Hello my name is Colin....

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and I am a camera and lensaholic.


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On Tuesday, April 29th of 2008 this is give or take what I and the girlfriend have around the house.

1. Haiou (Seagull) 4BI with Haiou 75mm f3.5 lens.

2. Yashica-Mat with 75mm f3.5 Lumaxar lens.

3. Kodak 3A with Bausch and Lomb Rapid Rectilinear f4 lens.

4. Nikon D40X with Nikon 50mm 1.4 AI lens.

5. Nikon FE2 with Carl Zeiss 85mm f1.4 ZF lens.

6. Canon 30V with Canon 24-85mm 3.5-5.6 lens.

7. Canon 5D with Canon 17-40mm f4 L lens.

8. Canon 20D with Canon 15mm f2.8 Fisheye lens.

9. Yashica GSN with 45mm f1.7 Yashinon DX lens.

10. Hasselblad 500 C/M with Carl Zeiss 50mm f4 Distagon lens.

11. Carl Zeiss 150mm f4 Sonnar lens.

12. Voigtlander Bessa R2A with Leitz 5cm f3.5 Elmar Red Scale lens.

13. Zeiss Ikon Contessamat SE with 45mm f2.8 Pantar lens.

14. Close up bellows with Bausch and Lomb Rapid Rectilinear f4 lens modified for Canon EF mount.

15. Kodak EC100 with Kodak 28mm f8 Aspherical lens.

16. Cosina Epson RD1-2000 35mm f2.5 lens and hood.

17. Carl Zeiss 50mm f2 Planar ZM lens and hood.

18. Leica M6 TTL 0.72 with Leitz 35mm f2 Summicron version 3 and hood.

19. Voigtlander MC II meter.

20. Ricoh GRD with Ricoh 28mm (equiv.) f2.4 GR lens.

21. Canon AE1 with Canon 50mm f1.8 FD lens.

22. Minolta X700 with Minolta 50mm f1.4 MD Rokkor-X lens.

23. Nissin 280XP flash.

24. Argus 50mm f3.5 Cintar lens modified for Canon EF mount.

25. Vega-11U 50mm f2.8 enlarging lens.

26. Vega-30U 80mm f4 enlarging lens.

27. Yashica 50mm f1.4 Yashinon DS lens with M42-Canon EF adapter.

28. Canon 50mm f1.4 lens.


See what happens when you got a free hour in the afternoon between stuff??? Naughty naughty....
 
Marry the girl, report back in 24 years.

Likely you'll have lots of pictures of your kids and even more gear.
 
Brian Sweeney said:
Marry the girl, report back in 24 years.

Likely you'll have lots of pictures of your kids and even more gear.
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China, one child policy (thank god, 32 million people in this city, not that anyone cares about the one child policy here) but then again that has been scrapped for people my age and younger.

Maybe they should have a one camera policy as well ;)
 
The problem is that you're bored, what you need to do is to spend the money traveling rather than buying cameras.
 
Colin, quite amazing collection. What do you use the most? The M6? :)

I try to keep my gear limited. But I guess I have a fable for 50mm lenses. :D
 
Andrew Sowerby said:
Based on Colin's photo on Flickr, I'd say that he's inspired by his surroundings. Sour grapes?
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His a young guy and far from a dentist in mid-life crisis trying to collect cameras. So, I encourage him to go and explore the world and photograph it. That's what every photographer worth his name has done. He also lives in a place close to some of the most photogenic areas in the world.

Anyway, its not sour grapes but peer encouragement.

Now move along and stop being his spokesperson.
 
Not only is that a nice collection, that's a really nice photograph of the collection. Now I know what to do next rainy saturday.

BTW, what camera did you use to take the picture? ;-)
 
Feel free to send anything that you feel really bad about (like that M6, maybe?) to me. I will give them all a good home. :)
 
In times wherein a lot of young people doesn't even show intrest in anything, I don't see a problem here. Seeing his flickr gallery I can see that Colin is inspired with photography, and must be inspired also in the historic value of his camera's and the stories behind it.
Friends of mine buy expensive cars and trade them in in a couple of years (for economical reasons). Nobody criticize such actions. The price they easily pay in a single transactions extends the value of my camera collection, and Collins.
I think Collin is just an enthuousiast.
 
The other day I almost bought a Nikon F5 for $500. But then it occurred to me that I can go to Cuba for a few days with that money.

Travel is a great antidote to gear acquisition and I thank the old and wise photographer who told me about it.
 
i think you may have inspired a few rainy day projects colin!

i'm thinking that i'd like a shot of my well manicured 3 kits...
 
Colin's work with cameras is remarkable. He has earned the right to have as many as he wants. One can tell he uses them.

BTW, nice layout! :)
 
sockeyed said:
Not only is that a nice collection, that's a really nice photograph of the collection. Now I know what to do next rainy saturday.

BTW, what camera did you use to take the picture? ;-)
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Same question here, also what kind of lighting and background.

There must be a big softbox or umbrella involved here, correct? :)
 
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