How many film cameras do you own?

[Kyle M.]

Currently just my Hasselblad 500c and 80mm 2.8, and a RZ67 with the 110mm 2.8. I'm in the process of trying to sell the RZ.

 

[carousel0]

I didnt know which discussion to put it under so i put it under the 35mm forum but it can apply to any film camera. I only own 1, a Rolleiflex SL35. I dont need another.


Yeah, in my first phase of darkroom photography in the late 90s I owned just the Rolleiflex 3.5 that my dad had given me and a Rollei 35 S that I'd bought from a classified ad, and for my approach that was plenty.

Taking up film photography again now though I've been picking up camera bodies, lenses, stockpiling film etc. as much if not more than my limited budget allows. So far 35mm -- Nikkormat Ftn X2, Nikon FM2n, FE, FM, FG-20, Olympus OM-1, and one by one a handful of the more affordable Nikkor primes. Plus a Pentax P30 and Olympus OM-10 for the kids And right now at the very moment I'm just happy carrying around a nice clean Zeiss Ikon Contina-Matic III by itself in its case -- was given it a few years back but had never given it its due.

Pretty hard not to be a camera collector.

 

[narsuitus]

Update!

I forgot to include my do-it-yourself pinhole cameras.

21 pinhole cameras (4x5 inch sheet film)
1 pinhole cameras (8x10 inch sheet film)
4 pinhole cameras (35mm)
1 Ansco Speedex medium format folder
4 Argus C-3 35mm
4 Pentax Spotmatic 35mm
2 Pentax ME 35mm
3 Canon Sure Shot 35mm
2 Canon Canonet QL 17 G-III 35mm
2 Fuji medium format rangefinders
2 Fuji ST705 35mm
2 Underwater cameras 35mm
2 Minolta HiMatic rangefinders 35mm
3 Nikon F2 35mm
2 Nikon F4 35mm
9 Nikon L35 35mm
2 Nikon N70 35mm
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66 Total Film Cameras

https://flic.kr/p/akp4xT

 

[fotch]

At one time, probably about 60, now about 40, out of which maybe 12 are keepers, out of which maybe 3 I use a lot, comparatively speaking.

 

[mehguy]

Yeah, in my first phase of darkroom photography in the late 90s I owned just the Rolleiflex 3.5 that my dad had given me and a Rollei 35 S that I'd bought from a classified ad, and for my approach that was plenty.

wow thats too funny because the rolleiflex i have has been in my family for 30 years now.

 

[Roger Cole]

Working ones or total?

If I could working ones, ten I can think of but I may be overlooking one.

Non-working adds three more to that list, two that just need light seals and one with a broken rewind knob.

 

[Jeff Bradford]

Working film cameras? Somewhere between 30 and 40.
I'm afraid to count them. It could be more.
I try not to have film in more than three or four at a time though.

 

[jeffbennett]

Six total at the moment, which is more than I need:

Nikon: FM2 early chrome version, FM2n late black version
Rolleiflex: 3.5F, 2.8F
Rolleicord Vb (currently with Fleenor getting a CLA)
Hasselblad 503CXi

 

[carousel0]

wow thats too funny because the rolleiflex i have has been in my family for 30 years now.

That's great. Yeah my dad had bought that Rolleiflex secondhand from a photographer when he was a teenager, must have been 1960 or 61.

 

[benjiboy]

How many cameras do you need to have before they cart you off to a rubber room on the funny farm ?

 

[MartinCrabtree]

Only if the number of cats is equal.

 

[AgX]

How many cameras do you need to have before they cart you off to a rubber room on the funny farm ?

You don't know where I live...

 

[RattyMouse]

I didnt know which discussion to put it under so i put it under the 35mm forum but it can apply to any film camera. I only own 1, a Rolleiflex SL35. I dont need another.

(maybe ill get a range finder one day, i dunno)

I own:

Fujifilim GA645
Fujifilm GF670
Fujifilm GF670W
Nikon FM2n.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

In a similar thread not very long ago, some clever person stated something like: "if you're a collector, the next camera you're going to get is always more interesting than the ones you have."

