How many camera do you use?

How many camera do you use?

  • 1

    Votes: 21 3.5%

  • 2

    Votes: 100 16.7%

  • 3-5

    Votes: 295 49.2%

  • 5-10

    Votes: 121 20.2%

  • more than 10

    Votes: 63 10.5%
  • Total voters
    600
Just packed off a Zorki 1C, so am left with an M2 for film and an Olympus E-300 for digital. Perhaps it is true that ageing people like to keep things simple.
 
I have too many working cameras (not counting the non-working) to use them all at once. I do use my Fujica ST 801 and 901, my Yashica FX 103, my Mamiya Super Press 23, my Kiev 4a, a couple of P&S that are kept in my car or my wife's car in case I don't have anything else, a Sony P&S 6MP digital, a couple of Welta folders, and Fuji folders. Anything else I may use once in a while when the mood strikes me, but with those listed, and the small amount of time I have had lately to actually photograph, there is little use of any others. :bang:

Goodness! It's a wonder I get to use what I do.
 
Currently... 5. Bessa R3A, Bessa L, Nikon FA, Nikon D40x, Nikon AF35. And I'm waiting for the industry to develop a small, quiet compact digital camera with 28-to-? lens.. useable in low-light. 🙂

Another interesting question along this line might have been something like:
"Over your photography life, have you loved more cameras than girlfriends/boyfriends?" 🙂
 
I chose "more than 10" because this applies to my usage of cameras. Among RF cameras, I rotate between the Leica cameras (M3, M6, CL), and then I switch to the Contax (IIa and IIIa). I also use the Konica RF cameras (I, II, III) and the Hexar Silver AF. Add to those the SLR camera options, and we have more than ten cameras being used on a rotation basis.

A camera is a camera is a camera. There are no feelings or emotions being returned, are there?
 
I use a pair of OM-4T bodies for all my 35mm work, and an ancient Hasselblad and a Mamiya 645 Super for my medium format. My commercial work is all digital, Kodak 14n, and I have a D70 that I use for snapshots of my son. I have many other cameras sitting about but these are all I really ever use.
 
Most used:

1 Rollei 35T
2 Rollei 35S
2 Contax IIIa
3 Mamiya 645e
4 Rolleiflex 2.8C
5 Canon DRebel
6 Rolleiflex 3.5F
7 Minox B
8 Canon EOS 650
9 Contarex SE
10 Yashica 124G
11 Oly Pen EEs
12...

I guess variety is the best aphrodisiac, really
 
raid said:
I chose "more than 10" because this applies to my usage of cameras. Among RF cameras, I rotate between the Leica cameras (M3, M6, CL), and then I switch to the Contax (IIa and IIIa). I also use the Konica RF cameras (I, II, III) and the Hexar Silver AF. Add to those the SLR camera options, and we have more than ten cameras being used on a rotation basis.

A camera is a camera is a camera. There are no feelings or emotions being returned, are there?
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Out of curiosity and a candid question : why do some of you use more than 10 cameras ? Different effects, love of gear, formats ?? I only use a RD1 and P&S P5100 because I don't feel the need for more (though I still own a D50, F80, Lomo, OM2, L1), the others are history to me. TI keep them more because I do not need to sell them and I guess I am nostalgic but I feel no use or even willingness going back to them. So would be interesting to know what is the thought process of the 10+ users
 
Two cameras.

For 35mm Olympus OM-2 and various Zuiko-lenses.

For medium format Rolleiflex MX-EVS which suits me nicely.

I do own some other cameras but I can't even remember when was the last time I used them. (Actually when I think about that when I want a wider angle in medium format I use my Kowa Six with the 55mm f.3.5 Kowa-lens. That's a little wider than the Rollei.)

I do own a Canon digital P&S but mainly use it for shots of other cameras and such.
 
yanidel said:
Out of curiosity and a candid question : why do some of you use more than 10 cameras ? Different effects, love of gear, formats ?? I only use a RD1 and P&S P5100 because I don't feel the need for more (though I still own a D50, F80, Lomo, OM2, L1), the others are history to me. TI keep them more because I do not need to sell them and I guess I am nostalgic but I feel no use or even willingness going back to them. So would be interesting to know what is the thought process of the 10+ users
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yanidel: I enjoy different lenses and different cameras for their different qualities. When I want to use old uncoated Zeiss lenses, I use my Contax cameras. Other times, I want to use a Leica M for its smoothness, and then there are times when I want to use the Zeiss SLR lenses, and then I grab a Rolleiflex SL35 camera. When a 85mm/1.2 lens is appealing, I choose a Canon FD mount camera. It is the lenses that drive me to different camera systems, but with some cameras, the classiness of the cameras are enjoyable experiences by themselves.
 
Out of curiosity and a candid question : why do some of you use more than 10 cameras ?
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Hmm, good question.

For the cameras I use most I nearly always use two bodies - either with two different films or so I can use two lenses without changing. Whether I'm shooting RF or SLR depends on a few things, but mainly on whether I want to shoot wide or long. So at the moment, I'll tend to carry an M6 and an M2, or an Olympus OM1 and OM2. Or sometimes it's a combination - recently I went away for a weekend with the M6 + colour slide + 40mm lens, and the OM1 + B&W + 100-200 zoom.

