What's your "camera roadmap"

More or less in chronological order:

110 camera (still have it, with a roll of partially exposed film inside that is 12-15 years old)
Minolta zoom p&s (died when dropped on a tile floor at a party)
Fuji (?) APS p&s with fixed lens (died)
Pentax ME or ME Super (borrowed)
Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 SLR (sold)
Yashica FX-3 Super SLR (sold)
Agfa Ventura 66 folder
Yashica A TLR
Agfa Ventura 69 folder
Zeiss-Ikon Contessa LKE
mint Zorki 4 + Jupiter 8 (bought for $12, shutter died, sold the pair for $20)
Polaroid Land Camera II (converted to pinhole)
Voigtlander Bessa R - black
Voigtlander Bessa R - silver
Yashica Minister II (needs restoration)
Minolta Himatic F
Chinon Bellami + flash
Olympus XA + A16 flash
 
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Gosh look at all those cameras. Amazing.

Here's my list of cameras I've owned.

Canon T90 (gave it away)
3 x EOS30 series (one died, the other two I still have)
Canon 5D
Voigtlander R2a
 
Family owned 127, then 126, then 110 cameras (we were always fashion victims:) )
Zenit E w 58mm Helios - 1st 35mm camera - 1975 - sold to pay bills 1986
Some kind of cheap P&S
Cosina C1 + horrid zoom lenses - 1992
Pentax 928 P&S - traded to partner for -
Pentax K1000 w 50f2 - the madness began here
Pentax ME + more K mount lenses, 24 f2.8, 135 f3.5, 24-35 f3.5 zoom, 75-150 f4 zoom, 40 f2.8
Olympus XA - rangefinder madness begins here
Bessa R w 35 f1.7 - stop using SLR's - add more CV lenses 25 f4, 50 f2.5, 90 f3.5
Trade Bessa, 25 and 50 for M6TTL + M adapters for 35 and 90 - now we're really getting crazy :)
Add Leica lenses and sell CV glass
Leica M2 w 50 f2.8 Elmar - becomes favourite outfit. Vow to sell M6TTL and buy a second M2

Somewhere in there was a crazy search for the perfect P&S during which I realised I hated any kind of automation in a camera. Is this that "living and learning" thing I hear so much about? ;)
 
Hmm.. Thinking back:

Assorted 126 instamatics as a kid
Olympus OM20 - first "real" camera
Olympus XA2 - passed down from my mother
Olympus OM-4 - expanding the Oly SLRs (later stolen in break-in)
gradual loss of interest in photography

Olympus Stylus P&S - bought while travelling, takes good pics
Olympus OM-4T - haggled for over months in HK as replacement
Canon IXUS II - first digicam, re-kindles real interest in photography
Canon S1 IS - "superzoom" digicam
Canon 300D - first dSLR; wow!; start spending money on glass
Canon IXUS 40 - replace IXUS II stolen in coffee shop
Canon 30D - better AF; other advantages

Tried to use OM-4T for "street photography" with real full-frame sensor, but was disapointed with the results (mostly due to hit-or-miss focus in low light). Researched further, and (along with other things) this led me to rangefinders. So I found:

Konica Hexar RF - first rangefinder, September this year - fell in love!
Zorki 4 & 6 - for fun, and they are fun
Leica M3 DS - accidental eBay win at a "speculator" low price

The future?

Sumilux 75/1.4 - good price, off being CLAd before use
fast 40 or 50mm - I need a low-light lens in this range (but which?)
FED-1 - for a cheap emulation of early Leica ergonomics
Kiev 4a - for a cheap emulation of Contax ergonomics
Canon dSLR - if there's a sufficiently compelling upgrade in AF
Canon 70-200/2.8IS - I want one, but can't justify it
Canon EF 50/1.2 - maybe, maybe - but too early to tell if its any good
vague stirrings of Noctilust

...Mike
 
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Hey, markinlondon & All...

There is NO perfect P & S. I've owned and sold several, and enjoy the 4MP Canon S410, a 2003 model.

Late model, or vintage, it seems to me that we're here to show & tell with the great RF's & superb optics... that have proven themselves over time.

