Ed Spence
Everyday Bag
...for a least some of the time. I haven't put up much on Flickr recently, so I thought I'd put up a picture of what I'm currently using to try and motivate myself! While a lot of people don't like these equipment pictures, I like documenting what stuff I'm using, and find it interesting to look back over how it's changed.
This is what I normally take out if I don't fancy lugging around a lot of dslr stuff. As a (reasonably) lightweight set up it works well for me.
I took this on holiday with me over the summer, and to a recent wedding, and (at the moment at least) it hasn't let me down. So my equipment in detail:
Fuji X100: Took me a while to get used to this camera, but now I love it. For me the low light performance and almost silent shutter are brilliant. I hardly ever use flash and it's great to be able to take this to a restaurant or out for a walk in the evening and know I'll come back with wonderfully crisp images in any light.
Wrist strap I think originally from an Olympus Trip 35...
Olympus E-P1: Still going strong! Had this for a while (bought second hand like the Fuji) and it still is a cracking little camera. It's only real weakness is some pretty horrible noise in pictures when you bump the ISO up. I mainly use this as a base for manual focus lenses, and for that it's perfect. I've thought about upgrading to an EP-5 or OMD, but not yet at least...
Voigtländer neck strap.
Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 with M mount adapter: A strong contender for the favourite lens I own, on any system. Beautiful both in it's construction and the sharpness of it's pictures. Wonderful focusing makes it a dream to use, I really can't recommend it enough. When I have the money I'll definitely be looking at more Voigtländer glass.
Olympus 15mm f/8 BCL: I've been meaning to pick one of these up for ages, and finally got one on promotion recently. It's in my bag at the moment so I can test it out fully, but also to do it's job as a low profile alternative to the Voigtländer.
Billingham Hadley Small: My second Billingham (I also have a Large), not much left to say that hasn't been said about them already, great bags that do a great job protecting anything I put in it.
Also in my bag are cleaning caps, card case, extra batteries for the X100 (It eats them) lens caps and whatever else I can fit into it.
Everyday Bag
...for a least some of the time. I haven't put up much on Flickr recently, so I thought I'd put up a picture of what I'm currently using to try and motivate myself! While a lot of people don't like these equipment pictures, I like documenting what stuff I'm using, and find it interesting to look back over how it's changed.
This is what I normally take out if I don't fancy lugging around a lot of dslr stuff. As a (reasonably) lightweight set up it works well for me.
I took this on holiday with me over the summer, and to a recent wedding, and (at the moment at least) it hasn't let me down. So my equipment in detail:
Fuji X100: Took me a while to get used to this camera, but now I love it. For me the low light performance and almost silent shutter are brilliant. I hardly ever use flash and it's great to be able to take this to a restaurant or out for a walk in the evening and know I'll come back with wonderfully crisp images in any light.
Wrist strap I think originally from an Olympus Trip 35...
Olympus E-P1: Still going strong! Had this for a while (bought second hand like the Fuji) and it still is a cracking little camera. It's only real weakness is some pretty horrible noise in pictures when you bump the ISO up. I mainly use this as a base for manual focus lenses, and for that it's perfect. I've thought about upgrading to an EP-5 or OMD, but not yet at least...
Voigtländer neck strap.
Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 with M mount adapter: A strong contender for the favourite lens I own, on any system. Beautiful both in it's construction and the sharpness of it's pictures. Wonderful focusing makes it a dream to use, I really can't recommend it enough. When I have the money I'll definitely be looking at more Voigtländer glass.
Olympus 15mm f/8 BCL: I've been meaning to pick one of these up for ages, and finally got one on promotion recently. It's in my bag at the moment so I can test it out fully, but also to do it's job as a low profile alternative to the Voigtländer.
Billingham Hadley Small: My second Billingham (I also have a Large), not much left to say that hasn't been said about them already, great bags that do a great job protecting anything I put in it.
Also in my bag are cleaning caps, card case, extra batteries for the X100 (It eats them) lens caps and whatever else I can fit into it.