How many cameras have you had.....?

480sparky · May 7, 2015

..... and no longer have?

We've got the thread on how many cameras you have now, and how many more your want.

Now let's count the number of cameras you've had but have sold off/ traded / tossed.

For me, there were a couple of 110 and 126 cameras, then the Pentax K1000, which got upgraded to an MX. Then an ME Super was added. And I sold it all (cameras and 11 lenses) lock, stock & barrel in 1998.

I also used to shoot with a Mamiya 645 and RB67, and sold them off back in 1983.

Slixtiesix · May 7, 2015

The only camera I´ve ever sold was an EOS Rebel Ti after I realized that automated 35mm was just not for me...

Paul Howell · May 7, 2015

Over the past 50 or so years, so many I lost count, to be sure F, F2, F3, Nikormate, FG, FA, Omegaflex, Konica T, Maymiya C 33, Leica IIIG, and F, Canon P and 7s, more than a dozen point and shoot, fixed lens rangfinders, M 42 bodies, God only knows what else.

I don't miss the bodies, I miss the lens like the Konica 1.2 55mm, or Nikon F 2 105.

fotch · May 7, 2015

At one point, my personal collection I had 7 4x5 Graflex SLR, 8 4x5 Press Cameras, 8 TLR, 12 Nikon SLR, 3 Canon SLR, 12 35mm RF besides 7 Leica rf, 6 or 7 Polaroids, 1 8x10 View, 3 4x5 View, 12+ Kodak roll film folders, 6 126 camers, and maybe a dozen odd ball camers, like a Bosley, 35mm TLR, a dozen asst box cameras.

IloveTLRs · May 7, 2015

Off the top of my head ..

Hasselblad 500CM
Nikon S2
Nikon S
Leica M2
Leica IIIb
Leica IIIa
Leica IIIg
Leica CL
Leica M3
Nikon F
Nikon F2
Nikon F3
Nikkormat FTn
Contax II
Contax IIa
Contax IIIa
Contax T2
Contax T
Contax TVS
Contax S2
Contax RX
Contax G1
Pentax SL
Pentax PC35AF
Olympus Pen (original)
Olympus Pen FT
Ricoh GR1
Canon P

Ugh. That's a lot of cameras :crazy:

film_man · May 7, 2015

Let's see now...

Canon EOS 300 x2 (still have one), 30E, 300V, 300X, 3 (x2), 1V
Nikon D70s, D2H, D7000, F100, FM2n
Bronica SQB, ETRSi
Hasselblad 501CM (x2), 500ELX, H1 (still have it)
Mamiya RB67 (have it)
Nikonos V (have it)
Voigtlander R3A (have it)
Fuji Instax (have it)
Leica R8 x2 (still have one)

25 bought, 17 sold, 7 left.

The ones I regret buying: ETRSi, H1, D7000
The ones I regret selling: FM2n

Don't get me started on lenses.

MartinCrabtree · May 7, 2015

Every camera I've owned I still have. 'Cept an AE-1 I traded off 30 years ago

benjiboy · May 7, 2015

These questions are becoming very tiresome.

Old-N-Feeble · May 7, 2015

There's no way I could count. I bought and sold fast and hard on eBay 12-15 years ago... not so much these days. I could only guess but I've definitely had several hundred or maybe a thousand pass through my hands.

Old-N-Feeble · May 7, 2015

benjiboy said:
These questions are becoming very tiresome.

Then just ignore them?

frank · May 7, 2015

benjiboy said:
These questions are becoming very tiresome.

Kettle/pot

Alan Gales · May 7, 2015

Old-N-Feeble said:
There's no way I could count. I bought and sold fast and hard on eBay 12-15 years ago... not so much these days. I could only guess but I've definitely had several hundred or maybe a thousand pass through my hands.

I've sold a lot on Ebay and a few on Craigslist too. I have no idea how many cameras I have flipped.

f/16 · May 8, 2015

There's no way for me to know for sure but I'd say about 25 or 30 that I no longer have. About 7 of those were ones that I got from KEH, had issues, and were returned or exchanged. They have a good return policy but I really think they're "checking and inspecting the camera" doesn't involve much.

Sirius Glass · May 9, 2015

Yet another original thread on the same old subject. Sigh

eddyd · Oct 9, 2015

Close to 30 I think. And still finding more.

blockend · Oct 10, 2015

Plenty, and I still have too many. The only cameras I miss are a very low number plain prism F that was in as-new condition, and I liked the Mamiya C330 sold when I needed the cash. End of the day they're just cameras, the photographs they take are the important thing. I'd liked to know what happened to my parent's Coronet box camera that took the family photos. Probably got junked when someone cleared the house.

narsuitus · Oct 10, 2015

Kodak Bullet by Narsuitus, on Flickr

I tend to keep my cameras until they need to be replaced. In fact, I still have the first camera I every used -- a Kodak Bullet.

