How many cameras do you own?

Mike Michaelski · Nov 5, 2006

Too many!

If the more cameras one owns is a measure of insanity, I'm pretty far gone!

Of course the excuse is that I'm going to fix them up and sell them (really - just as soon as I learn how).
Let's see - 35mm M39 mount:
FED's and Zorki's - 5 (1 broken)
35mm SLR:
Pentax - 4
Other M42 mount - 3
Nikkorex - 6 (2 working)
Nikon F - 3 (2 working)
Nikon autofocus - 9 (4 working)
Topcon leaf shutter mount - over 40 (7 working)
Konica (can I do this in dozens? - most work, a few are basket cases):
T-1 - 1 dz
T-2 - 5 dz
T-3 - 2 dz +
T-4 - 1 dz
TC - 2.5 dz
FC/FP - 1 dz
FS-1 - 3 dz
FT-1 - 2 dz
TC-X - .5 dz
RF point n shoot:
Konica C-35 - 3 dz
Other Konicas - 2 dz

MF (back to each-es):
Kiev 60 - 1
Pentacon six - 4
Kiev 88 - 2
Kiev 88CM - 1

Had, but sold:
Mamiya RB67 - 1
Calumet 4X5 - 1

Mike

roteague · Nov 5, 2006

A camera is a tool. I have no interest in owning more than I need. As I indicated in the other thread, I have one, a 45AII. I do have an Omega 45D, but it has been in storage for years, and I have one 35mm that I use, a Nikon F5 (I have an N80 as a backup).

ricksplace · Nov 5, 2006

35mm:
2 -ME supers, K1000, sp1000, 2 -Mamiya Sekor 1000 dtl, sears screw mount slr forget how many lenses.
Retina 1b, 2 -2a, 3c
Fed 5, trip 35, a few p&s with zooms

Med:
Pentacon six, Rolleiflex "T", Yashica D and A, Graflex Century Graphic, five folders

Large:
2 -Speed graphics, one a pre-anny speed with the dreaded "graflex" back and a century tailboard camera in 4X5

They are all my friends.

braxus · Nov 13, 2006

Here's a humorous pic we did yesterday of some of my main cameras. It was amazing how long my neck held out from the weight, but after 15 minutes I was starting to feel the burn. I'd like to do this shoot outdoors sometime carrying all these and pretending to shoot some pics.

I want to have this shoot redone outside with all these cameras around my neck while shooting something with one of them. Another shot same idea but with a pretty model in the shot posing. I think that would add some humour.

Yaronecek · Nov 15, 2006

I own four cameras, and shoot with all of them. But did any one set an actual limit?

landsknechte · Nov 18, 2006

I'm somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 or so... My faves are the Minolta AL, Olympus XA2, Pentax ME, and (boo-hiss) my Nikon D70s. About 15 of them are old box cameras, and most of the rest are 1950s-1960s vintage rangefinders. There might be a few more future faves in there yet to be discovered, as I haven't shot everything that can be shot.

b1bmsgt · Nov 20, 2006

Oh, I've got one or two...

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and this ain't all of them...

Russ

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getalifeagain · Dec 2, 2006

Eight Leica iiif's and one iiib. 22+ other cameras.

Steve Smith · Dec 2, 2006

As of yesterday, one more!!

Let's see:

Nikon FG
Nikon F601
Rolleicord V
Flexaret TLR (on loan to a friend)
Fed 4
Bronica ETRS
Olympus XA
Olympus XA2
Argus C3
Home made 5x4"

and the new addition: Mamiya RB67 (although I'm supposed to forget about it until christmas!).

That makes eleven!

There are others but this is the main list of useable equipment.

EDIT

I forgot about these:

Zeiss Ikonta 520/2 6x9
Polaroid 160 converted to 120 roll film 6 x 10 format
Polaroid pack film camera with auto lens front replaced with Zeiss Tessar lens
Polaroid 120 waiting to be converted to 5 x 4"

So fifteen then.

Steve.

Amund · Dec 2, 2006

Hmm.

Wehman 8x10
Shen-Hao FCL-57
Bronica ETRs
Pentax ME Super x2
Gowlandflex 4x5
Canonet QL-17
Ricoh KR-10
Polaroid Spectra x2
Minolta Instant Pro
Polaroid One
Polaroid 660
Pentax K10D

Ole · Dec 2, 2006

Amund said:
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Pentax K10D

That's not a camera - it's an overgrown cellphone without the telephone bits installed!

Amund · Dec 2, 2006

Black Dog · Dec 2, 2006

Tha'd not stop bullet wi' one o' them things lad

salamandrine · Dec 10, 2006

let's see....

