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    harrygils
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      Hi Roger, hope you’re doing well.

      I was wondering what kind of camera/lens you use for your still photography? Do you shoot digital or film?

      Thanks!

      Harry

       

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    • #179052
      Roger Deakins
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        I mostly shoot with a Leica M9 these days with a 35mm lens attached, but I also have a Leica Q.

        #179165
        harrygils
        Participant

          Do you ever bring it on set with you or just use it during down time or for traveling?

          #179166
          Roger Deakins
          Keymaster

            I do use my camera to take reference images on set but that is all. Far too busy to think of anything else!

            #179381
            Al Duffield
            Participant

              Ahh the M9.. I miss mine, the straight out of camera B&W jpg and that satisfying shutter release & recock sound. I’ll buy another one day.

              #181218
              Carlos Sandoval
              Participant

                Hello, Roger.

                I am a street photographer (not a very technical person); Iused to think in the old days that equipment meant everything. Not now, clearly.

                I started out with a Pentax k 1000, developing my own B & W film stock in a darkroom, back in the day.

                I was just listening to an episode of your podcast, wich I loved, where you and Jim Plannnette talk about simplifying. That is true in my experience when it comes to the equipment I use, and, of course the one I can afford.

                I am currently using an old digital camera that a friend gave to me, second hand: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100, 12 MP.

                What do you thing of people working with what they have at hand, and trying to make the best possible with that?

                Of course, experimenting and getting to know every aspect of the camera you are using, to work on the things you are trying to create. Using tachnology as a means to get there.

                Thank you, and I wish nothing but the best to you. Cheers from México, sir.

                #181221
                Roger Deakins
                Keymaster

                  I have used a Lumix. Why not? I don’t believe the ‘brilliance’ of your camera is as important as what you point it at. I like my Leica because it is a very simple camera with manual sttings and a prime lens. The lenses are great and the camera’s resolution is wonderful but that’s not the most important thing.

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