How many loaded cameras are you holding?

How many loaded cameras are you holding?

  • One at a time.

    Votes: 24 12.2%

  • Two of course. One B+W and one color.

    Votes: 47 23.9%

  • Three or more.

    Votes: 104 52.8%

  • Off the charts.

    Votes: 17 8.6%

  • Digital. I didn't read the question.

    Votes: 5 2.5%
  • Total voters
    197
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How many cameras do you tend to have loaded with film at one time? Do you keep several cameras loaded and in various levels of completeness? Or are you like me and tend to keep only one or two cameras loaded at any given time?

Consider digital cameras, cell phones, etc. not loaded with film therefore not considered.
 
If i am travelling, i usually have 2 loaded. Sometimes 3.
Otherwise, usually one unless i really need a different film.
 
I voted two, but not necessarily because I want colour and B&W. More like one for my M-Mount lenses and one for my Nikons.
 
At the moment I have TLR loaded, Bessa R2 loaded and my everyday user Leica M2. I just cleared out the roll of APX 100 from the Kiev 4. Have to keep my rangefinders happy.
When travelling, I only carry two bodies.
 
1-2. Normally:

Two 35mm RF
One 120 RF and 35mm RF

Occassionally I carry three 35mm RF.

If I carry more than one 35mm, it is normally one with slow film, one fast and the third, if I am carrying, with a specific FL, such as 21mm with finder. The two that I carry are usually any of the following:

28, 35 This, surprisingly, is a favourite combo.
28, 50
21, 28

If the weather is going to be bright throughout, I will simply dedicate different FLs to different bodies and shoot them all with 100 speed film.
 
I have one loaded with a fast BW, most BW400CN and the second RF is loaded with a slower Colorfilm. If I'm loading more than two Cameras, I'm losing the overall view. :))
 
My Hasselblad, Makina 67, and one of my Leicas is always loaded. I used to be as well but gave it up;-)
 
Two normally when working with the PinUp`s sometime`s Three.......right now, just Two ~ the M6 has Fuji 100asa Slide in it for Crossprocessing/ w a 57' Nikkor HC F2/50 on it and my 45' IIIC K is loaded with Kodak 100asa color film for "uncoated" shots/ w the 36' Leitz Xenon f1.5/50 and the camera shoots as good as it looks! :)


Tom
 
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Leica M5: Kodacolor 200ASA
Leica IIIc: Rollei Pan 25ASA
Leica IIIa: Ilford FP4 125ASA
Franka Solida 1: Acros ASA100
Altissa Altix: Konica Impresa 100ASA

It's quite a feat to remember whats in where, actually. Luckily most cameras have their own hotshoe exposure meter, to help me remember
 
Usually one RF, one SLR and one or two digitals,
either DSLR or hi-end PS, with me...
(In my truck, not on my tired old back.)
On the scene - always two in hand.
 
5 right now, I think. All my Bessas(R, R2a, and L), one SLR--Elan IIe, and one P&S--Pentax UC-1.
The SLR sits on my office window sill in case something interesting goes on or goes by on the lake. And it usually has has a 28-135 zoom on it. The Bessas are loaded with the same film but set up differently--the R usually has a 50 ( J-8 or J-3), the L has pretty much become the home for my 21, and the R2a is wearing my pinhole set up right now. All with BW400CN in 'em.
The P&S has some 400 color film in it--probably Fuji, I think that's what the "Kinney" (local drug store chain) branded film is.
Rob
 
A Canon P with efke 25 and the 50/1.2 on it

An M4-2 with BW400CN and the 35/1.8 on it

Rolleiflex 2.8E3 with Portra 160VC in it

Rollei 35 with Kodak 400UC in it

... and since I'm prepping for a shoot. I have the Horseman VHR with three backs loaded. 2x 160VC and 1x Provia 400F
 
All my cameras are always loaded. I "purpose" my FLRF's this way. The "CC" shutter speed tops out at 1/250 so it's my "low speed film camera" bw or color...

Yashica Electro CC - Kodak Gold 100
Konica Auto S3 - Fuji Neopan 1600 (metered at camera's limit of 800 - works fine)
Fujica Compact Deluxe - Arista Ultra Premium 400 ASA (the rebaged Tri-X stuff)
Vivitar S3000 SLR w/ DIY K-mount converted Jupiter 9 - Neopan 1600
Iskra 120 Folder - 160 Portra

The Konica has an amazing lens with high center resolution wide open, plus it's tiny and quiet - so high speed "street" film camera. Although it meters at 800, I put Fuji Neopan 1600. 1 stop doesn't matter. Extra stop a buffer...

Love the lens on the Fuji... camera meters to 400. That's my "general photography" 400 speed "Tri-X camera".

SLR is "mostly" for portraits with the Jupiter 9. However, because it'a an SLR w/ mirror vibration an the focal length of the J9 is 85mm, I use high speed Neopan to compensate for the 1/125 shutter speed for hand-helds.

Iskra has whatever MF film I feel like shooting...


All cameras loaded at all times...
 
I voted two, one w ith B&W and one with color. And my MP has been going back and forth with color and B&W, mostly color though because spring is here! My M3 is mostly getting fed B&W these days.

I need to get some test shots run with my newly aquired Canon IIIA RF though, and see if everything is firing properly. Maybe tomorrow. I also need to load up my Leica Mini II with some KR 64 and give it to my wife and let her freely interpret the beauty of spring through her eyes. Geez, maybe I voted wrong!
 
400 colour neg in the Contaflex TLR

400 black and white neg in the Leica I Standard C

400 black and white neg in the Topcon RE Super

Plus there's always a card in the Nikon D700, but don't know if that counts!
 
I tend to have two or three bodies loaded with Foma 100 or Ilford FP4+, and one body loaded with Foma 400 or Ilford HP5+. Sometimes there is a 35mm lens installed on one body, but more likely all camera have a 50mm lens of one type or another. I usually shoot an entire roll with one lens throughout, even if this takes a week or so.
 
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