Your current camera count?

Your current camera count?

  • One ... (unlikely1)

    Votes: 18 2.0%

  • Less than five

    Votes: 147 16.4%

  • Five to ten

    Votes: 301 33.6%

  • Ten to twenty

    Votes: 214 23.9%

  • Twenty to thirty

    Votes: 84 9.4%

  • Thirty to fifty

    Votes: 48 5.4%

  • Fifty to one hundred

    Votes: 52 5.8%

  • You're kidding?

    Votes: 31 3.5%
  • Total voters
    895
iml said:
Blimey, I though I had too many but I'm an amateur compared to lots of people here 🙂

I have:

M6
R-D1s
Bessa R2
Olympus 35 RC
Olympus 35 SP
Rolleiflex 3.5T
Lubitel 2
Ricoh GR-D
Olympus 7070
Canon 300D

I need a clear out. I think the R-D1s, the Olympus 7070 and the Canon 300D need new homes. I'm happy with film for b&w and the GR-D for colour, and much as I like the R-D1s a lot I've barely used it for the last couple of months. The Canon and the 7070 haven't been used for even longer. I don't like holding onto things I don't use.

Ian
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The clear out has worked. I've sold the R-D1s, the GR-D, the 300D, and the 7070, leaving me with "just":

Leica M6
Bessa R2
Olympus 35 SP
Olympus 35 RC
Rolleiflex 3.5T
Lubitel 2

I've also acquired a Pentax K100D for colour - it's small for an SLR, has the same sensor as the Epson, quite a good viewfinder, was very cheap (Jessops are currently selling it with the kit lens for £299), and with a couple of cheap but decent old Pentax manual primes it takes very good pictures indeed.

Next plan is to sell the CV 35/1.7 (a focal length I don't need, although it was ideal on the Epson) and the 21/4.0, which I don't use enough, and buy a CV 28/3.5, leaving me with three 50mm primes (one Leica 50/2.0, one CV 50/1.5 and one Canon 50/1.2) and one wide for the 2 RF bodies.

Then a Fuji or Maimya 6x7 and I'm done. Really 🙂

Ian
 
-Nikon coolpix P3
-Leica dlux-3
-Bessa R
-Fed 35A
-Canonet QL17GIII
-Lomo LC-A+
-Rollei 35B
-Yashica FX3
-Yashica FM8

And waiting for a Zorki 4
 
Canon: New F1, Ftb, Eos 400d, Eos 50E, Canonet 17
Tlr: Meopta flexaret VII, Lubitel 2
Dacora Dignette
3 Fsu rangefinder, some point and shoot and a polaroid camera
At the end 3 old 6 x 6 folding cameras

In total.... 15 I think
 
pvdhaar said:
I did a massive cleanout last year, leaving only..
a Bessa-T
a Leica-M4
a Nikon-D50
a Nikon-F75
Oh, and to be fair, I've also got a defective Konica-Minolta G530 P&S that I use as a card reader..
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Whoah... this is scary.. I wrote that exactly three months ago, and it hasn't changed despite massive surges of GAS..
 
Wow, some of you guys better have insurance riders! I have no digital but one very lousy P/S. I used to have as many as 5 RF bodies, which I have now pared down to 3, all of them being leicas. I am considering a 4th film RF body, the ZI; and this would go against my instincts, as I have never before desired a body with AE because I am a stubborn chap who thinks problem solving the exposure mentally is part of the art. Truly, though, the VF is what interests me most in the ZI.
 
13

Pentax K1000
Pentax SL
Kodak Retina 1a
Nikon FM
Nikomat FTN
Canon P
Rollei 35 (S-Xenar lens)
Yashica Electro 35 GS

Primoflex
Diachord (Ricohflex?)
Walzflex

Minolta Semi P
Agfa Billy Compur

I didn't count digitals since I don't use 'em anymore
 
So...
G2, M6, ME Super, ME, Minilux, Lubitel
A Fed2 that doesn't work.
A Kiev4 that maybe work (I should find out tonight while developping the first film)

That would be "5 to 10" then... Already too much !


Should I add my phone to the list ? That's the only digital I have 😉
 
Prakticas:
BX20
BC1
B100
BCA
MTL5
MTL5B
TL5B
Zorki 4
Zorki 4K
FED
Lubitel 2
Pentax Zoom 90
Nikon Coolpix 4600
Nikon D80
A few parts bodies.
 
Voighlander Bessa R (35mm... daaan)
Zenit 12XP (35mm)
Minolta Maxxum 7000 (35mm)
Calumet 4x5 View Camera (large format)
Kodak LS420 (digital point and shoot)
Canon Powershot IS800 (digital point and shoot)
Sony A100 (digital SLR)
 
Three... Nikon D50, Canon A-1, and a Leica M6. I think that'll be it for a while for me. I need to build my lens collection as I only have four lenses total (1 zoom for the D50, 2 primes for my A-1, and one prime for my M6).
 
I didn't go back and look but I think my count was in the high two digits. When I came to my summer job, I brought 5 cameras with me--Zorki 3m, Pentax UC-1, Seagull 4a-107(TLR), Kodak Retina 1a, and EOS Rebel II.

And have realized that with those, I'm pretty well covered. I'm going to have to think long and hard about all the other gear I didn't bring and whether I keep 'em all or not.

And I really don't need to have all the ones I did bring with me. The Retina and the Pentax cover similar uses, I brought the rebel for two lenses(one long telephoto and one macro) and seem to have got that out of my system already.

Next year(I"m planning on keeping this summer job as long as I can ) I think it will be three--possibly 4--cameras: TLR, Zorki (and/or Bessa R), and P&S. And I don't think I'll miss much.

Either that or I'll get serious about big negs and sort out a 4x5 or 5x7 kit over the winter...you know, just to keep things simple.😀

Rob
 
2 canon rfs,
2 olympus (xa & xa4),
2 yashica gx (chrome & black),
FM2, FE2, F4 (from my father),
minolta 7s (from my father),
polariod sx-7,
natura 1.9 p&s,

that is, total 12 and I try to get them use regularly except the polariod, F4, FM2. I would like to get 'thin' but can't figure out which should be sold. any suggestion?

Conrad
 
Some are in the 'just have to have but don't shoot much at all' category (mainly OM's) but this is the current list in order of use,

1. 20D
2. R3A
3. Ricoh GRD (my digital street cam)
4. Sony F717 (for IR only)
5. OM2
6. OM1
7. OM10
8. Mamiya C220
9. Olympus mju II


Next purchase? Xpan, RD1 or Sigma DP1

Just want but probably won't shoot - Olympus Pen F (serious GAS everytime I see one)

Cheers,

John
 
I actually had to sit down and do a list. I have 16 cameras.😱

For work:

Canon 1dsmkii
Nikon D2x

For myself, here are my favorites (ie, most used):
Leica MP (most used these days)
Hassey 503
Rolleiflex 2.8F

I won't bother listing the rest as I don't want to leave evidence for my husband, lol.😀
 
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