How Many Cameras do you Own?

stavrosk · Feb 24, 2012

1) Fuji Natura Classica
2) Nikon F75
3) Nikon FE2
4) Nikon F100
5) Mamiya 645 Pro

Moopheus · Feb 24, 2012

Right now users number 7. There's a couple that are "retired" for mechanical reasons are are display only now.

BrowniesAreCool · Feb 24, 2012

Diapositivo said:
Not in use:

Kodak Instamatic 36 (not in use anymore, but still working);

I gave mine the distinction of being chosen for use with a proper 126 film before I used the cartridge for reloading with 35mm. Here's the set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65502876@N06/sets/72157629177962141/

36cm2 · Feb 24, 2012

Wow, i thought i'd feel foolish to have so many, but you guys have real problems! From small to large with rating out of 10 based on amount of regular use:

Olympus xa - 3
Konica Auto S2 - 6 (comes to work with me every day)
Nikon n75 (1st camera, gift to a girlfriend, thrown back at my head as we broke up 2 months later, i owe her a lot!) - 2
Nikon f100 - 4
Voigtlander Perkeo II - 8 (love it for so many reasons)
Rolleiflex 2.8F - my dad's from 1968, moved me to medium format, my most special camera, perhaps too precious - 5
Hasselblad 501cm - medium format workhorse for most serious work - 7
Plaubel Makina 67 - early days with this camera, no rating yet
Chamonix 4x5 - if i were all alone in this world, i could be happy wandering it slowly with only this camera - 5

Yes, i'm very lucky. They're my only expensive habit. And my wife will kill me if i buy any more.

Leo
Canon Rebel T3i - my wife forced me, i swear! - 5

Sirius Glass · Feb 24, 2012

SLRs: 4
RF: 2
Non RF, non reflex: 2
35mm: 4
MF: 2
4"x5": 2
Lots of lenses

Ralph Javins · Feb 24, 2012

Guys, you need to watch out for the idea of conducting an inventory of your photographic equipment.

I have been doing this, and it is turning out to be very embarrassing. The inventory is over 80 pages long at this time. Yes, it does include not only the bodies with the serial numbers and date of purchase, and that kind of information, but also the lenses, the accessories, including a surprising quantity of filters and similar things, almost all of the electronic flash units, the darkroom gear, and other stuff.

Just the time that it takes to print out this thing is embarrassing.

ambaker · Feb 24, 2012

Largest 4x5 Speed Graphic
Smallest Pentax 110 SLR
Oldest Kodak 1a
Newest Lytros Light Field camera (on order)
Favorite Mamiya 645 Super
Least Favorite Sigma SA1
How many? Not sure... I quit counting long ago, and fortunately so has my wife.

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Terry Christian · Feb 24, 2012

I have way too many cameras, including non-working models, old fragile cameras, and cheapies, so I'm only going to list what I can really use. I don't really care for 110 format or Polaroid, so I'm not listing those either. This should pretty much cover it.

TLRs/Pseudo-TLRs: Rolleiflex Automat Model 4, Yashica D, Ciro-flex Model D, Mamiya C3 / Argus Argoflex Seventy-Five, Kodak Duaflex II & IV, Holga 120TLR

Rangefinder: Ricoh 500, Argus C3, Yashica Electro GSN, Minolta Hi-Matic 7S, Agfa Agfamatic IIS, Yashica M(inister), Graflex Century 35

SLR: Canon EOS 55, Yashica TL-Electro, Canon EX-EE, Minolta XG-A, Minolta XG-1(n), Minolta X-570, Zenit ET, Pentax K-1000, Nikon F4, Nikon N2020

Misc.: Pho-Tak Foldex 30, FED 50 Automat, Kodak Pony II, Holga 120N, Agfa Clack

Medium format SLR: Zenza Bronica ETRSi, Mamiya 645 Pro

Large format: Graflex Crown Graphic press camera, Calumet 540 monorail

EASmithV · Feb 24, 2012

probably 35

Richard S. (rich815) · Feb 24, 2012

A lot. So many I'm not even sure. And I use all of them, or plan to before I die.

summicron1 · Feb 24, 2012

three or four hundred -- haven't counted in some time. So many that when a friend sees an odd camera on the web or in a magazine and idly mentions it might be fun to try, I say "sure, let me dig one out."

mostly from thrift stores, although lately people give me stuff. Leicas and rolleis are the faves, although pinhole is enjoying a resurgence..

Aristophanes · Feb 24, 2012

Nine.

