Susan Meiselas

Leica M-mount rangefinder introduced in 1967, combining the M2's wide framelines (35/50/90/135mm) with an angled film rewind crank and improved film loading. One of the most refined mechanical Leica bodies, produced in Wetzlar and later in Canada.

The Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH is Leica's standard fast wide-angle lens for the M system, using seven elements in five groups with one aspherical surface. First introduced in 1996 as the fifth generation of the 35mm Summicron line, it replaced the earlier all-spherical design with noticeably improved sharpness and contrast across the frame. The current version, refreshed in 2016 with a metal screw-on hood and additional aperture blades, remains in production.

A wide-angle prime for Leica's M-mount system, first introduced in the 1960s and revised through several optical formulas. The current ASPH version uses an aspherical element in an 8-element design and weighs just 175 grams, making it the most compact lens in the M system. It focuses down to 0.7 meters and accepts 39mm screw-on filters.

A pioneering 35mm film SLR from 1975 that introduced automatic off-the-film metering, measuring light reflected off the film plane during exposure for remarkably accurate results. Compact and lightweight in the tradition of the OM system, it remains a favorite among film shooters for its reliability and elegant handling.

Kodachrome 64 is a color reversal (slide) film discontinued by Kodak in 2010 after more than seven decades of production. Its dye-based structure produced colors with exceptional stability and saturation, and it was the predominant film in professional color photography for much of the postwar period.

In production since 1954, Tri-X 400 is a black-and-white film whose grain structure, broad exposure latitude, and response to push processing made it the dominant film in photojournalism and street photography for decades.

Velvia 50 is a color reversal film introduced by Fujifilm in 1990, rated at ISO 50. Its extremely fine grain and vivid color saturation made it the standard film among landscape and wildlife photographers through the 1990s and 2000s. It remains in production and is favored by photographers working with medium and large format cameras.

Introduced in 2012, the 5D Mark III is a 22.3-megapixel full-frame DSLR. Its combination of resolution, 6 frames-per-second continuous shooting, and weather sealing made it one of the most widely adopted cameras among professional fashion, editorial, and documentary photographers of the 2010s.

Canon's premier EF-mount 35mm prime, and the first lens to feature their Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics (BR) element for exceptional chromatic aberration control. A benchmark wide-angle for EF shooters that delivers outstanding sharpness and beautiful rendering wide open.