Whatcha Got?

[back alley]

currently have---

konica c35
oly stylus
oly 35 rc (2)
canonet 1.7
minolta 7s
fed 2

bessa r
canon p

balda baldix

keep 3---

canon p
bessa r
oly 35 rc


2 camera wish list---

a brand new in the box never been used canon p
a really nice and clean canon 7s

joe

ok, like did you really expect a surprise here?😉

 

[FrankS]

Yes! I thought you'd keep the Balda Baldix!

 

[khingdheano]

Currently own, or have on order (that actually work):
Leica Digilux 2
Olympus D-510 zoom
Olympus C5050 zoom
Argus a2b
Argus C3 (2)
Argus LC3
Argus C4
Argus 21 Markfinder
Argus a4
Argus C-twenty
Kodak Retina IIIc
Zeiss Ikon Contina III
Zorki 4 (2)
Zorki C
Kiev 4
Smena 8
Smena 8m
Balda Superbaldina (2)
Ansco Anscoset
Nikon 4004s
Ricoh XR10
Zenit 212k
Zenit TTL
Praktica MTL3
Lubitel 166B
Agfa Isolette I
Holga 120S
Agfa Clipper Special
Herco Imperial
Lomo Action Sampler

If I had to pick 3 (and I'm glad I don't):
Leica Digilux 2
Kodak Retina IIIc
Zeiss Ikon Contina III

Wish list of two (it'll be a while, but someday):
Leica M7
Speed Graphic

 

[fraley]

Here's my very short list 😉

Kodak No. 2 Folding Premo (sentimental item, hasn't been used since the early 50's)
Olympus OM-1 (now the 'family' camera)
Olympus OM-2000
Bessa R2
Zorki 4 (on order)

My three keepers
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pretty much same as above:
Bessa R2
Olympus OM-2000
Olympus OM-1

Wish list
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Zeiss Ikon
Bessa R3A

After hanging out with this crowd, my wish list is constantly spinning around in my head: should I get a Canonet, a Minolta Hi-Matic, a Fed, a little Olympus something-or-other? Bill Mattocks, if I send you $40 in unmarked bills will you send me a grab bag? 😛 Decisions, decisions! Actually I just barely got the Bessa R2 a month ago and I'm having a ball. Should hold me for a while, shouldn't it?!?

 

[back alley]

Should hold me for a while, shouldn't it?!?

oh yeah, sure, no problemo...buhahahahha...


joe

 

[Gordon Coale]

Currently have, or have on order
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These are my functional cameras

Mamiya Universal / Super 23
FED 2e
Zorki 6
Olympus D-600L
Olympus XA2


If I could only keep 3 of the above
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Mamiya Universal / Super 23
Fed 2e
Olympus D-600l


My 2 camera wish list
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Leica MP
Super Speed Graphic

 

[wierdcollector]

Thanks Honu-Hugger, for a moment I was feeling a bit slighted there. But just for a moment,lol.
Currently have: 694 cameras and 270 lenses and converters.
Three to keep: Pentax K1000, Wards AM 550(Konica Auto S), Minolta Autocord.
Wish List: Leica (any), Contax lla, Kiev.
Currently on order/coming in mail: Yashica Minister-D, 28mm CPC cheapie, M42-Konica adapter, another Wards AM 550, Focal 28mm cheapie, and just bought another 135 f3.5 Super Takumar this afternoon.

 

[Flinor]

These are good topics periodically. It forces us to take inventory and see just how obsessed we are.

Presently own:
Plaubel Makina 670
Zeiss Super Ikonta BX 533/16
Fujica GS645
Canon P
Nikon S2
Leica M5
Minolta CLE
Contax T (2)
Zeiss Contessa S312
Zeiss Contessa LKE
Yashica Lynx 14
Yashica 35
Yashica Electro GL
Yashica YK
Rolleiflex SL35M
Nikon Coolpix 5400
Olympus IS-30dlx

Keep only three?
Plaubel
CLE
Contessa S312

Wish List:
Contax IIA
Nikon SP
Yashica YF
Cambo Wide
Epson RD-1 (I think)

The scary thing is how tough it was to shorten the wish list,

 

[nwcanonman]

Ha, do I really want to do this? LOL.
Zorki 4K
Canonet GII Q1.7
Minolta 9
Konica S2
Konica EE
Olympus SP
Yashica GT (2)
Yashica GS
Ricoh 500G
Whew! I'm not even gonna' think about the SLR's ~ ; - )

 

[nwcanonman]

OK, forgot the Zeiss Ikon Contessa RF.
Then -
Keepers,
Zorki 4K
Yashica GT
Konica S2
Wishlist, hmm?
Nikon S
Olympus RD
Nikon D2H (gasp) LOL

 

[hjfischer]

Current inventory (all film): Voigtlander R2, Nikon N 70, Nikon N 2000, Nikon F, Yashicamat 124G, Rollei 35T, Rollei Prego 30, Oly Stylus Epic. I would keep the R2, Rollei 35T and the Nikon, together with all the Nikor/Nikon lenses that my wife knows about and others that she doesn't.

