how many cameras?

[varjag]

I'm fine with what I have now: a Contax II as main body and Kiev as a backup. If I had a bit more dough, it'd be Contax II and IIa. If I had excess of money, it'd be an MP and an M8 🙂

 

[clarence]

For daily 35mm work, I just need 2 Fed 2's, so that one's always ready while the other's being repaired (and how many times has that happened already?).

Clarence

 

[Rafael]

I'd say three: an M4 as my main camera, a CL as a compact "take anywhere" camera, and a Mamiya 6 for huge negatives. One down, two to go. 😀

 

[MCTuomey]

simplify, simplify ...

if just one body ----> M7

if two bodies ----> M3 and M5 or, next best, M4 and M6

one body under economic hardship ---> R2 or R2A or R2M

lenses ---> a 35, a 50, a smallish 75 or 90

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

What I carry now in my 35mm bag:

Canon P with Canon 50mm f1.8.
Canon P with VC 35mm f2.5.
Contax IIa with Biogon 21mm f4.5.

The following I do not carry on a regular basis.

In medium format 6x7:

Koni-Omega with 58mm and 90mm.

For "Mine's bigger than yours!" :

Crown Graphic 4x5 with 162mm Optar.
Speed Graphic 4x5 with Kodak Aereo 172mm f2.5.

Wayne

 

[FrankS]

I like vintage, I like variety, and I like the gear itself as well as shooting with it. I would want what I have now, M2. M3, M6, CL, IIIa, IIf, Hexar AF, Minilux, and a couple of Contax IIa's. Also a few fixed lens RF's. I could trade a Contax for a Nikon RF, just to have one of those. It has taken me a long time to get here.

If I HAD to trim this down (and thank goodness I don't have to) I'd keep the M6, CL, and IIf.

 

[raid]

I have been consistently carrying three rangefinder cameras with me in a tiny light canvas bag that I first bought [online] thinking the bag was much bigger. After I inspected the bag again, it started to look to be just of the right size for three cameras with one lens each.




Bessa T + 50mm
Canon P + 28mm
Fuji Natura with its 24mm

If needed, a tiny Elmar 90/4 is added. It still fits.

 

[Adam Muir]

I just want one......of everything, and all tha available lenses. you know....8 X 10 , 4 X 5 , 6 X 9 , 6 X 7 , etc....I would draw the line with a 35mm compact.
I have just sold heaps of old crap , now use 5D, 10D , eos 1 as work kit, medium format rangefinders and Contax G2 kit for personal fun and the compact I'm waiting on.....If I could only have 1 camera it would be a canon 1Ds mk 2.

 

[Rich Silfver]

I think I'm getting there.

For frequent use: Leica M3 and Contax IIIa

Infrequent use but just so beautiful/really likeable: Leica III (F), Olympus 35SP/SPn/UC

May add in the future: Leica MP and Leica M8

 

[pvdhaar]

Have a 6x6 SLR and a 35mm rangefinder. As I use that SLR mostly for close-up/macro, and the RF for environmetal stuff, I'd do it the other way round. All the SLR type stuff in small format and the RF in medium format. A Mamiya 6/7 or Bronica RF probably..