Over the decades, I have sold and/or replaced the following:

Brownie (3) (sold after purchase of first 35mm SLR)
Diana (sold after purchase of first 35mm SLR; it latter became a popular cult camera)
Graflex 4X5 view camera with 135mm lens (sold to raise money)
Kodak Instamatic 104 (sold after purchase of first 35mm SLR)
Mamiya Universal 6X7 with lens (two) (replaced by medium format rangefinder)
Mamiya-Sekor C2 TLR camera body (replaced by medium format rangefinder)
Mamiya-Sekor C22 TLR camera body (replaced by medium format rangefinder)
Mamiya-Sekor C220 TLR camera body (replaced by medium format rangefinder)
Miranda Sensorex 35mm SLR body (broke too many times)
Nikon EM, Black 35mm Body (replaced my disposable backup body with Nikon N70)
Nikon F Black 35mm Body (replaced by F2)
Nikon F Chrome 35mm Body (replaced by F2)
Nikon F2 Chrome 35mm Body (replaced worn body with new F2)
Nikon F2T Black Titanium 35mm Body (sold two for profit to collector)
Nikon F3 35mm Body (replaced with Nikon F4)
Pentax Spotmatic (sold 1 of 4 to raise money)
Polaroid Portrait Big Shot (sold after Polaroid went bankrupt)
Polaroid Square Shooter (sold after Polaroid went bankrupt)
Polaroid Square Shooter 2 (sold after Polaroid went bankrupt)

RalphLambrecht · Oct 10, 2015

I had 16 cameras and only tossed two of them;still 14 left

benveniste · Oct 10, 2015

In rough order of ownership. Cameras I still own in bold.

Hawkeye Instamatic
Argus C3
Nikon FM
Nikon FA
Rolleicord II (Type 5) (No longer working)
Pentax 110
Nikon N90 (Only for 2 weeks)
Nikon F100
Nikon Pronea S
Nikon FM2
Pentax 645
Nikon Coolpix 995
Toy Holographic Camera
Nikon D200 (Now IR converted)
Pentax 645n
Korona 5x7/4x5 (Arrived broken)
Zone VI 4x5
Nikon D70 (Purchased as IR conversion)
Nikon D800
Nikon V1

Richard S. (rich815) · Oct 10, 2015

Would take me too long...

James Page · Oct 10, 2015

currently:

Nikon SP
Nikon s3 Olympic
Nikon S3 Millenial
Nikon F (3 black, 1 chrome)
Nikon F5
nikon fm

Leicaflex SL (1 black, 1 chrome)
Leica iiif
Leica iiig
Leica M2-R
Leica M4 black chrome
Leica M5

Ricoh GXR 2
Nikon D3s

Sinar 4x5

BradleyK · Oct 10, 2015

To the best of my recollection, over the last few years:

I have sold: a Nikon F2A, an F2 and an F5.
I have given away to APUGers: an Nikon F4E and a F3HP.
I gave away to a colleague who preferred my F3HP over the AE-1 she was given, an F3HP w/50mm F1.4 Ai lens.
I have given away to my three nephews and niece: a Nikon F3HP, an F3, an F5, an F2AS, an F2A, two F2 Photomics and an assortment of lenses.
I sold a Hasselblad 553EL/X (but then bought a 500C/M to replace it).

cb1 · Oct 10, 2015

1979 - Minolta Tele 110
1980 - Minolta SRT101
1981 - Canon AE1-Program
2001 - Canon S10 Digital Compact
2002 - Canon A520
2013 - Canon 450D
2014 - Canon T3i
2015 - My fathers -
Minolta SRT101
Minolta XG7
Minolta X700
From an estate sale
Canon FTQL
Graflex Crown Graphic Special - It seems that as the time goes on, I get older cameras instead of newer cameras. LOL I guess I just love film.

Kyle M. · Oct 10, 2015

On... Let's see I'll try to do this but three been a lot.

Canon AE-1 Program x3
Canon AE-1
Canon T70
Canon FTb
Canon L35AF
Canon EOS Rebel 2000
Canon EOS Elan 7
Olympus OM-1
Nikon F
Nikon F2 x2
Nikon F3
Yashica D x2
Bronica S2
Bronica S2A
Koni Rapid Omega 200
Mamiya RZ67
Mamiya 645
Mamiya 645 1000s
Mamiya 645 Super
Hasselblad 500C
Yashica Mat (original non g)
Yashica Mat 124G
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 6x9
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 6x6
Franka Solida 6x6 x2

I think that's it, but if I remember anymore I'll add them.

Sirius Glass · Oct 10, 2015

Non range finder: 3
Range finder: 1
View: 1
SLR: 3
Double reflex [not TLR]: 1
TLR: 1

How many cameras have you had.....?

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