 

[mac_wt]

Currently have,
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Fed 2
Fed 4
Kiev 4
Zorki ? (Fake Leica II)
Zorki 3M
Yashica 35 FC
Yashica GSN
Yashica Minister D
Revue Auto-Matic
Revue 400S
Revue 400SE
Cosina Compact 35E
Chinon 35EE
Canonet 28

or have on order
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Canonet GIII QL 17
Fed 5
Zorki 6

If I could only keep 3 of the above
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Zorki 3M
Yashica GSN
Canonet

My 2 camera wish list
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Werramatic
Leica M

 

[chenick]

Hehe, I console myself with the fact I can ony use 1 at a time ;p. Below are my working cameras:

35mm RF:
Olympus 35 SP
Yashica Electro 35 GTN
Canon Canonet 28

SLR:
Pentax ME Super, w/ 24, 28, 50, 135 mm primes, 70-210 zoom.

Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL (aka 'The Brick'!)

Digital:
Pentax Optio S (very small)

Current keep/wish list

Olympus 35 SP
Pentax ME Super
Bessa R3A (I think)
-Nick

 

[Pherdinand]

Hehh, you guys are weird🙂

OK, i confess, i have (in order of chronological appearance):
-a minolta dynax 5 SLR
-a yashica D TLR
-a Rolleicord V TLR
-a yashica electro35 GSN RF
-a canonet 28 RF
-a yashica electro35 CC RF.
Currently i am bidding (probably getting it for ~eur30😀) on a Bessa 6x9 folder with uncoated Skopar.
[just not to let the rangefinders take over!!!]

What i'd keep:
-the minolta slr (my first "real" camera + come on, i'll never have cash for a rf with 17 and 24 mm lenses)
-the rolleicord (square rulez, especially those big ones! and it's just so cute, a brick with two eyes)
-the GSN (or the CC, i'm not sure at this moment. The GSN is nicer in hand and I feel more confortable with the 45mm lens; however, the CC is new, don't "know it" yet, is in a bit better condition and it looks cooler+is somewhat more portable)

Wishlist:
Mamiya 7II (well, one can wish...)
Contax II(a) with sonnar 50/1.5, 80/2 and biogon (unexplainable attraction, very hard to resist)

(The minolta's new DSLR would be nice too, though, just to try it out - maybe digital IS for me!)

May I add a not-truly-camera-but-photographic-stuff to the wishlist? A film scanner that handles both 135 and 120 format...

 

[Stu :)]

Spot the camera brand I like... 😉

Current-
Bessa R Silver
Ressa R Black (ex Rover)
Canonet QL17
Canonet QL28
Canon EOS 500
Hasselblad 500C
Hasselblad 555
Pentax Auto110 Super
Lubitel 2
Linhof Technika IV
Toyo 810G
Polaroid Model 95
Polaroid Model 95b
Polaroid Model 110b
Polaroid Model 120
Polaroid Model 180
Polaroid Model 330
Polaroid SX-70 (x2)
Polaroid One Step
Polaroid 1000
Polaroid Big Button
Polaroid Colorpak (box full, haven't sorted out yet)
Polaroid Spectra
Polaroid JoyCam
Polaroid i-Zone
There's also a couple of cheap n' nasty digi-cams around and two P&S I can't lay my hands on.

Keep Three
The Bessa R's (x2)
The Hasselblads (x2)
Linhof Technika IV

Now the reason why I keep the Bessas and 'blads in two's, is because the camera bodies are part of a 'system', one backs up the other one. Some fellow 'blad users think it's quite queer that I have a electronic 'blad backing up a manual 'blad, it just was when I went to buy another 500c body, the 555 was cheaper and in better shape.

On the wish list-
Replace the Bessa Rs with Leica M4-Ps, with MP viewfinders and 35mm, 50mm and 90mm framelines and motordrives.
Realistic-
Canon DSLR: I'm thinking of buying a 20D in April with wide angle zoom and a Canon tilt and shift lens.
Fantasic-
Hasselblad Archbody and full frame 6x6 digital back.

Stu 🙂

PS. Anyone want a 8x10?

 

[rover]

OK, here we go...

My stuff...
Bessa R2
Bessa R3a (on order)
Canonet GIII QL 17

Hasselblad 500c/m
Yashica Mat 124G
Holga (on the way)

Canon EOS 10s
Canon EOS IX
Minolta X-700

Minolta F-100

Polaroid One (for the boy)

Stuff I have taken hold of from my father...
Minolta SRT 101
Minolta SRT 200
Minolta Maxxum 7000
Nikon Tele Touch 300 (P&S)

Recently sold...
Konica Auto S3
Yashica GSN
Minolta Himatic 9
Bessa R

Wish list...
Hmm, I am pretty happy with what I have, down the road maybe my Bessa bodies will become Leicas.
Right now, something in 4x5, though I wouldn't use it that much...maybe the smart thing would be for me to find a Hasselblad CF 50mm lens.