And Mark, I like your Avatar.
Ciao, mike
 
mike goldberg said:
Hey, markinlondon & All...

There is NO perfect P & S. I've owned and sold several, and enjoy the 4MP Canon S410, a 2003 model.

Late model, or vintage, it seems to me that we're here to show & tell with the great RF's & superb optics... that have proven themselves over time.

And Mark, I like your Avatar.
Ciao, mike
Click to expand...

Mike, I agree with you totally about the P&S thing. I do have a fuji F11 but it mostly gets used to take pictures of other cameras :)

The full size version of my avatar and more can be found here
 
Hope i have forgot some . . .

Hope i have forgot some . . .

Not sure I have any good of reminding myself of what used money on ..

Richo YF-20, 88, first camera, lost in 93 when someone borrowed it
Nikon F401s, traded it for the FM
Nikon FM, chrome
Nikon FM, a black one, which I sold to some art guy who always lost a FM at roskilde festival .. :)
Nikon F4s, sold the chrome FM
Nikon F801, which I got, sold it and bought the Chrome FM back
F4e
Rolleiflex F, 75mm planar 3,5
Hasselblad 500 c/m
Minox GT-X,
Richo half auto something half frame . .
Nikon F3p
Contax G2
Olympus mju II
Nikon F2, got it for free . .
Olympus OM10, gave it to a friend that i owed some money . .
Ricoh Gr1s/XA/Minilux and a rollei 35 something in between . .
Canon eos 1000F, bought for lending out to friends so i could keep the G2 myself ;)
Sold almost everything but the G2, bought the chrome FM back for the 2nd time
Fujiilm finepix 2600z, cheap and ugly 2mpx
Went to Bolivia, funded most of the travel with gear-money ..
Sold the Chrome FM for the 2nd time
Nikon F3/T
Bought the chrome FM back again . . .
Bought a Nikonos V because i got a nice deal ..
Sold the FM for the last time and still regretting
Olympus c8080wz
Fujifilm F610 something 6mpx
went to Argentina for a year
Bought a M6 since it was budgetfreindly ;)
Bought a beaten F3 and a old Nikkor H
Sold all contax gear, just the M6 and the F3 left.
Chrome M6, since its useful to have one for Delta 3200
Got a too nice deal yesterday for a Epson Rd-1 . . .

That should be all, else see my signature for update ..

Edit : when i think of it i´m not really sure about the Crome FM, but at the moment it is still sold, and the owner does not tend to sell it back to me . .
 
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Almost forgot that in late 2003 I bought a suitcase with pentax 67 and a spotmeter . .
Go figure how that is possible, anyway I sold it winter 2004 ..

vha
 
These are the cameras I own and/or was using at the time. I have only sold one and regretted it ever since.

In chronological order:

Late 1950's - Kodak Brownie Target 6-20, Kodak Duaflex II, and Argus C3, Polaroid 110

1960's - Nagel Vollenda, B&J Press, Nikon Photomic T (Sold)

1970's - Mamiya C330F, Polaroid 195, Olympus OM1

1980's - Mamiya 6, Olympus OM1

1990'a - Mamiya 6

2000 to present: (Rangefinder FF Discovery & GAS aaarghh!) - Yashica GSN x2, Yashica 14e, Mamiya 6, Canon 20D, Panasonic LX2, Leica M6, Olympus XA, XA4; Epson RD1
 
Started with those Polaroids in the 70s that my parents had.

In no particular order...stuff I have had.

Minolta 110 instamatic thing
Minolta X700 (the Wife's that she never used)
Sony P30
Dimage 5 and Dimage 7
Maxxum 5
Several Maxxum 7 cameras
Maxxum 9xi, 650si, 700si
Nikon N80, F100, D1H, D2H
Canon Elan IIE, IX, 7, 7N, 1N RS, EOS 3, D30, 10D, DRebel, 20D
Panasonic LX1, Fuji S5000


Currently I have....
X700 (can't get rid of that one)
Canon 7N, 1N, DRebel XT
Voigtlander R2A
Canon SD800is
Konica Lexio 70


Darrin
 
In a year and a half:

