What camera did you own before?

[Gabriel M.A.]

before what?

 

[stet]

wow, this thread filled up fast.

I'm not only an RF newbie but a photo newbie. My dad's Canon 7s was the first "real" camera I had that really got me interested in shooting, and that was only a few months ago. Before that I had a Ricoh R1s that I still love, but it's all taken apart because I tried to figure out why the motor is so loud now. Since inheriting the Canon, and finding this site, I've added a Minolta XG-M, Rapid Omega 200 and a Kodak Hawkeye Flash.

 

[back alley]

who can remember them all?

i know that i have at one time or another owned (new) the top model in the nikon, canon, miranda (don't laugh) and olympus slr lines.
the top model in the leica m and minolta m rf lines.
the top model in the mamiya 120 rf line.

it's only with the canon p did i start to buy used and found true happiness.

joe

 

[Toby]

I have owned

Olympus AF-1 Compact
Canon AE1P
Canon T90
Canon Eos 5
Pentax 67
Bessa R
Pentax Optio S55 (if anyone's interested I'd like to review this from an RF perspective)


A model of restraint I'll think you'll agree (although they are giving away nikon FM2N's away free with happy meals now...)

 

[simonankor]

Since I started three years ago...

Ricoh 500GX*
Sony DSC-F707
Pentax K1000
Ricoh Singlex TLS
Agfa Silette 1
Barclay 35
Atlas 35
Petri Racer
Nikon F3
Pentax ME Super*
Pentax MEF*
Canon AE1P
Canon 300D
Voigtlander Bessa R*
Canon P*
NKVD-FED 1*
FED 2
Kowa Super 66*
Olympus XA2*
Olympus XA1*

I think that's it, really... All been used, I can't stand to let them sit on the shelf too long.

 

[Honu-Hugger]

who can remember them all?

i know that i have at one time or another owned (new) the top model in the nikon, canon, miranda (don't laugh) and olympus slr lines.
the top model in the leica m and minolta m rf lines.
the top model in the mamiya 120 rf line.

it's only with the canon p did i start to buy used and found true happiness.

joe

Funny thing you mention the Miranda; of all the SLR cameras I no longer own (Nikon, Contax, Leica, Voightlander) the only one I really miss and may replace is the Miranda Sensorex.

 

[unohuu]

first camera was Minolta x-570*
Minolta XD-5*
Minolta X-700*
Minolta 7000i
Minolta 3Xi
Minolta 300si
Minolta X-G1*
Minolta X-9
Minolta 800si
Yashica 44
Yashica 124G
Samsung something or the other
Minolta Maxxum 7*
Minolta Maxxum 5*
Minolta Maxxum 7xi
Minolta Maxxum 650si
Olympus C4000
Mamiya 645*
Mamiya 645j*
Yashica Lynx 14*
Yashica Lynx 5000
Yashica Lynx 14E
Voigtlander Vitomatic II*
Minolta HiMatic 9
Minolta HiMatic 7
Fed 5*
Nikon FG
Nikon FG-?
Minolta Maxxum 7D*
A couple of no-name cameras that came from mag subscriptions. I should load and shoot them as Holga-esc like cameras.

My wife's Minolta XTsi*
numerous other cameras I have purchased for others. Dad's Minolta Vectis and a Pentax or something like that.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I had a Nikon FE. I'd like to send the other body I have in for CLA and then use it again too. It's a great camera.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

I did not own any before 1961. By 1970 I had a Minolta 16-II, Argus/Cosina STL-1000, Minolta H-Matic 9, and Polaroid 350. That was a Lot of Lawns! 1977, Nikon, and into the abyss.

 

[hoot]

1993: Olympus Stylus Zoom (P&S; 13th birthday present). Sold 2003
2000: Olympus C-2000 Z (digital P&S). Sold 2002
12/2002: Nikon F80 (AF SLR). Sold 2004
10/2004: Horizon 202 (swivel-lens camera). Still got it!
10/2004: Nikon FM3a (manual SLR). Sold 2004
11/2004: Nikon FA (manual SLR). Sold 2004
12/2004: Kiev 60 (meterless medium format manual SLR). For sale!
02/2005: Olympus XA (semi-manual RF). Sold 2005
03/2005: Mamiya 6 (medium format manual RF). Sold 2005
05/2005: YashicaMat (TLR). Still got it!
08/2005: Konica IIIa (meterless fixed-lens RF). Sold 2005
09/2005: Zorki-6 (meterless interchangable-lens RF). Returned to seller
09/2005: Leica M3. Still got it!