Alternatively, when I want to use ultrawide lenses, my RF kit will be one of the Ms plus my Bessa R4A. I use it mostly with a CV 21/4 and there's nothing that comes close - the viewfinder is stunningly good. (On my last spell in Thailand I took M6, R4A and CV 21, 28 and 50 lenses, and that proved to be a great combination - I'm still agonising over what to take next time, and as I'm flying on Friday I really need to decide pretty quickly 🙂).

I also have a Leica CL, which I like to use when I want to do some shooting when I'm out but photography isn't my main concern and I don't want to carry a camera kit around - it easily fits in a pocket, or in a bag with other non-photo stuff. (And the CL with a Summicron-C 40 is so nice to use 😉)

So that's 6 accounted for so far.

I also use an Olympus XA and XA4, one of which is always with me in a bag or pocket when I'm out not taking photos - which one I take is pretty much down to whim, but I like the variety and the challenge of not really being sure which I have with me until I need it.

Medium format - main camera is a Bronica ETRSi with a few Zenzanon lenses.

So that's my main cameras, count = 9.

The rest of the cameras I use are really for fun, because I just like using well-designed and vintage cameras.

I've got a couple of Kodak Retina IIa cameras - one each of the European and American versions. I use them occasionally just because they are so gorgeous and I love using them - the IIa is the peak of the Retina range in my opinion, and with both lenses being superb I get great results from them.

I also have a bunch of FSU gear, and again I use various bits from time to time just because I enjoy using them - FED 1, FED 2, FED 3B, Zorki 3M, Zorki 6 are all great classics that deserve to be used, and they all get taken out from time to time. How many's that now? 16, I think.

I have a Yahica-D TLR that I also like to use from time to time - I like the TLR approach and I like 6x6 negs. Also 6x6, I have a recently rediscovered Ensign Selfix 12-20 folder (which I went out shooting with last weekend).

Also a couple of fixed-lens RFs - a Ricoh 500G and a Vivitar 35ES. I use these sometimes the way I use the Leica CL - great to carry in a pocket or a bag when I don't want to carry much kit. (Actually, they work pretty much like a fixed-lens CL, and since I got the CL they don't get as much use as they used to, but they're not redundant yet).

Oh, I also have a Pentax MX, purely because I aways wanted to try the Pentax 40/2.8 pancake and I saw the two together cheap on eBay last year some time. It's fun to use occasionally - I really like the 40mm focal length.

I think that's 21 so far, and it's all I can remember now (which is more than I could remember when I first replied on this thread) - but I'm sure I must have missed something 😉

So overall for me it's practicality and flexibility with my main cameras, plus the fun of keeping various old cameras in use instead of them gathering dust somewhere.
 
I put down 5 to 10, although at any given time I have 2 or 3 that get more use than some of the others. For an upcoming trip, I'll have a DSLR and a film SLR with B&W. The trip after that will have the digital P&S and one of the rangefinders. The most I ever take on any one trip is usually three.

And I haven't worked the Canon P into the mix yet, plus there are a few that need work before I can test them.
 
I have a number of cameras, but only four get much use. Each has a purpose. In order of use, they are the following:
*Olympus E-510 for good quality digital capture. (Automation is great in today's digis)
*Fujifilm F-10 for pocketability and digital snaps. (Good images, but less control)
*Fujica ST705 when a film SLR is required. (Great VF for low light and long lenses)
*Leica IIIf RD with Summitar or Jupiter 12 for old times sake. (Using Leica since 1952)

Jim N.
 
Four cameras. I mostly shoot either my Bronica RF645 or a Fuji GA645Zi, both medium format rangefinders. When I shoot with these I often take a Sigma DP1 for snap shots etc. Then I have a Nikon D200 (DSLR) which I would sell if I wouldn't every now and then need it for shooting big drawings etc..

edit - I realise it's actually five; I also still have a Nikon FE2 which used to be my main film camera, and that I still use occasionally to shoot drawings on slide film. I project the slides on walls to make bigger wall paintings.
 
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sepiareverb said:
I regularly shoot two M7's, an MP, an MP3 and a T2, with an M5 and a Hasselblad 500C/M less often. Still pull out the 810 every once in a while too.
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Holy Socks, Bob: truly, truly, I say that you have some sweet cameras! With the MP3, you have the wild card in camera body debates about coolness 😉 Don't slay us with jealousy further and inform us it is the black variant!
 
I use about 9 out of the 20+ cameras I have...out of the 9 that are getting used 4 of them are getting exposure at least once a week...😀
I'm looking at my Aires 35 IIIC Rangefinder and thinking about throwing some color film through it...just for fun...🙄
 
Four are being used regularly.
Right now the K10D is getting the most use - high school girls soccer season.
I alternate between my IIIa and IIIg.
My Panasonic P&S gets used here and there, but usually at least once a week.
The Pentax SLRs haven't seen any use since I bought the K10D back in February.
The M2 has had its vulcanite stripped and is waiting for me to decide what covering to get.
 
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