What's your "camera roadmap"

Kodak Brownie 127 1966 (?)
Kodak 126 1968 (?)
Pentax SP500 1970? (stolen)
Canon FTb 1971 (still have)
Canon T70 1986 (sold)
Canon F1n 1989 (still have)
3 x Canon F1N AE (still have)
2 x Canon T90 (still have 1 does not work)
7 x Zorkis and Feds (have all, some function)
Pentax Spot F (still have)
Pentax ESII (still have)
Canon IV Sb2, removed flash rail & recovered (my carry around)
Canon II2 (sold)
Canon 7 B & H (still have)
Zeiss SI 645 (still have)
Kodak Medalist II (still have, converted to 120)
Kodak Retina II (still have)
2 x Canon 7s (still have)
Pentax K10D (still have, converted to IR)
Pentax K20D (still have) 2010
 
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- Various household cameras, Brownie, Tourist, Polaroids
- Miranda Sensorex (bought it myself at age 13)
-- dry spell --
- Nikon N4004
- Crappy Canon APS camera
-- dry spell --
- Some POS Olympus Stylus digital (1+ MP)
- Canon G3
- Canon 30D (still have it)
- Leica M8
- Leica M2
- Fuji GW690III
 
Earlier:
Pentax Espio SW105 (still have, not in use)
Contax TVS III (traded for T3)
Sony DSC-V1 (one trashed, one sold, but loved it)
Sony DSC-F828 & V3 (sold)
Canon G9 (happily sold)

more recently...
Sigma DP1s (sold)
Sigma DP2 (trashed)
Contax G2 (still have)

now:
Zeiss Ikon
Contax T3
Sigma DP2s
(love them all)
 
I still have the Kodak Instamatic 150 from 1964 and Minolta Hi-Matic 9 that I bought in 1969.

It goes downhill, very quickly, from that point.
 
Minolta Sr-T 100x (still have this, my first camera)
Canon G5 (bought th week it was released, used for many years now my dad has it)
Nikon D50 (sold to upgrade)
Nikon D200 (sold to upgrade)
Nikon D3 (sold to go solely to film)
Hasselblad 501 C/M (sold)
Leica IIIc (sold)
Leica M4-P (sold)
Leica M3 (sold)
Cambo monorail 4x5 (still have)
Panasonic LX3 (bought for me, given to my fiance)
Leica M2 (sold)
Canon 5D Mk II (sold)
Leica IIIf BD (sold)
Leica II (sold)
Linhof Technika V (current)
Mamiya 6x4.5 Pro (current, perhaps sold soon)
Ricoh GrD II (current, perhaps sold soon)

Other cameras I have had as well at some point:
Lubitel TLR (sold)
Balda Baldette (currently restoring)
Pentax Spotmatic (gift, never used)
Agfa BOX 120 camera (gift)
Olympus XA (current, will sell/give away soon due to little use)
Olympus XA1 (bought for $1, giving to a friend shortly)
Holga 120GN (sold)
Nikon 35SF (sold)

I think I'm missing one or two in there somewhere. It's been a fun ride, I've decided I like 4x5 and will stick with the Tech (probably my most favourite camera I have had to date).

Will pick up some medium format folders (6x6 and 6x9) and play with those for a while with the Technika :)
 
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Sony P10 point and shoot (stolen)
Canon 350D (sold)
Canon AE-1 Program (never shot a frame, sitting in my closet)
Yashica Electro 35 GSN (sold)
Olympus XA (sold)
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s (for sale, minty, PM me)
Yashica Electro 35 GSN (inoperable, sitting in my closet)
Nettar 517/16 (shot one roll, works okay, sitting on my bookcase; for sale)
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Olympus XA (shooting exclusively with this beast for the past year or so. going to buy a Bessa R3M / Nokton 40 1.4 soon and be done with this game... until I sell it for a Leica body. then, I'll really be done. forever).
 