Is there a noticable trend here?

I'm glad to say that a quick calculation shows I've spent FAR more money on film than on cameras. Yay! 😀

 

[Uncle Bill]

Well here is my list. I had an agfa rangefinder from the late 1950's that mom gave me in the 1970's when I was a kid to shoot with hence the love of rangefinders today, my recent gear list is as follows:

Canon Rebel XS
Canon AE1 (sold 2005)
Nikkormat Ftn
Nikon F eyelevel prism, earlier model
Nikon F with FTn meter head
Pentax Spotmatic 1000
Pentax S1a
Asahi Pentax model K c 1958
Contax IIIa
Leica M3 Two stroke
Kiev III
Canon Canonet Ql17 GIII

Shorter than a few other peoples list, make note I rationalised the lens mounts to Nikon F mount, Leica M mount, the M-42 screwmount and Contax Kiev mount whatever that designation is. So any new hardware ie camera bodies or lenses has to fall in those categories, well famous last words.

Bill

 

[RJBender]

Miranda Sensomat
Mamiya C3
Zeiss Ikoflex
Rolleiflex 3.5 MX automat
Rolleicord
Vintage Mamiya 6
Mamiya C33
Yashica D
Yashicamat
Nikon FE
Rolleiflex T
Nikon FE2
Rollei SL35E
Rollei SL35M
Leica IIIa
Crown Graphic
Mamiya 645 1000S
Mamiya C330S
Nikon FM2n
Mamiya C330F
Mamiya C330
Olympus C2020
Rapid Omega 100 & 200
Zeiss Icarex
Nikon F with WLF
Rolleiflex 3.5F “whiteface”
Olympus C5050
Olympus E10
Olympus E20
Fake Contax (Kiev IVb)
Real Kiev (IIIb)

Orange = no longer have

R.J.

 

[el_rico_es]

I own the following cameras (in order):

Canon FTb w/50 f1.4 fd
Canon A-1 w/50 f1.8 fd
Yashica D TLR
Canon EOS 5 w/28-105 f3.5-4.5*
Konica Auto S2
Mamiya C330 w/80 f2.8
Mamiya 6 w/75 f3.5*
Mamiya 6MF*
Olympus 35 SP*

Dark Orange=Rangefinder
*=use regularly

 

[sf]

camera's I own(ed)

camera's I own(ed)

From past to present :

Fuji rangefinder - something plastic and toylike when I was a child
Nikon n65 when I was in high school
Canon AE-1 - inherited from a family member - nice lens (50mm 1.9)
Mamiya 645E when I was in college - great camera
Crown Graphic 4x5 in college and now
Pentax 645nII in and out of college, sold it
Cambo 4x5 - pain to use because its knobs and things are all cruddy and I can't
get it to align - ever. Bought in college, still use it.
Nikon D70 - awesome camera - for unimportant stuff, but never when it counts.
Sold it.
Voigtlander R3A - awesome camera - really nice, with the Nokton WOW. But the
rangefinder was out of alignement on my first one. Sold it. I miss it, but not the
costs of using it. I forgot how
expensive 35mm photography can get compared with shooting a couple of
4x5s a week.
Currently working on getting something else in the medium format range or an
XPan . Oh my god. I just got a great idea - how about a digital camera with a
panoramic sensor - an XPan D?

So right now, I just have a little toy fuji RF, a little Norcent Digital RF, a Crown Graphic, a D70, and my Cambo. I only use the 4x5s and the D70 though. BUT am soon to do something about that.

 

[ErnestoJL]

Well, it´s good time to remember all the cameras I had, and still have...
I´ll write all them in the order they apeared in my life, beginning in 1958, when my dad gave me the first opportunity of shooting film.. (I was 5 y.o.)

