Film cameras: 104
Digital cameras: 4
Also 5 ciné cameras, 8mm and 16mm film.
My film cameras span the years from 1934 to 2004, but the majority are from the 1960's to 1980's. I bought my first serious camera in 1971. I use all my film cameras.
My digital cameras are: DiMAGE X1, X-Pro1, D700, K10D
The story of these acquisitions:
In 2005 my thoughts were that I didn't want to be ignorant of new technology (even though I'm a firmware engineer), so I bought a Konica Minolta DiMAGE X1. It's 8MP, pocketable, and has some useful features that I still don't see on current digital cameras (*). I used it a lot because it can be taken anywhere easily; I still use it.
In 2013, the Fuji X-Pro1 captured my attention with its traditional external controls and hybrid viewfinder. The quality of its images is more than good enough for me. I have the 35/1.4 and 23/1.4 for it, but I've made less than 1000 exposures with the X-Pro1 because (1) I use it like a film camera - not making many shots of a subject - and (2) I use my film cameras more.
A few years later I bought a D700 for a few reasons - mainly I liked the idea of a full frame camera that allowed me to use my Nikon lenses and I wanted be knowledgeable about Nikon's digital cameras. This was at the time the D600 was having "inkspot" issues and even the D800's quality control was being questioned. To this day the D700 remains a legendary favorite in Nikon's digital product line. My 2008 D700 had about 30,000 clicks on the shutter when I bought it. I've added maybe only 500 more. It's a fine camera, but it has typical digital camera control ergonomics. The Df would be more to my liking. However, the reputation and reliability of the D700 prevents me from selling the D700 and getting a Df.
With these three cameras is where I thought my digital camera acquisitions would end, but a friend offered me a Pentax K10D for only $10 if I wanted it. I read the manual, thought it was interesting, and bought it. Another $85 at KEH got me a nice SMC DA 35/2.4 lens. This 2006 camera had 17,000 clicks on it when I bought it. It's easy to use and understand; it's actually a lot of fun to use - actually I think I like it better than the X-Pro1 and D700.
(*) in addition to video, the DiMAGE X1 has a few really interesting still-capture modes. In one, for example, you could hold the shutter button and it starts capturing photos at high speed in a cyclic buffer; when you release the button, the last series of captured photos are retained. So to photograph a golf swing, for example, just hold down the button anytime before the swing begins and release it upon completion. Upon release, you'll have a whole series of shots fractions of a second apart. The advantage of this mode is that you can start making the photos anytime and not care how long the activity takes - what gets saved is the last few seconds of activity prior to the end.
