Gear

Digital

  • Leica SL2 — Primary body; the home for all R-mount lenses via adapter
  • Leica Super-Elmar-R 15mm f/3.5 — Ultra-wide for architecture and landscapes
  • Leica Vario-Elmar-R 21–35mm f/3.5–4 — Wide zoom; my most-used reporting focal range
  • Leica Summilux-R 35mm f/1.4 — Fast aperture for low light and bokeh
  • Leica APO-Macro-Elmarit-R 100mm f/2.8 — Macro and portraits; also used for film scanning

Film

Large Format 4×5

  • Ebony SW45Ti — Titanium wide-angle field camera; wood-and-titanium craftsmanship
  • Ebony SV45U2 — Full-featured monorail; universal movements
  • Polaroid 110B (4×5 mod) — Converted to 4×5 back; Rodenstock Ysarex 127mm f/4.7

Medium Format

  • Hasselblad 503CXi — Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 CF; 6×6
  • Rolleiflex 2.8GX — Planar 80mm f/2.8 HFT; waist-level finder

35mm

  • Leica M2 Black Paint — Paired with Summicron 35mm f/2 8-element Black Paint
  • Leica M6 Titanium — Paired with Summicron 35mm f/2 8-element

Film & Printing

Film Stock

  • Ilford HP5+ — Workhorse film; ISO 400
  • Kodak Tri-X 400 — Occasional change of character

Paper

  • Ilford Multigrade FB Warmtone — Primary darkroom printing paper
  • Forte Warmtone Museum Grade — Discontinued Hungarian paper; archival quality

Chemistry

  • Ilford PQ Universal Developer — Paper developer

Enlargers

  • Durst Pictochrom CL — Color / multigrade B&W; made in Italy
  • Leica V35 — 35mm dedicated; Focotar 40mm f/2.8