Mininum Number of Cameras to Own

[chris00nj]

While the mininum number of cameras one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where "n" is the number of cameras currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where "s" is the number of cameras owned that would result in your wife filing for divorce.

 

[rover]

I think I could make it with one. I think.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Amateur: 1

All else is professional (backup, special application) or any or all of special application (again), historical accident, GAS, stupidity...

Take care also to marry the right woman. I don't even know how many cameras my wife owns...

Cheers,

R.

 

[daveleo]

Of course, there is no limit on the maximum number of cameras that you can (or should) own. 🙂

Oh . . . a joke . . . .
I got a camera for my wife.
Best trade I ever made 😀

 

[chris00nj]

Of course, there is no limit on the maximum number of cameras that you can (or should) own. 🙂

Oh . . . a joke . . . .
I got a camera for my wife.
Best trade I ever made 😀

There is a maximum, as stated: S-1.

 

[hepcat]

Interestingly, bicycles have exactly the same formulas. 🙂

 

[gns]

No danger of reaching S. It is self-correcting. As soon as you reach it, half of them become hers (at least where I live).

 

[alienmeatsack]

Uh... 17? Am I close? Did I win? I am not good at math people. Just let me know when I have enough cameras and until then I will assume your silence means I have not yet reached the minimum I should own and will keep buying them. Thanks. 😀

 

[icebear]

I'm pretty sure I getting along with 2 :
MM & M9. If I could only have one it would be the MM, no doubt about it.

 

[nikonosguy]

pretty sure the number is age/2 + (6 / # number of marriages)

 

[Al Patterson]

I think I could make it with one. I think.

Exactly! It would be hard to get by with none, so one is all you NEED. Want is a different sort of animal....

 

[Al Patterson]

There is a maximum, as stated: S-1.

Idont have a wife, so I'm limited solely by financial and spatial constraints.

Now, if I had a Tardis to keep them in....

 

[valdas]

I am not concerned about the minimum number, not at all...

 

[kxl]

The minimum number of cameras one should own is /0, i.e., undefined, or in internet slang, an epic failure.

 

[Pioneer]

Amateur: 1

All else is professional (backup, special application) or any or all of special application (again), historical accident, GAS, stupidity...

Take care also to marry the right woman. I don't even know how many cameras my wife owns...

Cheers,

R.

I am most certainly an amateur, and since I am not even a great amateur, even one may be more than I really should be allowed. But it is so much more fun when you have more toys.

 

[swoop]

It depends.

There are different camera types and different types of photographers.

The mid-range/pro camera for whatever.
The backup to that camera if you're actually a professional.
The medium format if you're a fashion/portrait/commercial photographer.
The compact P&S for family outings and quick pics.
The cell phone camera that's always with you because it's in your phone.

For me I have
My Leica M9 for assignments and personal work.
My Canon 5D mk2 for assignments/sports/real estate/events/backup and personal work.
My Nikon P7100 for trips to the park with my family and ebay photos.
My cell phone camera because it's always with me.
A Canon FTb because it's film and I like having at least one film camera.

I want an Olympus OM-D to supplement the 5D. There are occasions I need a long lens, but not necessarily an SLR.

 

[Vickko]

Three?

Like...
- 35mm
- MF
- LF?

Or:
- RF
- SLR
- TLR?

Or:
- Japanese
- German
- um, okay, oh yeah - Swedish

Or:
- film
- digital
- video

While the mininum number of cameras one should own is three,....

 

[68degrees]

While the mininum number of cameras one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where "n" is the number of cameras currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where "s" is the number of cameras owned that would result in your wife filing for divorce.

It has been determined that the minimum number of cameras a man should own is x-1, where 'x' is the number of pairs of shoes the mans wife owns. The relationship between s and x remains undefined.

 

[ferider]

While the mininum number of cameras one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where "n" is the number of cameras currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where "s" is the number of cameras owned that would result in your wife filing for divorce.

You got it all wrong.

"s-1" is the number of gear-related boxes that you have received by mail in the past.

Therefore, "s" is approximately equal to the number of lenses that you own.

"n" can be anything between [s/3 .... s/1], depending if you are a 28/50/90 or a "1 camera, one lens" person.

Roland.

 

[giellaleafapmu]

N, sure, just in case N-1 stop working...

GLF