Oh, I really would like a Rolleiflex.

 

[rbiemer]

Currently have:
Arax modified Kiev60+lenses
Seagull 4a-107
Ansco 6x9 scale focus folder(620 film)
Kiev 4a
Agat 18k
Zorki 10
Argus c44(now a pinhole camera)
Olympu Stylus Epic
Nishika 3-d "outfit"
Nickelodeon Blaster
2 Canonette GIII QL17(one working)
Polaroid sx-70(model alpha-bc)
several homemade pinhole cameras(mostly 4x5)
in transit: Zorki 3m
Keepers:
Arax 60
Canonette
Zorki 3m(if its as good as I expect it to be)if not--the kiev4a
Wish list:
Mint Yashica 635
bessa r(and lenses)
Iskira or equivalent 6x6 folder
fuji 670gw
ensign 820
my wish list constantly grows but those five are the ones I want today🙄 I'll probably have a different list tomorrow and tomorrow and.....

 

[Borghesia]

I Have:

RF's :
Konica S2
Konica Hexar AF
Olympus RC
Yashica GSN
Canonet QL17
Lomo LCA
Holga
Olympus Mju II

Other :
Hasselblad 500 c/m
Rolleiflex T
Canon EOS 30
Canon 300D
Nikon Coolpix 950

Keepers: All the camera's
Best camera to me : Hexar AF, Rolleiflex T, Olympus RC, EOS 30

Wishlist :
Black Fed 2 with Jupiter 8
Konica S3
Olympus SP
Leica M6 TTL
Alpa SWC
EOS 1Ds MKII

 

[jdos2]

Well, Step Four IS a personal inventory...

Mamiya Universal Silver
Mamiya Universal Black
Lenses:
50mm
65mm
75mm
100mm f/2.8
127mm
150mm
250mm f/5
4 (4!) Polaroid backs, many (think: "5") 'S' and several Graflex backs. Did I mention I have an RB, so those fit too?
Finders:
50mm
65mm

Moskva-5

2 x Kiev-4 bodies.
Lenses:
21mm CV
3 x 35mm FSU Biogon Clone
A round 'zillion' J-8 50mm f/2 Sonnar Clones
2 x 85mm Real Sonnar Copies (J-9)
2 x 135mm J-13

1 x FSU Turret finder (not to be confused with the "Turnit" finder of the Voigtlander)

Contax G2 (Black)
Lenses:
28mm
50mm
90mm "Ernostar" (THE SONNAR HAS A CEMENTED TRIPLE, AND THEY KNOW IT!)

Voigtlander Prominent:
2 bodies, one "I" and one "Ia"
lenses:
2 x 35mm
50mm Ultron
50mm Nokton (yay!)
1 x 100mm without fungus
1 x 100mm with
Proximeters (both)
Finders (all)
Hood for the Nokton.
Filters (all)
Neck CHAIN (think THICK and COLD, and PINCHY)

Polaroid:
340 (Grandpa's!)
220 (Needs batteries)
110a (Converted before it was popular--looks like hell)

And those are just the rangefinders.
RB's, I have two. Lenses are 50mm, 90mm, 127mm, 180mm, and 250mm.
Kiev-88, I have one, with the standard 80mm lens.
Mamiya 645 1000. Love it and the 80mm f/1.9 lens. Of course, if I need it, I also have the 80 f/2.8...
Canon FTb(N), with the f/1.4 S.S.C. and non. Actually, I own two of these things, one used to belong to my mother, but she went digital.
Oh!
And an Epson "XGA" digital camera. Seems broken.

I must say, I'm better off than I was. The Nikon S-2 stuff is all gone, and the Mamiya TLR stuff is similarly out of my closet. I still hate to go in there for towels, though, as I have such guilt I don't use these beautiful machines nearly enough. I just look at my "filter shelf" and get embarassed.

 

[Kin Lau]

So it looks like Curt (wierdcollector) in the lead with Bill Mattocks a close 2nd.

I actually know someone who might have Curt beat... Larry Boccialetti (sp?) in Toronto. I picked up my Zorki4 from him, and he had at the time at least 6 whole china cabinets full of cameras, not including the basement and he was just rebuilding his collection. He mentioned that he had well over a thousand at one time, and sold it all to a prop company. He let me take a picture of his place with the condition that I don't give out the address.

BTW, I'm not very organized at all, but I actually have a spreadsheet listing all my camera's, bodies, lenses with filters sizes etc. What's everyone else doing to keep track of theirs. OTOH, my camera's are scattered thru the apt into the car 🙂.