Do you own a camera you've never used?

I have a Rollei 35TE that I've only used once. I bought it because it was really cheap and I liked the size but scale focusing just doesn't seem to be my thing.
 
ChrisN said:
And I'm not talking about valuable collector's items here. I'm doing some cleaning up, and found I have one lurking at the back of the shelf, a nice "user-grade" Spotmatic SP 1000, which I bought cheap some time ago at a flea-market. This is my only screw-mount body. The meter doesn't seem to work no matter which batteries I try it with - I know I don't need a working meter for the camera to work. And the shutter speeds sound fine, right down to the 1-second, which runs like - clockwork! But for some reason I've just never gotten around to putting a roll of film into it.

How about you?
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Oddly enough I have a Spotmatic in exactly the same condition which I only bought for the f1.4 Takumar lens. I have used the lens a lot but never put a film through the body even though I'm sure it would work fine.
 
mike goldberg said:
Did Ansel Adams say that... wow! Camera that I've never used?... my wife's Olympus Pen half frame. It's got a super sharp lens.
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cp_ste.croix said:
I'm no ansel adams, that's for sure.
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Ha! I'm guessing Mike is referring to the quotation currently in my signataure block. I might change that in the future, so I'd better copy it here for posterity.

"I eagerly await new concepts and processes. I believe that the electronic image will be the next major advance. Such systems will have their own inherent and inescapable structural characteristics, and the artist and functional practitioner will again strive to comprehend and control them." Ansel Adams, March 1991



Did Ansel Adams say that? Yep, in his introduction in my copy of The Negative.
 
I have mint and user-grade Contax T cameras as long-term backup to my working copy. The mint one was a backup for its previous owner who ran a roll before my purchase.

I also have a NIB Contax 139Q SLR that was someone's backup, and has almost certainly never been shutter-actuated since leaving the factory (still tucked in its shipping sleeve). Needs new foam before I load film but, meanwhile, I keep using the Aria.

These aren't collectibles, but it's fun to open a 30-year old box that looks fresh off the retail shelf. Remarkable what you can find on eBay. 🙂
 
Is ist shameful to admit it? Yes I am one of those who took cameras out of the flow of usedand abuse!

about 5 Cameras have not been used..two if them are backups...
 
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