Just in case you care, here’s what I’m generally carrying with me when I’m out shooting.
Camera 1: Leica M8.2
I love this camera. My first camera was an old Yashica rangefinder, so maybe some of my affection is steeped in nostalgia. Regardless, I truly enjoy the experience of a manual camera. The level of control and precision allows me to kind of fade away into the act of shooting. It’s a small camera, incredibly well-built, and able to use what (in my opinion anyway) are some of the best lenses in the world.
Camera 2: Canon 5D mkii
This is my more “commercial” camera. If I’m shooting a wedding or other function where I need to be incredibly quick on the shutter, this is the camera I use. It’s big and bulky but the image quality is great and it serves its purpose well. I really think that it’s probably the best DSLR in its class. Although lately I’ve been using it more for recording video than anything else.
Lens 1: Leica 35mm 2.0 Summicron
What can I say about this lens that hasn’t already been echoed a million times by rangefinder users? Eh, who cares. It’s a brilliant little lens; probably the best 35mm lens ever made. It’s so sharp it hurts, the colors render beautifully and it weighs less than a paperback book. It’s only outclassed by the 35mm Summilux and, even then, the ‘cron is still slightly more accurate. Quality like this doesn’t come cheap though.
Lens 2: Zeiss 50mm 2.0 Planar T*
If I feel the need to get a bit closer to my subject, or for more posed shots, I like to pull out this lens. The Zeiss is almost as sharp as the 50 Summicron, but there’s a sort of 3D pop to the images that I’ve not really seen in any other lens. That, combined with the more contrasty image quality, really does it for me when it comes to portraits.
Lens 3: Voigtlander 15mm 4.5 Heliar
So this is more a special purpose lens, for use when I feel like taking a more architectural approach to my street shots. I enjoy the way it messes with perspective. It’s a nice lens, and affordable too.
Post Processing: Aperture 3/Nik
For nearly all my work, I do most of my post-processing in Aperture 3. I spend a grand total of about 15 or so minutes on any given image, generally just tweaking it until it feels right to me. The only other processing tool I use is the Nik suite of Aperture plugins (especially Silver Efex). I’m terrible at Photoshop so I do all that I can to stay out of that application.
As for hardware, my base station is a 3.2GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro and my little satellite is an 11″ MacBook Air (of all the computers Apple’s ever made, this little guy is probably my favorite).