Kodak Borwnie Target 620 * 1958
Wirgin 120 foldable * 1958
Voigtländer Vitomatic II B* 1966
Miranda Sensomat - in use 1970
Topcon Primo Jr - not in use - uses 127 film 1975
Fujica ST801 - in use 1980
Praktica Nova I PL - in use 1980
Yashica 635 - Sold in 1988
Kiev 4 - in use 1981
Yashica MG 1 - in use 2005
Beirette Electronic - in use 2005
Yashica Electro 35 GT *** gift for a friend 2003
Meopta Flexaret Auto VII 2005
Haking 35 - converted to pinhole 2005
Mamiya Auto Lux 35 - under repair 2005
Carena Micro RSD - under repair 2005
Mamiya Super Deluxe 1.5 - under repair 2005
Canon New Canonet QL17 *** - gift for a friend 2005
Voigtländer Vitoret DR - under repair 2005
Contax II - (1937) under repair 2005
Canon Canonet QL17 - in use 2005
Yashica Mimy - under repair (the only half frame I have) 2005
Yashica Lynx 14 - in use 2005
Praktica Super TL - under repair 2005
Yashica Electro 35 GSN - in use 2005
Konica Auto SE - yet to arrive 2005

Of all those cameras, I regret to have the Yashica 635 sold many years ago when I decided to go 35 mm only. Those under repair are either waiting to locate spares or in the waiting list, until I have time enough to do a proper job on them. The cameras listed with * were stolen many years ago. The date is year of purchase. 2005 was the year I discovered again RFs!!
The Meopta Flexaret belongs to my wife, and is a family souvenir from her dad, so I do not use it, instead I repaired it just for the love of doing it.

Most important fact about the cameras I own, is that I do collect cameras but my personal specification is: cameras I like to own and are to be used.

Ernesto

 

[Alec]

hm... tough question... in chronological order :
Minolta SRT-303
Minolta XD-7
Minolta X-500
Minolta 9000 *
Olympus XA
Minolta Dynax 9xi
Minolta Hi-Matic 7
Leica IIIa
Leica M5
Kiev 88
Kiev 4A *
Minolta XM
Olympus E10
Canon Ixus 430
Minolta Dynax 9 *
Leica M2 *

* = current

and the list is probably final regarding film cameras... but you never can tell!

my better half has a Canon Prima 130
our elder son has a Canon Powershot A60
number two is getting into single-use cams
and number three likes to handle gear but is rarely allowed to

I'm glad you didn't ask about lenses. ;-)

 

[RJBender]

A model of restraint I'll think you'll agree (although they are giving away nikon FM2N's away free with happy meals now...)

Could it be because the Nikon has more nutritional value? 😕
Don't answer that question, Toby.
http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/

R.J.

 

[hugivza]

I started with:
Dacora Digna
Dacora Dignette
Retina 1a
Microcord
Periflex I
Contaflex 1
Contaflex IV (Pro Tessars and Proxars added very much later!)
Yashicamat
Zeiss Ikonta 6x6
Canon AE1
Canon F1
Canon F1n
Zeiss Ikoflex
Rollei 35 T
Nikon F
Nikon F2
Nikon F3
Nikon FE
Nikon F4
Nikon F5
Nikon F100
Nikon FM2
Nikon TI35
Contax TVS
Contax IIIa
Retina IIa
Minolta 7s
Fujipro S2
and this past week a Contaflex Super B which I have just finished a test roll.
I am waiting for Godot, and a Kiev 4A and a Zorki 1 the latter were last seen on the back of a yak somewhere in Siberia. I have them all save the Microcord, Periflex Canon AE1, and TVS which was stolen a couple of years ago.
In answer to the obvious questions I have been around cameras for more that five decades, and have been known to be self indulgent at times. They take up less room than my wife's three pianos.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I have some catching up to do, I see. I'm young, though, and on a low income. 😛

 

[atelier7]

I started with the japanese RFs thanks to sites like karen's site photoethnography...
Minolta Himatic 7, Petri 7SII

Then, I got curious about interchangeable lenses and explored the FSU cams...
Zorki 4K, Kiev 4AM, Fed 2,

Issues about reliability brought me to the voigtlanders...
Bessa R and Bessa L.

But dante stella's review on the Hexar AF and it's 'japanese summicron' lense
brought me full circle to the point n shoot (albeit a very sophiticated one)
unforuntately, mine had a lot of electronic problems ....

So i decided to go backwards to FSUs- Fed 1 and Zorki 3m
The fed was cosmetically minty but didn't work.

Then i finally gave in to the dark side and bought a Leica IIIC
Meanwhile, a Yashica GSN meets the occasional need for auto exposure

so now, it's leica IIIC (still being CLA'd), Zorki 3m (missing a take up spool!) and GSN.