How many cameras do you own?

[vanspaendonck]

Apart from the stuff from my great-grandfather (8x10 without lens, Kodak Panoramic No. 2, 9x12 cm "detective", Kodak Autographic Brownies, all broken) and various cardboard or bakelite box cameras that use 127 film, my users are:

Leica M2, M3, M6 TTL (+ Voigtländer 15, 21, 28, 75, Leica/Leitz 35, 35, 50, 50, 50, 28-35-50, 90, 90, 135, 200)
Rollei 35 B and 35 SE
Hasselblad X-pan (45 mm only)
Voigtländer Bessa-L
Polaroid 600 SE (75, 127, 150, Polaroid and 6x7 6x9 roll film backs)
Polaroid 195 (and a crate full of 104's, 250's, 320's, 110A's, a 900 and a 120)
Polaroid Miniportraits 4x5 and 3,25x4,25, four or two shots per sheet (another crate)
Bronica EC and ECTL (50, 75, 80, 150, 250)
Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic Special (90, 135)
Cambo (aka Calumet) SC 4x5/5x7 (90, 150, 240)
(and one digital Leica Digilux I, which is my wife's camera)

Sorry to keep editing this message. Every time I post it, I remember another camera in a closet somewhere. A real case of GAS, I fear.

 

[Bandicoot]

So, please, pardon my ignorance, Bandicoot, but what is "Ikelite"?

Sorry, should've explained. Ikelite is a maker of underwater housings: these are the rigid type, with O-ring seals and 'manipulators' so that you can work at least the main camera controls from outside the housing. Being O-ring sealed they work best fully submerged rather than in the splash zone.

News-flash-- my household, that consists of 3 women and 2 cats, now have a total of 6 {!!!} cameras!!

Proportions sound about right - maybe one more cat...


Peter

 

[elekm]

So many that I've lost count. I just found four Contaflex SLRs that I forgot I bought ... not all at once, however.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

35mm - Pentax KX, six prime lenses from 16mm-135mm and one 35-80 zoom. Minox 35GT.
MF - Rolleiflex, Agfa folder, Mamiya 645 1000S with two prime lenses, two Holga cameras
4x5 - Osaka with a Schneider APO Symmar 210.
That's it. I'm getting rid of the 35mm stuff as well as the Mamiya and the folder. I'll keep the Rollei, Holgas, and the 4x5. For MF I'm buying a Hasselblad with an 80 and 150mm setup. So eventually I'll have five cameras.
- Thomas

 

[Thomassauerwein]

I think my cameras own me!

 

[Sandeha Lynch]

27. But two of them I've never used.

 

[iori de windt]

5 CAMERAS:
EOS 620 - 35 mm form
EOS 30E - 35 mm form
Practica Super TL - 35 mm form
Balda Compur - Mid Form
EOS 5D - Full Frame 35 mm Digi

6 LENSES:
MC Jupiter 37AM 3.5/135
MIR 20
PENTACON auto MC 55/f1.8
PENTACON auto MC 200/f4 +
Canon EF 50/f1.8
TOKINA ATX-Pro 20-70/f2.6

 

[Black Dog]

!!!

Looks like I've got a long way to go then:munch: :munch: :munch:

 

[DeBone 75]

Far more than I need far less than I've got to have. 30 or so but who's counting

 

[xford35mm]

Canon EOS 3 & a Canon EOS Elan 7NE

 

[fparnold]

Too blooming many.

 

[albcamp]

140 the last time I counted. Probably near 160 now. Added a second Agfa Super Silette with carry case an hour ago. I know I didn't need it, but it only cost $19.00 and in excellent condition!

Of course I use them all.

Well, I will use them all someday. Honest.

 

[kombizz]

I do three Minolta body and different lenses.

 

[KingJon]

I'm up to seven thanks to a little GAS lately!

2-Olympus OM2n's, chrome and black
OM4ti
Leica M6 classic
Yashica Electro 35 GSN
A couple of point and shoots I don't use anymore
Plus lots o' lenses and accessories

Jon

 

[sterioma]

In the same order which I bought them:

Nikon FG-20
Nikon F100
Zorki 4k
Leica IIIf RD
Zorki 4

Those two Zorkis I should use more often...

