Thanks Francois.
I agree with Brett Weston. My first photographic years were spent wanting more lenses,cameras,etc only to realise that I spent more time thinking about the material instead of what was going on in front of me.
I also spent some considerable amount of time looking over my contact sheets and slides and that's when I realised that all the pictures that I really liked were taken by either 35mm or 50mm. I sold a lot of super duper zooms and unnecessary crap and got myself 1 cam ( konica hexar 35mm). What a joy !
Of course I missed certain kinds of pics( too far away, focus misses,etc)but the ones I got are still some of my favorites. THe hexar was stolen and then I got a 2nd hand m4-2 with a used 35mm and 50mm which I still use today after almost 10 years of constant use. For my mediumformat I have one lens for each system, 80mm for hassy and 105mm for pentax67 and that will be enough. I prefer to buy film to feed them and I seem to get distracted when i have to many lenses to choose from
However I'm not perfect.... as I now also have a dslr with a 1 zoom + a few manual primes which is mostly used for some work and kids going skateboarding,etc. It is great in its own way specially playing with wireless flash system (nikon). But nothing beats the pleasure of going out with a 35 or 50mm prime and a few rolls of film and then editing the contact sheet. Very liberating, imho.
Bon weekend !
W.