One week, one camera, one focal length.

[Jakov Minić]

Børge, get a 400/2.8 and in the rare case you need something wider, just stitch

[Akira]

The art of limitation

Indeed.  Limitation is source of inspiration.

[Danulon]

Two years ago at Heidelberg we practiced this kind of self limitation.
I am rather a wide angle guy, so I went for something new by choosing the Voigtländer 90 mm. It was a very rewarding experience.


In Scotland I only used 25 and 50 mm - less limiting, but totally sufficient 90% of the time.


Choosing now, 35 mm would be the most obvious, the most comfortable choice.
But if you really want to gain a new perspective, something more ungainly is recommendable.
I'd probably go for 25 mm or 90 mm again.
I'm not masochist enough for anything beyond 100 mm....

[Erik Lund]

6mm of what
Rain? 

220 degrees field of view Elsa darling


Bez you make me blush, thank you for A fantastic time in Scotland!


I have often done a week of photography with one single lens; Either a 50 or a 35mm

[Frank Fremerey]

let's rephrase : one year away, say, in China, and only one lens.

35mm FX ... I would prefer the little Fuji X100T, but I do not feel she is rugged and dependable enough for my way of roaming. A ruggedized version of the X100T would be the perfect thing.

[Frank Fremerey]

One week in a monastery in a deep forest?

Tripod, Sinar P2, 120mm Schneider Apo Digitar, D600 as Digiback, or -- hopefully soon -- the Fuji Medium Format back GFX

The limitation would then be for me: only one picture per day, maximum three to chose from.

[David H. Hartman]

I carry it nearly every day. There are very few other things in my bag.

A 24 pound shot, two feet of chain and a shackle. That's a lot of weight to carry every day! I'd much rather carry a few lenses. How did you get the shackle off your leg?

Dave

[Airy]

I meant : Df and some prime lens.

[Akira]

I meant : Df and some prime lens.

Yeah, of course! 

[MILLIREHM]

I totally agree with you, but this was ment as an thought experiment. What would you grab as your bare essentials for a week of varied photographic opportunities? The art of limitation

agreed
This gives several highly ranked options (i mentioned some) where finally ONE will be the final choice- if done repeatedly it might be the other option with also one focal length for the next time

BTW I now find a 400/2,8 (with D4S) experiment the most interesting, when everything needs to be done with it, including portraits, landscape, architecture

[MILLIREHM]

Børge, get a 400/2.8 and in the rare case you need something wider, just stitch

Indeed probably the best option

[BW]

Børge, get a 400/2.8 and in the rare case you need something wider, just stitch

Thats just to much computer time for my liking And the idea that you use a high resolution camera and crop or a tele and stitch, is just not for me. There have to be extraordinary circumstances involved for me to take on that strategy.

[BEZ]

35mm FX ... I would prefer the little Fuji X100T, but I do not feel she is rugged and dependable enough for my way of roaming. A ruggedized version of the X100T would be the perfect thing.

My original X100 was my go everywhere camera  ...used in downpours, sun, snow, ice, flown from kites, motorbikes, beaches, parties, handed to strangers. The only reason I changed to the X100T was because fujifilm gave me one.

I have been on many trips with just the X100, I would not consider it a challenge.

[Frank Fremerey]

I dropped mine from felt 10 cm on concrete, now some of the buttons on the back are difficult to operate. My FM2 was very deformed. I loved her from 1988 till 2004. She never complained. She worked flawlessly, although in the end I had to force the backdoor shut after loading a new roll...

[Hermann]

Did that way back in the film days: Leica M2+90mm Elmarit was my preferred combination for years. One year I only took a Leica IIIf+5cm Elmar on a trip to Norway.

Today I'd take the 55mm Micro Nikkor on DX, or maybe the 50/1.8 G with a close-up lens.

Hermann