Either the Leica IIIc or M3 ss like I had, earlier in life, or another from either Barnacle or "M" line, or a good 5" x 7" Speed Graphic or a Linholf Master 4, or an upgrade and wide, normal and longer lenses and cams.
A second Canon F1 AE, as mine needs work and a couple of L series lenses would also be on my no longer too expensive list as well.
I have an FS. Amazingly KEH had it for fairly cheap and I got lucky. I also have a Pentax SL, which is a meterless Spotmatic. While I have a lot of meterless medium format cameras, I love these because guessing exposure on an entire roll of bulk rolled 35mm is a lot less expensive than 120 or sheet film. So I use them to train my eye for exposure.
If there is any I'm missing, it probably a Philips 8x10. There are a lot of limitations dealing with 8x10, and I've settled on a very capable but fairly heavy Toyo 810mii. Everyone claims that the Philips combines light weight, capability, and enough rgidity. But I almost never see them for sale, and when I do I can't afford it.
When my grandfather passed about a decade ago the family threw out his 'german camera' he was a Holocaust survivor and his kids just assumed it was junk and who'd want a icky German camera?
Well, it turns out it was a Leica and the story of the Leica Freedom Train surfaced. So, I'm missing a 1940's era Leica in my collection.
That's such a sad story in multiple fronts isn't it.
Another fan of the Xpan. A friend generously loaned me his kit for indefinite use, complete with 3 lenses and the 30mm center filter.
https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2022/07/hasselblad-xpan-panoramic-camera-how-to.html
But I moved to another part of the country and left the Xpan with its owner. I'm hesitant to buy one because of the possibility of an electronic failure. Maybe a Linhof 612?
Original Konica Auto-Reflex. One that allowed taking full frame and half frame photos. It's rare and the price is unjustifiably high for me.
I'm not really missing anything in 35mm since I don't shot 35mm very much at all. I wouldn't mind having my Konica T & T3 with all my good Konica glass. The 21mm Konica lens was fantastic. I kept an early original Leicaflex with 28mm through 180mm to take the Konica's place. I have pretty much all bases covered in medium format as well.
I suppose if there is one camera I really miss it would be my Kodak 2D 8X10 with the 12" Commercial Ektar mounted in one of those large Iris lens boards. I loved that camera, but most of all the Iris lens board. I could mount almost any lens I wanted in just a few seconds. If I can find another Iris lens board at a reasonable price it will go on my B&J 8X10.
it's one of the few 35mm lenses I really regret selling. If I knew it would live up to its reputation on my Sony A7RII I'd buy one as soon as I found a clean example, but older wide angle lenses do not play well with the Sony full-frame cameras.Been chasing a 21mm Hexanon for ages now but prices have got silly.
Oh yes please! I'm a big Konica fan and this one's missing from my collection. With one or two exceptions their whole range is very underrated.
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