What camera(s) are you using this holiday season?

[michael_gilday]

<p>The holiday season is upon us, which means lots of family gatherings, which, in turn, mean lots of opportunities to annoy our loved ones by taking pictures of them. :) So, to complement the "what are you hoping to get this Christmas?" thread, it only seemed fair to start the complementary, "what are you hoping to shoot with this holiday season?" thread.</p>

<p>For the past several years, I've been preserving most family gatherings for posterity with a 6x9cm/2x3in press camera. For a couple years it was always a Speed Graphic, and one year it was a Busch Pressman, but lately it's been a baby Crown Graphic, usually with a large-ish flashgun, and this Christmas promises to be no different: Ilford XP2 in an RB67 back on a Crown Graphic, with a 101/4.5 Ektar and a Sunpak 411.</p>

<p>This was taken this summer, at my grandfather-in-law's birthday party; the same Crown Graphic, handheld, on Fomapan 400; 1/100 second at f/5.6, no flash:</p>

<p><img src="http://frank.redpin.com/users/mike/dewey-76-print.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><em>(Scanned from a print, which is much nicer than the scan, alas.)</em></p>

<p>So... What camera(s) will <strong>you</strong> be annoying your relatives with this holiday season?</p>

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[chuck_foreman1]

Well I'll cheat a bit... I have already been shooting my kids with film. Unfortunately not a real classic, but on that

fits my needs perfectly. A Yashica T3 with the 2.8 Tessar Ah mmhh AFmmmhh and flash.Tomorrow when my wife's family is here I will probably use the same or the Contessa.. just loaded that with slide film! But I'll be the only one with a camera, and they'll all be pestering me after christmas.. where are the photos you took... maybe move the flash over to the Contaflex and use the Contessa/slides for something else! I don't know.. I like shooting my Classics, but I do it for ME and when others are involved ...well it's just not the same!

[sw12dz]

<p>Well, they're forecasting 86F today with 80% humidity, so I'll probably be shooting indoors where it's air conditioned (just thought I'd throw that in for all of you who are sitting @ss deep in snow). I don't like using flash, so I am taking the Yashica Lynx 14 with its fast f1.4 lens.</p>

[golden]

Ill be using my rb67 with speedlite. Happy holidays everyone

[luca_stramare2]

<p>Just bought a used Leica Minilux (not the zoom one). Elmarit 40 mm. Will load with B&W film and give it a try.</p>

[Mike Gammill]

<p>Olympus OM-1 with a roll of Fuji Superia 200, Rollei 35 with Tri-X, Olympus 35RC with Fuji Superia 200, and either my Pentax Spotmatic or Minolta SRT.</p>

[brucecahn]

<p>Just got myself a new Ebony SV45U2 for xmas. It replaces one I had but agreed to sell to a customer a while back (I am an Ebony dealer). This is an awsome camera, a word I never use. I have been putting a 300 or 360mm lens on it to photograph closeups of the models from a comfortable distance. It also has a rear shift which gives you 4 1/2 inches each on two negatives to be stitched or shown next to each other, making it almost a 4x9. No family pictures though. My wife is working xmas eve and day.</p>

[roseberry guitars]

<p>Aside from the obligatory digital I'll use my trusted Zeiss Ikon Mess Ikonta 524/16 again this year. It always gets the smiles going for the family gathering.</p>

<p>Many Happy Holidays All!</p>

[gt1]

<p>My new Zorki 3M and my Koni Omega Rapid 100. Provia 100 and TMax 400.<br>

This is from last night's party, the Zorki, and TMax 3200:<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3134109766_456e444d77_o.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="800" /></p>

[mjferron]

<p>Thinkin' about bringin' my Rolleicord VA. Indoor shots and I'll push the new TMY to 800 or so and shoot without a flash.</p>

[ralf_j.]

<p>Walz 35s, ... after I get it fixed this friday :-(.</p>

[jdrose]

<p>RZ67, Minolta 7s II and a Instamatic 404</p>

[cliffmanley]

<p><strong>I'll use my very best duct-taped Holga with some 6 year old Lucky film.</strong></p>

[Matthew Currie]

<p>Not a lot of holiday shooting, but I'll be out and about from time to time with one or the other Nikon F, and am about to load up a nifty little Sears 35rf (a Ricoh under the skin) that I got the other day at Goodwill for 8 bucks. And I will confess that I also usually have my nasty little old 1.1 megapixel Kodak digital in the car for those non-critical hip shots that go into emails, etc.</p>

[kymtman]

<p>It's raining and warm here so I will use my Canon FTb with the 1.2 lens, Fujicolor Pro 400H and double check meter readings on the camera with my Gossen Luna Pro. I haven't shot it in over two years. And by the way I would appreciate seeing your results you shot with the camera of choice posted here in a couple of days. Title it "Holiday Hits" or miss.</p>

[hector_obregon]

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/3108549612_054175250b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="328" /></p>

[steve_mareno]

<p>One of my favorites, the 1937 Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/A w/ Tri-X. Pretty good lens for a 71 year old camera. It folds up to fit in my back pocket and I can enlarge up to 22x32 w/ perfect sharpness. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.</p><div></div>

[mark_hahn]

<p>my holiday rig is a Minox GL and little Vivitar 2000 bounce unit... fix it at f5.8 and focus either at 6ft or 10ft and you can shoot any holiday event and get stunning results. I'm ot typically big on a 35mm FL, but for casual gatherings it just works... why fight it... plenty of time to shoot my Retina the rest of the year :)</p>

[dave_s]

<p>Going home for Christmas: Canon P with the 50/1.5, which is a Sonnar copy. XP2, just the one lens, sunny 16.</p>

[henrik_lauridsen]

<p>Yashica TL-Electro with Kodak Portra 400 NC. Happy Holidays.</p>

[Rick_van_Nooij]

<p>I finished a roll of 200 ISO color film in my Certo yesterday, and today I'm taking Kodak 35 PH-324 to my sister's house for Christmas dinner.</p>

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[SCL]

<p>Leica M4 & Canon T90.</p>

[terry_dent1]

<p>My brand new (old) Hasselblad 1000F!</p>

[User_502260]

<p>I have a Canon F-1 with a 35/2 FD SSC (1st version) and a Vivitar 252 flash, a Minolta X-700 with the 360PX and various lenses: 28/1.9 Vivitar Series 1, 35/1.8 MC Rokkor, 50/1.4 MC Rokkor PG and 100/2.5 MC Rokkor, a Bronica SQ-A with the 50/3.5 PS and 80/2.8 PS lenses with the waist level finder and finally a Nikon Pronea S with the excellent 20-60mm IX Nikkor zoom. The Canon has 200 speed color print film, the X-700 will have 400 or 800 speed color rpint film, the Bronica has a roll of Portra 800 120 in it and the Pronea has whatever I have lying around for it.</p>

[patrick_stack]

<p>Nikon F-100 and Rolleicord Vb with 6X4.5 adaptor, both with Metz 54 MZ - 4i. Gold 100 for the F-100, Neopan 400 for the Rollei. Cold and snowing here, so will just take whatever opportunities present themselves, might actually not even venture out if it stays ugly.</p>

<p>Hope all your shots are good ones. My brother in law has an F-1, loves it, many years of service, couple of CLA's, light seals, zero failures. His Canon lenses I think are among the very best made, all primes, 35, 50 and 135, beautiful results.</p>

<p>Enjoy the holidays</p>

<p>Patrick</p>