Wish I could find the quote.

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

More than I need (50-60, if you count "projects"), less than I want (still want to try a Mamiya 6 or 7 some day, Nikon 35Ti, would love to try an old Leica SLR like an SL and a Summicron), oh well.

 

[DCB12]

6

Peace

 

[frank]

The good ones:

Nikon F plain prism, F2 plain prism, F3, F4
Canon F1n, EF
Olympus OM1
Contax RTS
Rollei 35
Leica M2, llla, CL
Hexar RF
Hasselblad 500cm, elx
Bronica S2a
Rolleiflex E2
Plaubel Makina 67W
Fuji GW670ii, GS645, GS645W
Speed Graphic 4x5

 

[mooseontheloose]

Around 40 cameras I think. About a third of them are back in Canada but those are the ones that had some issues with them. Also, quite a number of cameras are replacements for others that broke down - it was just cheaper to buy a new "old" camera than have the old one fixed. But I don't want to get rid of the junky ones as they could provide parts in the future (if it comes to that) and I'd get very little back in resale value anyway. That being said, I have limited storage space in my apartment here in Japan and I have come to realise that I may indeed have to get rid of the ones that are literally taking up space.

At any given time I have about 10 cameras that I regularly shoot with (Nikon FE and F100, Mamiya 6, Minolta Autocord, Rolleiflex, Holga, pinhole (x2), Bronica SQAi, SX-70), although obviously not all at the same time. Different cameras are used for different projects/subjects, and although it doesn't seem like it, I am trying to simplify what I use on a regular basis.

 

[removed account4]

somewhere between 30+40
most of box + folding cameras that are fun and low - fi
others are not so low - fi

 

[Xmas]

somewhere between 30+40
most of box + folding cameras that are fun and low - fi
others are not so low - fi

Tusk tusk
My laundry basket is full of kievs.
...
I've only two enlargers.
Two fridges don't ask about food.
I've actually two laundry baskets don't ask about laundry.

 

[Tamara]

In a similar thread not very long ago, some clever person stated something like: "if you're a collector, the next camera you're going to get is always more interesting than the ones you have."

I'm not really a collector, more of an accumulator.

 

[MattKing]

Excluding cel phones, I have owned three digital cameras. One was given away, another was sold, and I still own an almost never used third. I say this to make it clear that in what follows, any reference to a camera is a reference to a film camera.

I have an 81 year old camera that came to me when it was about 33. It was a present from my parents, and my Dad used it to help me discover the world of the darkroom. He had it refurbished at that time. I have to develop the film I shot in it last week.

And I have a 15 year old camera that my wife bought as a present for me. She got it for $25.00, through a Craigslist ad. I used it yesterday.

In between I have a 60 or so year old camera that my father always wanted when he was younger, but couldn't afford. I bought him a used one around a dozen years ago, and he gave it back after his 80+ year old eyes made using it problematic.

I have two other cameras that I bought new (one being a store demonstrator) and way too many others that I bought used - either for fun, or to fulfill a requirement, or to satisfy curiosity.

I have had cameras die, I have given away cameras, I have traded cameras in on other cameras and I have even sold a few.

It is best that you not ask about lenses ...

 

[Alan Gales]

I think my best photography was when I only had one. It was 1973 and I had just gotten my Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL for Christmas 1972.

You make a very good point. When you only own one camera you get to know it really well and it just feels natural using it so it gets out of your way.

I own a Wehman 8x10 field camera, Sinar P 4x5 monorail and actually two 35mm Stereo Realists cameras. I've got a 4x5 back for the Wehman so I really should sell the Sinar. Every time I use the Sinar I have to think about it, where the Wehman (which I mostly use) is second nature to me.

 

[pbromaghin]

Hmm. 8 cameras that I use: Minolta X-370, X-570 and X-700 with maybe 10 lenses. 2 Mamiya C-33's with 5 lenses. 2 Zeiss Ikonta 6x6s, 521/16 and 523/16. Cambo Legend 4x5. Plus a few junkers on the shelf for looks and/or parts.

 

[kb3lms]

Too many and yet, not enough.