then...and now...

Well, I had a Bessa R with 35 Ultron, Canonet QL17 GIII and Konica Auto S3.

Now, I have an M6 TTL, M3 and Canon IV SB2, 4 Canon 50s, 4 Leica 50s, a J8, 35 Summicron, CV 21 and 90.

And for now a Canon 35/2 and an Iskra, that counts too right.
 
As far as RF's, I only had a Canonet QL17 GIII and I'd just acquired a Minolta A5. I've since added a FED 2d, an Olympus XA, and a Bessa-T, and I'm working on a Original Canonet.

You people are bad influences! 😛
 
Then: When I signed onto RFF I had a Canon Ql-17 GIII.

Now: Hardly any difference at all. Just:

Canon QL-17 GIII (4)
Canon QL-19
Canonnette 28
Canon P
Contax IIA
Contax IIIA
Rollei 35 S
Olympus RC
Kiev 4AM (2)
Yashica GSN (4)
Yashica GT
Yashica G
Yashica MG-1 (one chrome, one black)
Yashica J
Koni-Omega Rapid 200
Ansco Speedex Special "R" (2)
Konica 35V
Fujica V2
Fujica Half
Kodak Signet 40
Graphic 35
Argus C3
Argus Matchmatic
Polaroid 250 (2)
Crown Graphic 4x5
Super Graphic 4x5

See, I haven't been infected by GAS at all! Not one Leica in the bunch.

Wayne
 
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I guess I must be less susceptible (or don't have as much disposable income):

-- When I first joined, I had three Canons (VI-T, P, 7s) and a Bessa.

-- Now I've got three Canons, a Bessa, and an R-D 1.

Okay, when I signed on, I also had a Leningrad, which I still have, but that's sort of an accident (in every sense.) Also, I had a Kiev 5, which since has found a more appreciative home thanks to RFF.
 
I still got the same stuff.....R+35/2.5c....
What's wrong with me? I feel sick, why am I not accumulating equipment?
Houston....we got a problem....Houston??
 
Before joining rff-

Polaroid 250
Moscow 4
Moscow 5
Yashica GSN
Yashica D
Pentax Spotmatic (2)
Olympus Trip 35
Minolta Hi-Matic G


After joining rff-

All above plus
Canon QL 19
Konica Auto S2
Konica C35 (waiting on postman)
 
Before
Yashica GSN
after
GSN
QL 17 Glll and another on the way
Yashica Lynx on the way
Bessa R coming to a theater near me
Yashica 124 LM
and hopefully an Olympus SP soon
 
Heh. I first came here due to buying a GSN at a flea market, just about a year ago. Everything in my sig has been added since... and that doesn't consider what's come and gone in the meantime.

Yikes... 😀

William
 
I think I had the Bessa R, but no lenses. Since then, I added the four lenses in my sig, but the rest of my (non-RF) gear has remained static... Such control! 😀
 
Rangefinders only, right?

On Joining RFF:
Bessa R with 35/2.5 and 75/2.5

Now:
Leica M6TTL with 21/4, 35/2, Tri-Elmar, 90/4
Leica IIIf with 35/3.5, 50/2, 135/4

See? only one extra. Not that bad.

Let's just not go into the various ones that have come and gone in the intervening 18 months, or the non rangefinders......


GAS? what GAS?
 
Um...

I started with only a few. A Universal with great lenses, no "working" Kievs...

Now? Um...
Leica MP (Noctilux, 35mm Summilux ASPH, 90mm AA)
Another Universal body (came with the 75mm f/5.6)
Contax IIIa (head slowly dropping in shame)
A working Kiev + one that I think I fixed...

So... Not so bad, right? Not "chronic?"

Sure been through some, though. I DO have several MORE dead Kievs, and a dead Zorki 4, I had a Contax G2 (black) that came and went, a Leica M6 ttl (NOT impressed by the flare) along with several other NON rangefinders.

Feh.

I don't own cameras, I just hold 'em for their rightful owners for a bit.
 
Then: Contax IIa

Since then: (2) Yashica GSN
Canon QL17
Olympus 35 SP
Leica CL with 40 summicron
Leica M6 with 35, 50, 90 summicrons
Leica M3 with 50 summilux, 35 Summaron
Leica M4-P with 28 Ultron and 40mm rokkor
and several TLR's, Rolleiflex, Yashica 635, Yashica 124G.

Todd
 
The dumbest thing (well, one of many) I ever did was sell my M4 & 50 f2 Summicron in 1971. Most of my very sharp photos are purely accidental, but that lens could make breathtaking Kodachromes. Now their prices are beyond me.

Kick me. Kick me hard.
 
When I joined, I didn't have a RF, but now I own:

Bessa R3a w/ 40/1.4
Zeiss Contessa LKE

Its been what...a week? Could this be the early signs of a serious problem?

Dave
 
Then:
- Canonet QL17-GIII, Revue 400 SE, 2x Konica Hexar AF (if that counts)
Now:
- 2x Konica Hexar AF
- Revue 400 SE
- Yashica Electro 35 CC
- Bessa R, R3A, T
- Leica M2
- Leica M3
- Summicron 2/35 asph, Summicron 2/50, Macro-Elmar 4/90, Summaron 3.5/35, 2x Summicron 2/50 coll, 2x Hektor 4.5/135, CV 2.5/35, CV 2.5/75, CV 3.5/90, M-Rokkor 2/40, Canon 1.8/50
- some Kiev stuff
- less money
 
Then: Contax II and two IIa's; 50/1.5, 50/2, and 50/2 collapsible Sonnars, 21mm Biogon and a 35mm Orthometar. Rollei 35SE and a Zeiss Super Ikonta.

Now: same Contax II, added some Contax I's, more IIa's, picked up some 35mm Biogons, Planars, and Biometars, more 50mm Sonnars, some 50mm Tessars (rigid and collapsibles), a 28mm Tessar, an 85/2 Sonnar and 135/4 Sonnar. Added three Tenax II's to the collection, a Bolsey and a Canon of some sort (can't remember the model). The good news is I'm done -- finished -- want no more!!! Now I want time, film, and good light.
 
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