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Cameras you will always own/cant live without
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Landberg
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I don't think that i will ever sell my Nikonos.
Oscuro
He's French, I'm Italian.
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PhotoMat
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Mamiya 7II, Wista 45SP and Leica M6TTL -- I love using these cameras. Although not used as frequently nowadays, when I take them out on a shoot, it's like coming home after a long trip.
Hasselblad 500CM -- a gift from my grandmother when I graduated from college.
While I am quite pleased with my Fuji X system and it is my "go to" camera in many instances, it is still an electronic device that has a finite lifespan. I don't see it as having the lasting qualities of my film cameras.
Hasselblad 500CM -- a gift from my grandmother when I graduated from college.
While I am quite pleased with my Fuji X system and it is my "go to" camera in many instances, it is still an electronic device that has a finite lifespan. I don't see it as having the lasting qualities of my film cameras.
Vics
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Leica M3, gift from my wife and kids. I'll be shooting that on Memorial Day, Monday.
Nikon F (1959) inherited from my brother.
Contax IIIa, inherited from my Dad.
Nikon F (1959) inherited from my brother.
Contax IIIa, inherited from my Dad.
taskoni
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My M2 with DR Summicron
Bisakok
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Looking at a few Rolleiflexes of varying vintages, a Horseman SW612, a Mamiya 7, a couple of 35mm point and shoots and a Leica M9, all acquired over about a 20 year period.... I'm pretty sure its the Leica that will get culled next. I saved hard for my Rolleiflex FX-N, and cannot imagine ever selling it. My parents gave me a Canonet 28 for my 15th birthday. I don't think I really appreciated it properly until my 40th... now I hope it stays in my family forever.
FrankS
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I could live without, but would never sell my
Rolleiflex E2 75f3.5 Planar
M2, collapsible 50 Summicron
llla, Summar
Rollie 35S
Hasselblad 500cm
Plaubel Makina 670W
Rolleiflex E2 75f3.5 Planar
M2, collapsible 50 Summicron
llla, Summar
Rollie 35S
Hasselblad 500cm
Plaubel Makina 670W
John E Earley
Tuol Sleng S21-0174
I could live without all of them. I'd just get out my pastels, oils, watercolors or pen&ink. Or I'd wood carve.
I love photography but don't live for it. However, of all the cameras I have, the last one I would sell is a beat up Nikkormat.
I love photography but don't live for it. However, of all the cameras I have, the last one I would sell is a beat up Nikkormat.
cassel
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Because I would have a very hard time replacing them...I will keep my Mamiya Magazine 35mm cameras...the two f2.0 models I have are the only examples I've found after a long search. They are my daily users as well-- very versatile and great images.
There are a couple of under-rated cameras that I have sold and then re-bought 😱 I won't sell them again. Too good to pass up: The Vivitar 35es and my Nikon FM2.
I'm also likely to keep my black Petri Color 35 and would be dumb to let my Grandpa's old Zeiss Contina go....worth little except for sentimental value anyway🙂
I've had several Leicas, and while I admire them greatly, they are just so darn expensive (for me anyway) that I always end up selling them to fund supplies and other gear experiments.
At the end of the day-- of course we are all just care takers of these material objects- with any luck we will pass them on to future owners (or they will disappear/ break/ etc.)
There are a couple of under-rated cameras that I have sold and then re-bought 😱 I won't sell them again. Too good to pass up: The Vivitar 35es and my Nikon FM2.
I'm also likely to keep my black Petri Color 35 and would be dumb to let my Grandpa's old Zeiss Contina go....worth little except for sentimental value anyway🙂
I've had several Leicas, and while I admire them greatly, they are just so darn expensive (for me anyway) that I always end up selling them to fund supplies and other gear experiments.
At the end of the day-- of course we are all just care takers of these material objects- with any luck we will pass them on to future owners (or they will disappear/ break/ etc.)
Tompas
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I will keep:
My Pentax 67 -- because of a very special image I made with it of my then girlfriend and now wife.
My Mamiya C220f -- because I like it so much and because it's my only camera that I can use with my reading glasses on.
Probably my Nikon FM2/T -- I like it and I guess its value will only rise.
Finally maybe my Leicas, M6 and MD-2 -- those I will keep at least until my youngest kid is old enough to tell me whether she (he?) wants it.
Hmm. No digital camera in my list...
My Pentax 67 -- because of a very special image I made with it of my then girlfriend and now wife.
My Mamiya C220f -- because I like it so much and because it's my only camera that I can use with my reading glasses on.
Probably my Nikon FM2/T -- I like it and I guess its value will only rise.
Finally maybe my Leicas, M6 and MD-2 -- those I will keep at least until my youngest kid is old enough to tell me whether she (he?) wants it.
Hmm. No digital camera in my list...
c.poulton
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For me it has to be first and foremost my Leica M2, closely followed by my Leica IIIf, then my Rolleiflex Automat MX (K4A). All my other cameras I can live without quite easily.
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I've sold two R-D1 cameras, regretted both sales so this one I have now will be with me until one of us dies. Unless of course I find an R-D1x at a good price.......
sjgslack
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FM2 - my first camera- bombproof. I never use it, but will again at some point!