HP Photosmart m307
Canon EOS 300v
Minolta Hi-Matic F (now broken)
Kiev-4a (now broken)
Zenit-S
Fed-3
Zorki-4k
Zorki-6
 
just sold the hasselblad system, selling the mamiya 6 system

picked up the leica m4-2, picking up another rollei tlr (a 3.5 to go with my 2.8)

keeping the fuji gw670ii the rollei 2.8e, and the ricoh gr-1

let's not get started on polaroids (180, 2x slr680's, spectra pro, etc)
 
In the last year and a half i've had the following;(I eternaly look for ebay bargains to buy, use and sell for a profit)

A pentax digital P&S (Still Have)
Fed 1
Voigtlander bessa R
Pentax K1000
Rolleicord IIB
Nikon F photomic
Minox 35GL
Contax II with 50mm sonnar 1:2 (Still Have)
Leica III G with colapsable 50mm 'cron (my beloved gift)(Still Have)
Leica M2 with 50mm elmar 2.8 (Broke, GRRRRR!)
Nikon F2 (Still Have)
Gelto DII (Still Have)
Contax g1 with 45mm planer (Still Have)
Rolleiflex Automat 4 (Still Have)
 
My first camera was a cheap old Agfa folder from my father. Next came a Kodak Brownie from an uncle. Things became serious with a second hand Petri V6 SLR that I got from my girlfriend (now wife) when I was 19, like Ash is now:)
Since then:

(D)SLRs:
Canon EF
Canon A1
Canon AE1
Canon EOS 10
Canon EOS D60
Canon EOS 20D

My RFs:
Leica M4 (metal levers)
Leica M4
Leica IIIc
Canon IVSb
Nikon S2
Leica IIIf
Canon 7
Canon P
Contax IIa

in between the SLRs and the RFs:
Rolleicord Va
MDa + Visoflex III

Check the classics out here, I still have them all :)
 
Praktica MTL3
Olympus C-4000
Nikon D70
Nikon FA
*Bronica SQ-B
*Konica Hexar RF

* means I still have it...
 
It's a short road, with no map :)

It all started with a Kodak Instamatic (155x, I think)
Next a Pentax 35 and 70 mm point-and-shoot
First serious camera: Nikon N6006 (bought when I lived in the States)
Traded for a Nikon FM2n, which I still have; used for macro work.
Bought a Voigtlander R2, which I still have; now my main camera.
Inherited the Korelle folder.
Bought a Yashica 124G

Currently lusting after an a-la-carte MP... :eek:

Doctor Zero
 
Praktica Super TL 1000 (still use it)
Fed-1 (sold it for a fed-2)
Fed-2
second Praktica Super TL 1000

What I still need/want: Leica M3
 
I started with a bulletproof kiddie Kodak 110 when very young, and moved on to a Keystone 35mm P&S at some point.

Ricoh XR-10 & KR-10 late in high school after borrowing my father's X-700

The last two years of college, I moved up to: CiroFlex, RicohFlex, Agfa/Anso folders, and various other inexpensive antiques (I was poor, what can I say?). I did get a Pentax ZX-M before graduating, and a Minox B, now that I think about it.

At some point, my father got into Nikon non-AI stuff, and I got all his duplicate lenses, so I purchased a Nikkormat and F2 as a Master's student. But the big change was my Rolleiflex Automat II I bought my first year of MS work.

Since starting my PhD, my collection has exploded. Two ratty Rolleiflexes, Mamiya 645E, Leica IIIc (my baby), Contax G1, two Oly OM-1's, SpeedGraphic 4x5, and a Pentax *ist DL (which brought all my old Pentax glass out of retirement).

Now that I've finishing my PhD up, and have a job when I do, I'm ready to move to a Leica M3 and MP, and maybe a nice Hassy. Bronica's were always interesting, too. Or maybe... (I've got a GAS problem, can you tell?)
 
Pentax 35mm
Fuji GS645 - rangefinder
Bronica ETRSi (6x4.5, many backs and lenses)
Industar FT2 (Russian panoramic 35mm)
Linhof 617s

Current:
Hasselblad X-Pan II
HP R927 - digital
 
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