The one lens for the apocalypse…

[JeffK]

Mushroom heads are banging at the door…

what lens are you grabbing on your way out the back?

yes, you already have a gun and bullets, but you only have room for one lens.

 

[Shashin]

Not sure a lens would be the first thing I would thinking about at the end of the world...

 

[daz7]

I have a thing for Super Symmar HM - the more I use it the more I love it.
Hopefully no muchrooms to be seen as too much gamma radiation may damage a lens coating.

 

[Paul Spinnler]

43 XL

The best of the best from SchneiderLand; 0 distortion, endless shift, compact, sharp. Focal length is universally useful.

 

[UlbabrabB]

My Hermagis Petzval 330mm f4, and just the sun to shoot wet plate collodion during the apocalypse like it was 1850

 

[anyone]

Hasselblad Planar 80, the c-version. Ultimate classic, small and lightweight.

Edit: Because guns and bullets aren't that popular in Europe and arguably weigh a lot, I can also take my 500C/M instead to enjoy the lens. It also doubles as self-defence item due to its build quality.

 

[pegelli]

What's the point of taking one lens (and I assume one camera) if you have no darkroom or computer to process the results any further?

 

[Ben730]

Leitz Cine Thalia 45 mm T2.9
I also prefer a camera to a gun.

 

[UlbabrabB]

What's the point of taking one lens (and I assume one camera) if you have no darkroom or computer to process the results any further?

photographers in the 1800’s used mobile darkrooms on mules to take pictures in the american west. I have one which can be backpacked! And collodion can be used to make molotov cocktails too!

 

[mristuccia]

I do concur with @anyone : a Planar 80 C T* is all I'd need.
I think I can frame the mushroom head quite well with its FOV.
If not, I'll take the best part of it before going forever.

 

[pegelli]

photographers in the 1800’s used mobile darkrooms on mules to take pictures in the american west. I have one which can be backpacked! And collodion can be used to make molotov cocktails too!

when taking all that I can't imagine there's only room for one lens

 

[mristuccia]

What's the point of taking one lens (and I assume one camera) if you have no darkroom or computer to process the results any further?

Just to see the world blowing up through it, and an optical viewfinder.
Wouldn't that be enough?

 

[anyone]

If there is coffee, and even if it's just instant coffee, there is also a way to develop the negative.

 

[dchew]

sk 60xl

 

[Geoff]

+1.
Actually, with the 60XL, its possible to survive any apocalypse.

 

[Shashin]

But would we want to go for a soft-focus lens, which might flatter a zombie complexion?

 

[hcubell]

The Hasselblad XCD 35-70mm zoom.
After watching the Last of US, this is now what you are all planning for? [G]

 

[MGrayson]

A Pentax 67 400/4 ED-IF will take out a zombie with one good swing.

 

[jng]

Dunno. Seems to me I'd want to be as far away from the action as possible. So I'd grab my 350 Tele-Superachromat plus APO 1.4XE teleconverter for good measure. Also makes for a great defensive instrument per @MGrayson...

John

 

[Shashin]

A Pentax 67 400/4 ED-IF will take out a zombie with one good swing.

You can pack more explosive flash power in a 800/4....