Ian David · Feb 24, 2012

I have 8, which is too many. I am selling 2 to bring the count down to 6.

spoolman · Feb 24, 2012

Here is my collection:

Nikon F
Yashica Minister III
Argus C-3
Praktica L
Pentax Spotmatic II
Kodak Instamatic Reflex x2
Pentax 645
Yashica 635
Yashica 44
Kodak/Nagel Vollenda Folder (127 Film)
Kodak Bantam 828 Folder
Kodak 828 Flash Bantam
Kodak Medalist II
Kodak Chevron
Kodak Tourist II ( with 800 Supermatic shutter)
Kodak 616 Special (Folder)
Kodak Monitor 616 (Folder)
Kodak #2A Autographic Brownie (Folder)
Kodak #3A Special with combination Back for sheet film
#4 Cartridge Kodak View camera with sheet film back and roll film holder
Kodak #4A Model "A" Folder
Kodak #4A Model "B" Folder
Kodak #4 Pony Premo 5x7 View Camera
Agfa/Ansco 5x7 view Camera
Folmer and Schwing #3A Graflex SLR
2x3 Century Speed Graphic with Roll film holders,Grafmatic Holders and film pack holder
Zeiss Maximar 207/7 View camera with roll film holder and sheet/plate holders
Ansco #5 Roll film Folder
Ansco #7 Roll film camera
Agfa Isolette III Folders
Voightlander Inos Folders
Kodak Autographic Special with Coupled rangefinder x 2
ICA Nixe Folder with ground glass back,sheet/plate holders and film pack holder

In a few months I'll be thinning out this collection. All cameras work and I have film and spools for all roll film cameras.

Doug

flatulent1 · Feb 24, 2012

Oh, what the hell...

Argus C3

Canon EOS 1V < used regularly
Canon EOS 1N < used regularly
Canon EOS 1N-RS
Canon EOS RT (3) < 1 used regularly
Canon EOS 5D < used irregularly

Canon T90 (3) < 1 used regularly
Canon New F-1 < used irregularly
Canon F-1 original < used irregularly
Canon EF < used irregularly
Canon AE-1
Canon AT-1 (3)
Canon FTbn (9) < 1 used irregularly
Canon MC
Canon AF35ML
Canonet QL17 original version (2)
Canonet QL17 second version

Canon Powershot SD900 < used irregularly
Canon Sure Shot 130u (3)
Canon Sure Shot 130u II (3)
Canon Sure Shot 150u (3)
Canon Sure Shot Z180u (2)

Contax RTS III < used regularly
Contax RX < used regularly
Contax AX < used irregularly

Holga 120S (3)

Mamiya 645 Pro TL < used regularly
Mamiya 645 Pro < used irregularly

Minolta SRT 101
Minolta SRT 102
Minolta SRT 202
Minolta XD11 (5) < 1 used irregularly
Minolta XE7 (2)

Minolta Freedom Zoom Explorer (7)
Minolta Capios 25
Minolta Freedom Zoom 115 Date
Minolta Freedom Zoom Supreme (3)
Minolta Freedom Zoom Supreme Elite (3)
Minolta Riva Zoom 140EX
Minolta Freedom Zoom 140EX (12)

Olympus IS-3
Olympus XA
Olympus Infinity S
Olympus Infinity
Olympus Infinity Stylus (5)
Olympus mjµ II
Olympus Stylus Epic
Olympus Stylus Epic DLX
Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 115
Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 170

Pentax IQZoom 145M Super (3)
Pentax IQZoom 170SI
Pentax IQZOOM 200

Samsung ECX 1

Yashica T4 Super

Zeiss Ikonta 521/2 6x9 < used irregularly
Zeiss Nettar 6x6 < used irregularly

Boxful of vintage Kodak folder and box cameras (~15?)
Boxful of misc P&S film cameras (~20?)

I may have missed a few.

jscott · Feb 24, 2012

106, all neatly tallied in Excel.

I heard a show about hoarding behavior that said the difference between hoarders and collectors is that hoarders don't know quite what they have, they stick it here and there and forget about it. For them, getting and owning the item is the important part.

In contrast, collectors love to tally everything in great detail; detailed description, photos, date obtained, cost, seller, etc, as if it were a scientific project.. They can tell you that they have 6 Baby Rolleis, and 14 Art Deco 'Cords, etc, and they know which ones work.

For what it's worth...

Hikari · Feb 25, 2012

They estimate 250,000,000 cameras have been manufactured since the dawn of photography. That seems about right as most of them have been listed here.

