My equipment at a glance:

35mm:

Autofocus:
Canon Eos A2 (main body)
Canon Eos 630 (backup)
28-80mm f3.5-5.6 USM III
70-200mm f2.8 L USM
50mm f1.8 II
430 EZ flash (with compact battery pack E)

Manual Focus:
Rollei 35SE compact 35mm camera, with 40mm Sonnar lens

Medium Format:

Bronica ETRSi 6x4.5 format SLR
150mm f3.5 MC lens
120 rollfilm back (older 1-latch)
AE Prism Finder or WLF (depending on my mood ;)
Speed Grip E
NOTE: System currently being upgraded, hence lack of other lenses and backs.

Rolleicord V TLR (for 6x6 - curently in need of repair)

Large Format:

Busch Pressman 4x5 Press camera
135mm f4.7 Wollensak Raptar in Rapax shutter (same lens as a Graphic Optar)
Polaroid 545 back

To be added as soon as I obtain lensboards (or get access to a wood shop and build lensboards):
203mm f7.7 Kodak Ektar in Prontor SVS shutter
90mm f6.8 Graflex Optar in Graflex shutter

Prefered Films:

Fuji Velvia 50 (Color Slide)
Kodak Extachrome 100S (Color Slide)
Kodak T-Max 100 (B&W)
Ilford FP4+ 125 (B&W)
Kodak T-Max 400 (B&W)
Kodak Tri-X Pan 400 (B&W)
Ilford HP5+ 400 (B&W)
Fuji NHG-II 800 (Color Print)



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