Olympus Ecru (sold)
Olympus Trip 35 (broken)
Olympus Pen EE2 (broken)
Olympus SP (sold)
Olympus LC (sold)
Olympus XA (sold)
Olympus Stylus Epic (sold)
Olympus OM2n (broken)
Leica M4 (sold)
Ricoh GR1s (traded)
Contax T2 (current)
Rolleiflex 2.8E3 Planar (current, but broken; off to Krimar soon)
Rollei 35SE (current, will be sold soon to fund Rolleiflex repairs)

Had a bit of an Olympus and rangefinder fetish for a while, but the Rolleiflex and medium format has won me over. Can't wait to get it fixed.
 
am pretty classic example of hobby getting out of control :p

some Sony p&s digicams before 2005
Canon 300V
Canon 350D
Nikon FE
Leica M3
Leica M5
Nikon D200
Leica M2
Leica II x 2
Leica M7
Leica IIIg
Leica M8

still have M8, IIIg and FE, all the rest are with new owners.
 
Yashica FX103, used 18years, out of service
Kodak, P&S used two years, out of service
Olympus E500, out of service
Olympus E510, sold
Olympus E3, in use
Leica IIIa, sold
Leica M3 DS, weak framelines, sold
Leica M6, in use
Olympus EP-1, gave to my step daughter to much like a P&S for me
Olympus E5, coming soon
 
Kodak Brownie and 110 instamatics that I vaguely remember (before high-school)
Fuji SLR, my first c. 1973 - not sure what happened to it!
Nikkormat FTN #1, sold it, missed it - starving student
Nikkormat FTN #2, sold it, still miss it
FM2 #1, damaged in freak fall (had Nikon shaped bruise on my butt for weeks), beyond repair (i.e., camera, not butt)
FM2 #2, still have it, started shooting with it again in recent weeks, emotional attachment
Contax-T, sold it because I'm an idiot
F100, sold it
Fuji digital, early small digital camera, forget model - sold it
Kodak/Nikon DCS-420, used at work, crazy expensive - surplussed ~2 years ago
Nikon 35Ti, sold it, yup, because I'm an idiot
D100, sold it
D200, sold it
Leica D-lux 3, sold it
D700, still have it and use often
Canon G10, sold it
M8.2, sold it, no emotional attachment
Canon S90, stiil have it and use it a lot (but i know I'll sell it sooner or later)
MP, just got it (thanks to M8.2 !!) I've bonded and I'm gonna keep it, really!
 
1991: Small film fixed-lens point & shoot of unknown make
2004: Miranda MS-2 Super (Grandfather's old camera)
2007: Canon EOS 400D (Move to digital)
2008: Canon EOS 30 (Elan 7e) (realization that I prefer film)
2009: Leica M3 (Mike Johnston's Leica year)
2010: Second M3 (to shoot both B&W and colour slides at the same time)

I still have all of them (except for the P&S, which I passed on to my nephew), though I'm selling some of the Canon glass I bought for film (I'd sell the EOS 30 too, if I thought I'd get something for it)

With the two M3s and four Leica lenses for my personal shooting and the 400D for my digital needs (sports and product shots mostly), I'm pretty much set now, I've stopped lusting for gear (yeah, I know, it's weird. What am I doing here?)
 
1976-1992
Pentax K100, MX
Olympus OM10
Nikon F3, F2
Mamiya 645
Mamiya C220

2002 Canon D30 gave to parents
2003 Canon 10D sold to pay for 20D
2004 Canon 20D donated to local gallery
2005 Bronica SQ Still own and shooting with
2007 Canon 5D Sold 2010
2009 Leica M4-2 Sold 2010
2009-2010 Bessa I, Zeiss 533/16 Fuji 645S, still own and use all three
2010 Leica M6
2010 Leica M8 Should be here Wednesday
 
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This is fun indeed. And I do stand a chance to get it complete:

1980 Canon AT-1 (still have and use it)
1999 Canon AE-1 program, Canon T-70 (both re-sold later)
2001 Canon FTb-QL (still have it)
2006 Canon EOS 350D (still have it)
2007 Canon EOS 300, EOS 30 (both re-sold later)
2008 Bessa R (re-sold 2010)
2009 Canon EOS 5D (re-sold 2010)
2010 Zeiss Ikon ZM (my main baby)
2010 Yashica Mat

Surpised to see that
(a) my turnover was not that much bigger than the residual
(b) I still do own 5 cameras. So much for downsizing... :D
 
Here is mine:
1978- at age 6 I started using my first camera, the family Polaroid 600
1983- age 11, my first "real" camera- a Nikon FE2, with a 50mm f1.4 lens. Added a couple of lenses for variety over the next few years. Nothing crazy.
1993- a second body- Nikon FM2n. So far so good- I'm concentrating on shooting.
1998- was given a Leica M3 by an elderly family member who bought it new in 1960.
1999- Descent into madness. Still shooting, but discovered the internet camera forums and endless variety of gear to swoon over.
2009- emerged from coma, owning more than 30 cameras from 35mm to 8x10 (almost all of which I use at least occasionally).