 

[Simplicius]

Bought as my starter a Nikon F75
then inherited from relatives the following oncethey heard i was taking up photography.
2 number 1958 Minolta Autowide. complete with cases and coloured filters and lens hoods in full working order and old sync flash
1 number Agfa Super Silette (need a clean but mechanically seems ok)
1 number 1958 Agfa Silette Vario in pristine condition including box and colour contrast filters!

I must get myself a light meter somewhere to figure out how to take a few snaps with the silettes. One thing I have noticed is once you get an old camera in your hands the urge to take pictures is great and I can see why there are old camera addicts out there collecting left right and centre.

Simplicius

Dublin

 

[benjiboy]

Seven, and I hope one day to be a good enough photographer to justify it.

 

[Deleted member 19578]

If we're talking 35mm: Agfa Optima IIS... 2.8/45mm Color Apotar in a Prontormator shutter & "Magic Release Lever"!

How could you need anything more than the "technically perfect camera"?

Gawd how I loathe 35mm format now that my eyes have gone to the dark side... I can barely make out the details on a 4x5 contact print. Anyone have an extra Banquet Camera they aren't using?

 

[k_jupiter]

If we're talking 35mm: Agfa Optima IIS... 2.8/45mm Color Apotar in a Prontormator shutter & "Magic Release Lever"!

How could you need anything more than the "technically perfect camera"?

Gawd how I loathe 35mm format now that my eyes have gone to the dark side... I can barely make out the details on a 4x5 contact print. Anyone have an extra Banquet Camera they aren't using?

Got to agree. Since the Deardorff V-8 showed up, even the rb67 looks..... puny.

I can't remember the last time I printed or scanned a 135 negative. I actually only run color through my Zorki 1 and let the drug store process it. The Nikon hasn't been out in months.


tim in san jose

 

[kameranerd.com]

Close to 200 but my every day cameras are Leica M4, M6, Mamiya c330, 645 and Graplex crown grapic, The rest you can see on my web site http://www.bentzen.net/main.html Hm never tried this before, lets hope it work

 

[2F/2F]

I have never actually sat down and counted them...but here goes (bodies only):

1. Canon F-1 old, first model
2. Canon F-1 old, second model
3. Canon FTb old
4. Canon FTb old
5. Nikon F Photomic T
6. Canon 10D
7. Nikonos V
8. Yashica Electro 35 GSN
9. Leica IIIa (1936)
10. Leica IIIc (1951)
11. Canon Sure Shot 76 (35mm P&S - still used occasionally and takes great pix for what it is)
12. Mamiya Super 23
13. Mamiya Universal
14. Mamiya C33
15. Mamiya M645 1000S
16. Kodak Brownie No. 2
17. Pentax Auto 110
18. Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic (1954 side RF)
19. Sinar:
a. P front
b. F2 rear (4x5)
c. multipurpose

I also have a Polaroid passport camera and a Polaroid 340 automatic Land Camera, but I haven't ever used them, nor do I think I ever will. The aiming lights on the passport camera don't work, so the thing won't fire, and if I am going to use a Land Camera, I would rather get one of the ones that has a decent lens and manual exposure control (although I did manage to find a source for the battery). These were both gifts from friends.

Plus various pinholes and a toy camera that takes four pix in a grid on the same 35mm frame. Also, can't forget the camera on my $17.00 cell phone, the pix from which I cannot figure out how to get off of the camera.

Planned purchases within the next year or two:

Canon G9 - I would LOVE a digital point and shoot for a lot of what I m currently shooting, and this one seems to be the most controllable
Nikon D40x - so I can use my NAI lenses, and because I will be moving toward Nikon for digital in the future (but keeping 10D until it dies)
Mamiya M645 Pro or Pro TL - will relegate 1000S to backup duty in favor of a camera with backs
Sinar P 8x10 standard, and hopefully a 5x7 reducing back for it as well (have rented a few times and fell in love, but it's too expensive)

...all used, of course.

 

[2F/2F]

accidental double post

 

[tac]

31 that I can think of

 

[Ian Grant]

2F/2F, haven't you got your dates wrong.

Was the Leica IIIa really a 1951 model and the IIIc 1931. My IIa was made in 1931.

Ian

 

[2F/2F]

Thanks, Ian. I switched them. It's been edited now. For some reason I listed them by which model came first in history, but always consider the C to be "my" Leica, as the A is a recent acquisition (got it mainly for the beautiful scratched-up Summar on it), so when I went back and added the dates I put the '51 first. Thanks for the note, and good eye.