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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Chris George

Steve McCurry: "I use this one lens 95% of the time, with one camera body, and I've given up using a bag" – Legendary photographer reveals his current camera setup

US photographer and photojournalist Steve McCurry poses during a photo session in Paris, on December 7, 2021. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) .

Steve McCurry is probably one of the best-known living photographers – famous for his National Geographic shoots and that mesmerizing shot of the Afghan Girl, which he shot in 1984 on Kodachrome using a Nikon FM2 with a Nikkor 105mm lens.

Aged 76, McCurry is still very actively shooting new images today. And when I bumped into him at the recent Leica SL3-P launch in Germany, I was amazed to find out that the legendary Magnum photographer almost always uses just one lens today: a Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f/2.8-4 Asph zoom.

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