How Many Cameras do you Own?

Discoman · Feb 28, 2012

Amended: three Polaroid cameras (a 100 pack film, a 360 pack film, and the 900? Roll film.)
Also the newvicon can be re-written as working perfectly.
Sometime soon I will actually catalog the make and model of all the cameras I have. It isn't that many, but I'd rather take pictures than count cameras.

andys93integra · Feb 28, 2012

Rolleiflex 2.8E3
Rolleiflex Tele
Nikon F (64 black)
Nikon F (67 silver)
Nikon FM
Nikkormat ELW
Canon Rebel S2
Argus C3
Brownie 616
Kodak Instamatic
Fujica Auto-M
And three 35mm point and shoot cameras.

Andy

mjs · Feb 29, 2012

Hmm. Not counting broken and useless junk my wife brings home from auctions (sometimes she brings home great stuff, though!):

8x10 B&J Grover monorail view camera
5x7 B&J wooden tailboard view camera in very rough shape
4x5 early Zone VI view camera
Rolleiflex New Standard (March, 1939)
Agfa Isolette 6x6 folder
Minolta 800si 35mm
2x Minolta 7xi 35mm (kinda went a little overboard when cameras I'd always wanted years ago became almost free on Ebay.)
Petri 35mm e.Bn rangefinder with the 45mm f/1.9 lens
Yashica Electro 35 rangefinder
Yashica Big Mini point 'n shoot

I use all of them regularly, except for the 7xi's which have taken a back seat to the 800si. I actually like the 7xi's better but they eat 2CR5 batteries like candy and that's expensive these days. The Rolleiflex has film winding peculiarities which means that film advance is by counting revolutions of the crank handle; amazingly, the antique Selenium photo-cell meter on the Petri rangefinder still works! Not exactly a "low light" solution though! Doesn't register below about EV 5 or so. The Yashica Electro lives underneath the passenger seat in my car and is just quietly, without fuss, a superbly competent camera. The Big Mini rides in my coat or jacket pocket where it constantly nibbles on its battery. The Zone VI 4x5 gets used the most, followed by the 8x10 and then then 800si, the Rolleiflex, the Isolette, and the Petri in no certain order. The Petri came out of a box of "stuff" my wife brought home from an estate auction. Dear woman!

Mike

BrowniesAreCool · Feb 29, 2012

mjs said:
and the Petri in no certain order.

I suppose I'm quite lucky to have my Petri come to me in good working order. Apparently there are a lot of faulty or broken ones out there, and they have odd internal enginnering, so they are difficult to repair. Apparently spare parts are hard to source too.

stavrosk · Feb 29, 2012

Sirius Glass said:
I think is is a non-US version of the Nikon N75 that is having an identity crisis

sorry to break it to you but since Nikon is not american then a non us version is not an identity crisis, at least not more than the american name

Sirius Glass · Feb 29, 2012

stavrosk said:
sorry to break it to you but since Nikon is not american then a non us version is not an identity crisis, at least not more than the american name

I was referring to the FE75 being confused about being a F75.

one90guy · Feb 29, 2012

Nikon: 2 N-80's, FM-10, D-3100
Yashica: MG-1 not working at this moment, Lynx 5000e
Argus: 3 C-3's, Matchmatic
Polaroid: 100 pinhole, 2 150's under constuction
Ricoh:FF-3-AF
Samsung: Digimax 4010

David

steven_e007 · Mar 1, 2012

My own list is similar to the original posters...

But rather than numbers, I prefer to measure mine in years. I had a HUGE row with my wife when I acquired the last one...

After much wailing and gnashing of teeth I hammered out a deal whereby I can buy that Kiev 88 from Arak just as soon as I've taken and printed a picture from every single camera I own.

I reckon about 2016?

mjs · Mar 2, 2012

BrowniesAreCool said:
I suppose I'm quite lucky to have my Petri come to me in good working order. Apparently there are a lot of faulty or broken ones out there, and they have odd internal enginnering, so they are difficult to repair. Apparently spare parts are hard to source too.

It is also my understanding that Petri's are difficult to repair and that parts are few and far between. Fortunately, I don't make my living with this so if/when it dies I'll just keep it for the fond memories. All my little rangefinder really needs is a good CLA to remove ancient lubricant; I was going to send it off this past winter but for some reason never got around to it.

