p><p>Caveats, YMMV, don't try this at home, this is drivel. Have fun with it or ignore it. :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Is this post, especially the end of it, a sign that P.net is becoming "self-aware"? Will there be "SkyNet" like consequences? :)</p> <p>I'm afraid if I had to shoot a wedding, I'd go with my digital cameras.<br> If film were required, I suppose my Canon EOS 3.</p> <p>My nightmare kit would be a Kodak Signet 35, the only camera I ever hated....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerwb Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>For the take no chances wedding, my Nikon D50</p> <p>for film- Nikon F or Leica M3</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerwb Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Duplicate post</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerwb Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Nightmare camera - Zenit B</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis_g Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Two rolls? I'd grab a half-frame!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Since you specify film, for my first choice I'd grab my Nikon F5 followed by my Contax RX, followed by my Olympus OM2n, followed by my Canon T90...then a string of others. If I still had it, I'd certainly include my Leica R8 this list as the lenses were wonderful. I'd avoid both the Canon A1 and Exakta Varex I used to have, as I seemed to have real difficulty with the viewfinders.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis_g Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>TWO rolls? A half-frame!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Maxxums 9xi and 8000i with Sunpack AP 52 handle mount flashes. Sigma 28-105 on one and Maxxum 35-105 on other. Bring along 50mm f2.8 macro and Sigma 18-35 for special situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve m smith Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <blockquote> <p>your son/daughter's wedding photographer fell ill and can't shoot. YOU have to</p> </blockquote> <p>No. They can have a wedding without any pictures.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 The first film grab bag has a pair of F4S's in it. The oh-no scenario would be finding just an F2 because although it's a favorite I don't have the flash shoe for it. Of course I'd get my butt kicked for not having a digital with me. Steve I think the Moms might be wanting to have a little talk with you.:-) Rick H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve m smith Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <blockquote> <p>Steve I think the Moms might be wanting to have a little talk with you</p> </blockquote> <p>Well, they're mums in this country and millions of mothers' offspring managed to get married without photographs before photography was invented!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_mareno1 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Too bad the scenario isn't real, as I have this covered, in spades. There's a Leica R 90 2.8 Elmarit affixed to a Nikon N8008s right in front of me.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvy Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>I hope it was 120 film and I would like to use one of the baby Ikonta cameras with 6x4.5 frames. I don't have children!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebu_lamar Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>First I do agree with someone who said that you don't need pictures of the wedding. Second I would only grab what I have. Not renting.<br> So I have these cameras to choose from<br> Nikon F5<br> Nikon F3HP<br> Nikon FM<br> Nikonos V<br> Nikon N2020<br> Pentax KX<br> Minolta SRT-101<br> Minolta XD-11<br> Olympus OM-2<br> Olympus 35RC<br> Olympus XA<br> Canonet QL17<br> Petri 7s<br> My choice is the Nikon F3HP</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wogears Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>35mm? Nikon F4. Its likelihood of breaking is about zero. Lenses? 35-70 AF Nikkor and 105 f2.5 AI.</p> <p>120? Mamiya C330f. A tank, and I have two lenses for it--65mm and 135mm.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Collins Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Like JDM, if I <em>have</em> to shoot anything it would be with my dslr, the 7D, but given the scenario, it would most definitely be my 1v. I'd use the Elan 7 as a film back-up body. As for the nightmare bag, it would have to be a bag filled with film point & shoot cameras, of which I have quite a few.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Collins Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Like JDM, if I <em>have</em> to shoot anything it would be with my dslr, the 7D, but given the scenario, it would most definitely be my 1v. I'd use the Elan 7 as a film back-up body. As for the nightmare bag, it would have to be a bag filled with film point & shoot cameras, of which I have quite a few.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylynn Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Since this is the modern film cameras board, I'd take the F100. The one I wouldn't want - the FM with the faulty shutter that blocks half the frame on a quarter of the images. I just know that the bits I'd lose would be the important ones. But, being honest, two rolls of 160 film to do a wedding? I don't that that would be enough, unless this is an outdoor daytime wedding with a dozen guests and they're doing the Prince Humperdink version of the ceremony. I'd pack my D800 and my X-E1 and a couple of lenses for each, a flash or two and my 285HV's with slave triggers and folding softboxes just in case and hope for the best.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatulent1 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>My go-to camera and my special event camera are not the same. If I were shooting a wedding (which I have no experience doing) or some such similar once-in-a-lifetime gig, it would be on my 645 Pro TL. For no other reason than I want BIG negatives, and that's the biggest MFC body I have. Otherwise, if a flash is involved, then the 5D gets the nod.</p> <p>My go-to camera is inevitably one of several; T90, 1V, RX, AX, 5D, 7NE...</p> <blockquote> <p>No. They can have a wedding without any pictures.</p> </blockquote> <p>I was a wedding musician for a lot of years. This would be my choice. No photographer, no music. No guests, no reception, no tux, no $5k bridal gown, no stress weeks before the event.</p> <p>But then, I never married.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>Part 1: likely my wife's F100. Have a rather limited selection of film cameras left over - some of which I never shot "in earnest".<br> Part 2: that would have to be the Rolleiflex SL66 - wouldn't even know how to get the film in there.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member69643 Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 <blockquote> <p ><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=323291">Dieter Schaefer</a> , Mar 15, 2013; 08:44 p.m.</p> <p>Part 1: likely my wife's F100. Have a rather limited selection of film cameras left over - some of which I never shot "in earnest".<br />Part 2: that would have to be the Rolleiflex SL66 - wouldn't even know how to get the film in there.</p> </blockquote> <p>You're one of the few who answered part two, thank you! Yes the SL66 is a beast of a different color. Maybe like how some of the older Leica cameras worked where you had to take the bottom off to load the film? Dunno, never owned either.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveysteeves Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 <p>part 1: Nikon F5. I shot more varied material with that than any other film camera I had. Never failed - except for those side lit glamour shots in that barn;<br> part 2: Bronica EC-TL. I had glass for that thing but hated it.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve m smith Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 <blockquote> <p>I was a wedding musician for a lot of years. This would be my choice. No photographer, no music. No guests, no reception, no tux, no $5k bridal gown, no stress weeks before the event.<br /><br /><br /></p> </blockquote> <p>Sometimes I see reports of the average amount spent on a wedding and wonder where people get the money from. Our wedding probably cost about a tenth of what would appear to be the average wedding photography budget.</p> <p>I am also a musician (who sometimes plays weddings). My friends provided the music at our wedding for no fee and the studio owner who my father worked for did the photography - also for no fee.</p> <p>Yes, I'm cheap!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Taylor Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 <p>depends on venue</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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