I have been stripping back and now much to my chagrin, I find the only 35mm gear I really use now are my original Nikons and the one original Leica, and a few lenses. And a pair of little Olympus XA's for times when I don't want to carry a bigger camera. And the Nikon digital gear for work; and the LF stuff for my own "real" photography... sigh.
 
1958 (at age 8): Some Agfa 4.5 x 6 cm film box camera (fixed focus, two exposure settings, one for dim, one for sunny weather
1962 inherited an old (pre-war) Kamerawerke Dresden Praktiflex 35mm SLR w/ 2 lenses. I really learnt photography with this camera. Passed on the camera to my little sister (who unfortunately broke it :( )
1969 Konica Autoreflex T3 (world's first shutter speed priority automatic SLR) w/ several lenses. Great camera, but heavy. Sold it to finance my next camera ...
1976 Canon AE-1- this camera even survived a trip into West Africa's sahel zone! Sold it to finance my next camera ...
1977 Olympus XA for unobtrusive photography
1979 Canon A-1 - this camera saw one trip to Sri Lanka and two to India & Nepal (never let me down!). Eventually sold it to finance new, digital gear.
until 2000 used what I had, spent my money on my family.
2001 Nikon Coolpix 995 - my entry into digital photography. A surprisingly good camera, but too slow for people photography. Sold it to finance my next camera ...
2003 Nikon Coolpix 5000 my expectations of getting a seriously usable camera were somewhat disappointed. Made reasonable pictures however as soon as I understood its limitations. Still much too slow, and too much DOF due to tiny sensor. Sold it to finance my next camera ...
2005 Nikon D70 plus a growing collection of lenses (at last, a serious digital camera), but still insufficient at high ISO.
2008 Nikon D300 - great resolution & usability, good at high ISO, but a behemoth of a camera.
2009 Konica Hexar AF & RF plus several lenses: Return to analog for street photography (still using digital for other areas of photography though)

It seems I should start another selling round ...
 
Started off with my father's Yashica Minimatic - C
1992 - Bought my own Praktica BMS
1997 -Moved on to Canon EOS 5
and then...
2008- Zenit 12XP
2008 -Zeiss Ikon Nettar
2009 - Zeiss Ikoflex Ib
2009 - Leica IIc
2010 - FED-3b
2011 - Canon EOS 300v
2011 - Minolta 9xi
2012 - Minolta X-700
and I just bought a Minolta Dynax 7000i for less than £5...

Had loads more but they ended up been sold on ePay within the last 3 years....
 
1970 - *born
mid 1970s - Diana toy camera (broken)
mid 1980s - Kodak DISC 3500 and AGFA Agfamatic 2000 (still have both)
1990 - Ricoh KR-10x & Rikenon 35-70 (still have it)
mid 1990s - some Kodak APS-cam (still have it somewhere)
2000 - Kodak DC2400i (first digital cam, still have it)
2002 - Minolta Dimage 7 (still have it, upper display broken)
2005 - Panasonic Lumix FZ-20 (my wife uses it sometimes now)
2005 - Pentax Optio S (as a pocketable cam, still have it)
2005 - Agfa Super-Silette Automatic (first rangefinder, present from my uncle, still have it)
2006 - Canon EOS 350D (first DSLR, started lens addiction and GAS, sold)
2008 - Canon EOS 5D (first fullframe DSLR, still have and love it)
2008 - Yashica Electro 35GS (favourite rangefinder for a long time, still have it)
... 2006 - 2011 (several other cams...)
2010 - Sony NEX-3 (first cam to use interchangeable RF lenses, still have it)
2011 - Sony NEX-7 (NEX with viewfinder)
2012 - Leica M8 (first digital RF)
 
Scary..., I just checked my December 2006 response to this old thread and realize I've become a serious gear junky since then. THANK YOU RFF :eek:
 
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