Do you know how many cameras you own?

less than 10, but i only keep 4 now, including one Pentax film PnS that's not working anymore, an XA, one Olympus XB400 and MG-1, i'm selling the MG-1, so practically i only have 2 cameras now, but hopefully i can get that Canonet QL17 Giii in the classifieds.. If that happens, my dream of having an XA and the QL17 will come true, and i won't be buying another one in near future i guess (oh, maybe a digital body, a K-5, if i have the money :) )
 
No idea how many - some bought out of curiosity, some bought out of sentiment, some bought as duplicates (spare parts), some bought stupidly!
Should have a clear out, might have a clear out, maybe tomorrow!

jesse
 
Well, since I am not a collector, but a user, it is strange that I have 7 working cameras, and 2 non-working one of which I plan to repair. I have a couple or three more on my affordable wish list, and a half dozen on my wish list but too expensive given my limited income.

I used to equate collectors as hoarders, but have changed my mind lately as I realized that they are the source of those cheap "estate sale find"cameras on eBay. If they had not bought all those cameras up they would probably have wound up in the trash.
 
I'm not sure 20 or so. I've sold everything I can miss. Haven't bought nay cameras lately, only lenses. Must own around 30 I guess. Can't miss any of them.

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema
 
Leica M4
Fuji GA645i
Pana GF1
Yashica D
Canon EOS Elan 7
Canon AF P&S (film)

The first four get used regularly.
 
I know exactly how many cameras/lenses I own and their serial numbers & what batteries they use. In many cases I tell you where and when I purchased the items and for what price. I computerized this information. Computers do serve a purpose.
 
I have less than 10. Mose are working users some belong in the trash can. Camera's are expensive so I fight off gas & buy what I can use. Really not any camera I'm interested in buying anyhow. There are a few lenses I'd like to have.
 
A few less than Roger.

The real question is how may enlargers do you own? Any one with more than 9? (I can't help "rescuing" them from garage sales.)
 
I have 10, all functional. I paid for 9 of them; 1 was a gift:

  • 2 DSLR's
  • 4 Film SLR's
  • 2 35mm Film RF's
  • 1 NEX5
  • 1 Graflex (a gift)
 
Only four; two Pentax film SLR bodies (MX and ZX-M), a Leica IIIf RDST, and a Panasonic DMC-LX3 digicam.

Wait -- five. I forgot about the Olympus XA I don't use very much anymore.

No -- six. Then there's the dead Canon A300 digicam.

No, wait -- seven. Forgot to include the MF folding camera.

Oops -- nine. Also have two old 6x9 box cameras that also take 120 film.

Um -- ten. Then there's the simple plastic Vivitar camera (forget the model, has only one shutter speed and a fixed-focus lens, designed for ASA 200 film under daylight conditions) I fished out of a free pile on the street.

But only the first four see any sort of regular use presently.
 
Cameras owned:

Before 1979, 0.

From 1979 - 1997: 1.

From 1997 to present, increasing exponentially, it seems, so that I now have 27.

Seven cameras purchased new (two film and five digital), one film camera that was given to me, 18 film cameras purchased used, and the digital camera in my cell phone.

The break-down is this:
11 ea. 35mm SLR
1 ea. crop-frame DSLR
2 ea. full-frame DSLR
4 ea. 35mm Film Rangefinder
1 ea. 35mm Film Point and Shoot
2 ea. Digital Point and Shoot
5 ea. Medium Format TLR
1 ea. Cell phone POS

All of the cameras that I purchased new work fine, and I use all of them, though not every one every month.

The camera that was given to me is in pieces on the dining room table (and has been for awhile). It may get sent away to a home for aged cameras as a basket case - I haven't decided its fate yet. I did put two or three rolls of film through it before taking it apart.

Of the 18 that I purchased used, only 6 were fully functional with no need for anything immediately. I have used all of those. Two of the cameras are maybe beyond hope - they cannot be used in their current condition but they are really nice cameras (Rolleiflex 3.5A, OM-2n) so I'm hoping they can be restored. The ones that need service are lined up and ready to go out - most of them were purchased within the past year.

So, I have 16 fully functional cameras, and use them all, though some more than others.

My goal is to master each camera, but I'll have to get busier than I have been. I did process some black and white film the other day like there was nothing to it, though, and it wasn't all that long ago that I processed my first roll ever. So, there's hope.
 
Hmm, my wife counted 9, but it was before i got at least five or ten more, so i say between 10 to 20.
I also got diagnosed re-burst of Zuikoholism, had some 10 lenses before, now about the same again and propably more to come...
 
I keep my tally just below the number of shoes my wife has. :)
She's no Emelda Marcos but definitely no slouch.
 
I have about 40 cameras. Only 2 Leicas (M6 and IIIf). I have a weakness for Kodak cameras, so lots of them are quite cheap. I like all of my cameras, each in its own way, and for no more than they cost me, they were a bargain.

I like Frank S's followup question-- how many enlargers do you own? I have 1 now, but since I recently acquired a Speed Graphic 4x5, I need an enlarger that can handle large format.

Frank-- anything you could part with?
 
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