Serious using:
Nikon FM2n (apple of my eyes, always B&W)
Nikon FE2 (this one likes Velvia!)
Nikon F3 (hopefully in this group in 3 months )
Canonet QL17 (always in my hand bag, super silent, super handy)

Regular using and carrying around in bag and/or pockets all the time
Lomo LC-A
Kiev 35A

Love to play around:
HOLGA

In the drawer for an excentric day out every now and then:
Fed5B (deliciously red!)
Fed 2 (on her way)
Lomo 137M
Smena Symbol

Toys, for fun:
ActionSampler Flash
Supersampler (love the close-ups this one can stand)
Cheap plastic panoramic camera

Around the house, not mine, but on a long residence loan

Polaroid 600
Seagull TLR

which i win the lotery soon. would make a room just for this trigger babies and have it very full really soon (daydreaming )

Efem · Dec 13, 2006

I have nowhere near as many as some here, but:

Nikon FM
Nikon FE2
Leica M2
Leica M6
Olympus OM1
Topcon 35L
Olympus Stylus Epic (2)
Canon A540 digital

Although I've been looking into large or medium format lately, I've not yet bitten that bullet. Mostly due to the need for another scanner and upgraded PC to handle the larger files.

vanspaendonck · Dec 13, 2006

Is there something like Magic Bullet Chasers Anonymous (MBCA)? I have to admit to having more gear than talent, so here goes:

Leica M2, M3, M6 TTL (with everthing, including a Summicron DR)
Voigtländer Bessa L (with 15 and 21 mm)
Bronica EC and ECTL (50, 75, 80 and 150 mm)
Polaroid 600 SE (with 6x7 and 6x9 backs, 75, 127 and 150 mm)
Polaroid 104, 250, 320 and 195 packfilm cameras
Polaroid Miniportrait (several)
Polaroid Big Shot
Cambo 4x5/5x7 (just one 240 mm lens, looking for 90 and 150 mm)
Polaroid 900, 110A and 120 rollfilm cameras (waiting to be converted into one 4x5 rangefinder)

For a while, I thought about getting writ of the medium format gear, but at today's prices, I might as well keep it. No use dumping my Bronica gear for two or three hundred $.

maiko9 · Jan 19, 2007

Extensive Pentax Spotmatic/SV system
2 Zeiss Ikonta 35
2 Voigtlander IIa
Retina Ia
Retina Ib
Retina IIa
Retina IIc
Agfa Solinette II
Agfa Isolette
Zeiss Ikonta 6x9
Fed 2d w/Leitz Elmar
..... as of today .....

Tom Hoskinson · Jan 20, 2007

I'm Gonna join GASSA as soon as I can find a sponsor!

But now I gotta go check out KEH and eBay.

xplash · Jan 21, 2007

16.... I think...

GoGo · Jan 21, 2007

11 that I can easily find, oh make that 12 counting the OLGA.

negativeattitude · Jan 22, 2007

Four

Canon EOS 1V-HS bought new, main camera.
Canon EOS 3, ebay, backup.
Minolta SRT 101 bought new in 1974.
Minolta SRT 201 bought at a garage sale for $5.00.

mawz · Jan 22, 2007

Nikon F3HP/MD-4
Nikon F801
Nikon FA
Nikon EM/MD-E
Canon Rebel XS (need to get a Summicron-R for this, got the REOS adaptor already
2x Canonet QL17 G-III's
Pentax MZ-5n
Pentax LX
Pentax Spotmatic SP
Chinon CM-3
Mamiya M645
Zorki 4K
Super Ricohflex
Coronet Twelve-20

Thinking about adding a modern Nikon SLR, for use with the Sigma 12-24 ultra-wide zoom(which is full-frame, not digi-only but lacks a aperture ring).

nyrich · Jan 22, 2007

Nikon F3
Nikon FM
Nikon FE2
Leica M2
Leica M6
Olympus OM1
Olympus Stylus Epic (2)
Topcon 35L

fparnold · Jan 22, 2007

Too bloody many. Unfortunately, being a packrat, I can't throw it out if it works, and being a late adopter, I own equipment that you literally can't give away. As far as actual use, I'd say 3.5. F2/C220 for most shooting, backed up by an F or the old pentax M42 (the 0.5) when the environment is too risky (sand, salt, students) for the Nikons.

PKM-25 · Jan 22, 2007

Let's see...

From my Childhood:
Kodak X15F 126 camera
Kodak Retina IIC
Olypmus OM-1N

Used now and often, work and play:

Leica M6 classic
Hasselblad XPan
Nikon FM3A x2
Nikon F4 x2
Fuji GSW690-III

Oh, and two of those Canon 5-dee thingy's.

How many cameras do you own?

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