Mike

frdrx · Mar 2, 2012

2x Contax 139Q, one used from time to time, the other being kept as a backup
1x Contax S2, used almost every day (a recent acquisition)
3x Contax RTS II (of which one is currently disassembled and awaiting assembly), all used more or less regularly
1x Contax RX (currently disassembled due to a small flash-related problem), to be used intensively in the future
2x Yashica FX-D, never used (hopefully to be used by my daughter when she grows up slightly)
1x Yashica FX-3, rarely used
1x Practica Nova, never used and never to be used
1x Zenith EM, never used and never to be used
1x Zenith E, never used and never to be used
1x Minolta Hi-Matic F, never used, at least at the moment
1x Praktica BX20, never used but will be shortly
2x Pentax 645, one is used regularly, the other is kept as a backup
1x Pentax K-x, used every day

I could probably do with one Contax RTS II, the S2 and one Pentax 645, but I feel that I need redundancy in case anything goes wrong that I can't fix. The K-x is a very nice thing to have, but digital hasn't enthused me. I take it as a necessity nowadays, like a computer or mobile phone.

baachitraka · Mar 2, 2012

3x Olympus OM-1n.
1x Olympus OM-2sp.
1x EOS 650.

Steve Smith · Mar 2, 2012

Two more than I had yesterday. A Minolta Hi-Matic 5 and a Cosmic 35 have now joined my fleet.

Steve.

perkeleellinen · Mar 2, 2012

Two less than yesterday!

BrowniesAreCool · Mar 2, 2012

If I ever get my hands on a 110 cartridge, I think I'll definitely use the Pocket Instamatic 300. Apparently it has a 3 element Kodak Anastigmat, which is pretty good for a camera of it's class.
I also might see if I can pick up a Petri Bayonet-M42 adaptor, seeing as M42s are going cheap at the moment, and Petris are a lot harder to find.

Grif · Mar 2, 2012

You Keep Track???

You folks actually KNOW how many cameras you have? And what is a camera. View camera without a lens counts?

Wow,,, must go count. Of course, I'm not sure I even know where they all are :-( Lets just say more than a dozen,,, that way if the wife reads this she won't get too excited ;-)

John_Nikon_F · Mar 3, 2012

Exchanged one and got another since this morning. F5 went away due to electronic issues, F2AS returned to the stable, and a Minolta Maxxum 9000 appeared.

-J

Rep4621 · Mar 17, 2012

Cameras I own and use:
Leica M3
Leica M6
Leica iiif
Leica iiic

Cameras I own/rent that I don´t use and intend on selling/giving back to owners:
Rolleiflex 3.5E
Leica ii
Pentax PC35AF
Nikon L35AF
Olympus OM-2
Canon AE-1 Program
Zorki 4
Fed 2
Brownie
Vitomatic II
A polaroid cam

bvy · Mar 17, 2012

Serious cameras:
Pentax ME Super
Yashica T5
Olympus XA4
Olympus XA2 (2)
Olympus XA (2, 1 is broken I think)

Toys/trashcams (listed from bad to worse):
Holga TLR
Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim
Maximus MC-1
Photoflex MX-35
Smena 8M
Lubitel 2
Image Fusion Split Cam
No name four frame multilens camera
Bratz(TM) disposable toy camera (that wasn't)

Instant cameras:
Polaroid Spectra
Polaroid Sun 600SE

Several homemade cameras including a 35mm pinhole camera and a 5x7 fresnel lens camera.

benjiboy · Mar 17, 2012

parleton said:
the title should appropriately be "Camera Hoarders" I think we just cornered the market

How many cameras do you need to own before men in white coats drag you off to a rubber room on the funny farm ?, there's a difference between being an enthusiast and being an obsessive hoarder of hundreds of cameras that you are never going to use.

thegman · Mar 17, 2012

Fotoman 69
Leica MP

That's it.

For now.

darkosaric · Mar 19, 2012

thegman said:
Fotoman 69
Leica MP

That's it.

For now.

Perfect! I envy you - you keep it simple

benjiboy · Mar 19, 2012

I see many threads on photographic forums asking "How many cameras do you own ?, I ask myself is it because they need some sort of reassurance that they are normal ?

Steve Smith · Mar 19, 2012

benjiboy said:
I ask myself is it because they need some sort of reassurance that they are normal ?

I have lots of film cameras to reassure myself that I'm not normal.

Steve.

benjiboy · Mar 19, 2012

Steve Smith said:
I have lots of film cameras to reassure myself that I'm not normal.

Steve.

It reminds me Steve about the story about two psychiatrists who meet in the street and one says to the other "hello, John, your O.K, how am I ?"

Hovig · Mar 19, 2012

Canon EOS-1n
Olympus OM-1n
(need F-1n to complete the trio!)
Linhof Bi-Kardan
Lubitel 166B
I use all the above.

Cameras I'm not using any more:
Kiev-4, my first camera.
Fed-2

and some to come in the near future...

do you think I'm already suffering from GAS?

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