whitecat
Lone Range(find)er
How about Walter Zapp's original Minox....
JOE1951
Established
I put a bid of $1000.00 CDN on Ingmar Bergman's super 8 movie camera. I didn't win.
JOE1951
Established
Don't know about his IIIC, but I know the 16mm Arriflex BL he used on a couple of his movies belongs to the Atlantic Filmmakers Coopertive. I used it a couple of times, but I don't know if they still have it.
I've read that Ralph Gibson has Robert Franks enlarger he printed "The Americans" with.
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Roger Hicks
Veteran
Leica 555 555. Then I could give it back to the original owner.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
Sparrow
Veteran
maddoc
... likes film again.
Egglestone's Leica M3 (?) painted by Shintaro ... 
philipus
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I have a similar opinion. I'd be happy with a black paint M3, preferably in really good condition so I could wear it out for the rest of my life.
I would never put a camera on the mantlepiece.
Mongo Park
Established
Would have le telescope Hubble, I think, on ma roof.
Jimbot
Established
For me:
Jim Marshall's M4
or
Garry Winogrand's M4
Cameras used on the moon would be cool too.
Jim Marshall's M4
or
Garry Winogrand's M4
Cameras used on the moon would be cool too.
nobbylon
Veteran
George Mallory's Vest Pocket Kodak.
Hello Kitty M6.
rbsinto
Well-known
I don't collect, so a black Nikon SP or S3 with an S36 motor drive and non-corded batterypack (Jacobsen Powercon?)
And I don't care if it is historically significant, has a spiffy serial number, belonged to someone famous or even pristine, as long as it works well.
And I don't care if it is historically significant, has a spiffy serial number, belonged to someone famous or even pristine, as long as it works well.
Paul Jenkin
Well-known
My own M4-P or M6TTL. I covet nothing of anyone else's and, so long as I can see and use my own, I am a happy man.
Clancycoop
Established
It is funny how many didn't read the part about this being hypothetical and just for fun.
We get it, you would never (gasp) put a camera on a shelf. Your camera is constantly in your hand, always faced at great truths and exotic locales. Your right thumb, when not bleeding from advancing film so often, is calloused and raw. You are hardcore, we get it.
Now how about having a little fun by talking about cameras that have been present for great historic events, or what cameras important historical figures used, thereby making them "valuable", as is the purpose of this thread? I sincerely doubt that OP was looking for a bunch of self-righteous declarations of distaste for collecting.
We get it, you would never (gasp) put a camera on a shelf. Your camera is constantly in your hand, always faced at great truths and exotic locales. Your right thumb, when not bleeding from advancing film so often, is calloused and raw. You are hardcore, we get it.
Now how about having a little fun by talking about cameras that have been present for great historic events, or what cameras important historical figures used, thereby making them "valuable", as is the purpose of this thread? I sincerely doubt that OP was looking for a bunch of self-righteous declarations of distaste for collecting.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Yep, right there.
On the other hand, I cherish the stories that came with my photo gears. Like my Rolleiflex, which was previously owned by an USAF Officer who took photos for airplane designs of his, or my set of enamel development tray in which the father of the seller developed some authentic photos taken in Pearl Harbor when it became *the* Pearl Harbor.