My grandfathers Leica iii - bought new in 1937
My M6, with an MP finder. Perfect. No nonsense.
My grandfathers Leica iii - bought new in 1937
My M6, with an MP finder. Perfect. No nonsense.
Ranchu
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It's also the dynamic range, though, right? Really, it's the fact that you're putting film in the Hasselblad, not the fact that you have an old imacon that makes the difference between a Hasselblad and a DSLR, right?
http://120studio.com/dynamic-range.htm
dee
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Actually, this has made me consider my priorities, 'considered snapshots' and cameras are an escape from ASD.
i can't afford slide film and developing, so digital rules , but i won't part with some film cameras .
Inheritance purchase irreplaceable - Leica M8 /Summitar/Elmar/CV 35mm Color Scopar, plus Contax adapter and J3.
Leica Digilux 3 downgraded to more manageable Olympus lens. Ditto L1 twin with longer telephoto.
i just love using these.
Panasonic G1 because it has little value and is compact and very well used !!!
Minolta SRTs various probably a black one as a keeper plus the neat meter less SR1s.
Embarrassingly perhaps , a new example of my 1st clunky SLR of 1971-Prinzflex STTL [ Chinon ] but we have to start somewhere.
1933 Leica II black and nickel.
1947 Leica IIIc,my birth year, with Wallace Heaton sticker-UK import and serviced .
1937 Contax II with 1957 quality engineer Kiev 4 meter/controls built for me by ex Arsenal/Kiev engineers in Kiev - and exquisitely working with my Avatar scrap/parts Contax II with new Kiev shutter and a basket case Contax II rebuilt with black paint stripped to bare metal with tan leather from the same source.
All unique and just an amazing experience of two cultures and amazing continuity.
These are more precious than my 1952 and 1951 Kiev II which also work beautifully. but are not in the must keep league.
i would add an as new boxed late Kiev4a a Uk TOE import because it is the closest I will ever get to a new Contax and as memories of the fascinating 1970s TOE showroom in London.
dee
i can't afford slide film and developing, so digital rules , but i won't part with some film cameras .
Inheritance purchase irreplaceable - Leica M8 /Summitar/Elmar/CV 35mm Color Scopar, plus Contax adapter and J3.
Leica Digilux 3 downgraded to more manageable Olympus lens. Ditto L1 twin with longer telephoto.
i just love using these.
Panasonic G1 because it has little value and is compact and very well used !!!
Minolta SRTs various probably a black one as a keeper plus the neat meter less SR1s.
Embarrassingly perhaps , a new example of my 1st clunky SLR of 1971-Prinzflex STTL [ Chinon ] but we have to start somewhere.
1933 Leica II black and nickel.
1947 Leica IIIc,my birth year, with Wallace Heaton sticker-UK import and serviced .
1937 Contax II with 1957 quality engineer Kiev 4 meter/controls built for me by ex Arsenal/Kiev engineers in Kiev - and exquisitely working with my Avatar scrap/parts Contax II with new Kiev shutter and a basket case Contax II rebuilt with black paint stripped to bare metal with tan leather from the same source.
All unique and just an amazing experience of two cultures and amazing continuity.
These are more precious than my 1952 and 1951 Kiev II which also work beautifully. but are not in the must keep league.
i would add an as new boxed late Kiev4a a Uk TOE import because it is the closest I will ever get to a new Contax and as memories of the fascinating 1970s TOE showroom in London.
dee
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True Ranchu, should have mentioned that too.
Thing is, I scanned with other scanners (Microtek Scanmaker 8700, Canon 8800f w/ BetterScanning glass) too and the old Imacon Photo (the SCSI model) outdoes them easily.
Thanks for posting that link, that was an interesting read.
Ranchu
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I'd be happy to have an Imacon too! In any case, I could live without them, but I think I'll always have my K1000's and Konica C35's. Hipster cameras, but no fuss.
konicaman
konicaman
Cameras that I would not put up for sale:
My mother's Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518 - most of my childhood memories were photographed with that camera. It is still functional. My mother died 6 years ago at the age of 87, at that point she had not used the camera for 20 years. The last 6-7 years of her life she was an avid digital photographer, documenting building projects and graffiti (which she liked very much) in her local community.
My Konica T3 that I bought with my confirmation money many moons ago - still functional as well.
An Olympus 35 RC that I inherited from a good friend of our family, now in red leather dress and still functional.
The rest? Well they are replaceable...
My mother's Zeiss Ikon Nettar 518 - most of my childhood memories were photographed with that camera. It is still functional. My mother died 6 years ago at the age of 87, at that point she had not used the camera for 20 years. The last 6-7 years of her life she was an avid digital photographer, documenting building projects and graffiti (which she liked very much) in her local community.
My Konica T3 that I bought with my confirmation money many moons ago - still functional as well.
An Olympus 35 RC that I inherited from a good friend of our family, now in red leather dress and still functional.
The rest? Well they are replaceable...
CK Dexter Haven
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I really like he ones I currently have, but all could be replaced by something else. I've owned a LOT of different cameras, and the one I've had the longest is the one for which I feel the least affinity — EOS 3. But there's no sentimentality attached to any of them.