Jeff Kubach · Feb 25, 2012

Too many to remember.

Jeff

BradleyK · Feb 25, 2012

In Use:

Nikon F2AS (1980)
Nikon F2AS (1979)
Nikon F2 (1973)
Nikon F2 (1971)
Nikon F4s (1988)* * Given away to my sister who hated the camera (She's an F3 girl), who subsequently returned it with a curt: "I really don't like this camera very much; you can have it back."
Nikon F5 (1997)

Leica M6 x 2
Leica M4P

Hasselblad 500c/m x2
Hasselblad 553el/x

Retired (only ever used for Kodachrome; retired in December 2010, with the box ends of the particular emulsions last shot on 25 December left on):

Nikon F2AS (1979) - PKM
Nikon F2A (1978) - PKR
Nikon F3HP (1984) - KM
Nikon F2 (1973) - KR (1563)

And in pieces on one of my bookshelves: an "As-Is" chrome 1974 F2, purchased three weeks ago from KEH (my favorite camera store)

NB: After collecting dust for the better part of four or so years...I recently parted ways with the old Linhof...this I may come to regret...

Discoman · Feb 25, 2012

A graflex 4x5, a sonar c2 4x5, 6 35mm cameras, one underwater 35mm (7 total then) and three medium format twin lens cameras.
One sears tower varizoom, a Kodak brownie double super 8, a yashica double super 8.
And one holga. Most of these were received as gifts.
Now, if we extend this out to all analog cameras, not just film (well, it is analog photography, not film specifically ) then I also have a Panasonic newvicon wv-3150 that I recently bought from a habitat for humanity restore. Neat places.
Not exactly a camera, but I have a rever and b&h 8mm projectors (I want to sell them) and an ampro premier-30 16mm projector, as well as two regular slide projectors, a keystone and a model I forget the name of right now. Sorry, no Kodak carousel.
Two old Fuji digital cameras-one five years and the other seven to nine years old.
On my want list is a 16mm movie camera (auricon super 1200), one of those gakken tlr cameras (an assemble your own camera affair), a sonar e2 (if I get one, I will sell my c2. No need for several 4x5 rail cameras. But that is a major if.).
I do intend to sell off a lot of the cameras I simply don't use and never intend to use. But their non-existent value keeps stopping me. Honestly, why buy my camera when there are 10,000 other ones just like it that people are desperate to get rid of?

Steve Smith · Feb 25, 2012

jscott said:
I heard a show about hoarding behavior that said the difference between hoarders and collectors is that hoarders don't know quite what they have, they stick it here and there and forget about it.

In that case, I have a hoard of about thirty rather than a collection.

I have also inherited my father's cameras (another thirty) which are most definitely a collection as they are all in three display cabinets at my mother's house.

Steve.

Ed Bray · Feb 25, 2012

I have 23 if I include both film and digital:

Pentax:
Spotmatic SP
2x ME Super (chrome)
2x MX (Chrome)
Super Program (chrome)
Super A (black)
2x LX

Olympus:
OM1n (chrome)
3x OM2n (2x black, 1x chrome)
OM2SP (black)
OM4T (black)
OM4T1 (black)
35RC

Mamiya C330f

Hasselblad H1D (with 3 film backs too)

Fuji X10
Fuji F100fd

Nikon couple of digital compacts

thegman · Feb 25, 2012

I have 6, but currently trying to sell down to 2. My GAS was out of control for a while, and I'm not a collector, no interest in cameras I don't put film through and use.

David A. Goldfarb · Feb 25, 2012

I've been trying to keep it to about a dozen for the past several years. Let's see:

11x14" American Optical
7x17" Corona
Sinar 8x10/4x5--is that one or two? Let's say two.
8x10" Gowland
5x7" Press Graflex
4x5" Technika
2x3" Technika
Noblex medium format
Voigtlander Perkeo II
Canon New F-1
Canon EOS 1-N RS
DSLR
Time magazine Machine of the Year, 2000 (boxed up as a collectable)
Cellular telephone
Beaulieu S8

So 15/16 including the three that are off-topic for APUG.

benjiboy · Feb 25, 2012

2- Canon F1-N AE
1- Canon EF
3- canon T90
1- Canon FTbn (In honourable retirement)
1-Canon A1
1 Minox 35GT
Samsung digital zoom compact ( a birthday present from one of my children )

2-Mamiya C330F TLRs
All my cameras are in regular use since my time has been my own since I retired six years ago , I'm not a collector, and don't want any ornaments

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