Collections

[grainybear]

omg… it’s ridiculous lol… i have horrible GAS… i know i have no legitimate excuse other than i absolutely love film cameras… i obviously can’t use ALL of them all the time… but i honestly use MOST of them quite often… sitting on my shelves… mixed in with my books & my vinyls… it honestly doesn’t look like that much… but when you type it all out it honestly looks kind of obscene lol… some people love photography… some people love gear… i honestly love both… i used to be in a bit of an existential crisis about photography vs gear… real photographers don’t care about gear, right?… but i love both… & i used to feel guilty about that… but it’s okay to love the art of & the process of photography AND love the history & cultural significance & craftsmanship of a beautifully engineered camera… it feels excessive at times but i’m okay with it lol… having said that i definitely don’t need any more cameras

 

[cgw]

Unless it impedes your daily functioning, just go to IKEA and buy some more storage space.

 

[grainybear]

haha… only impediment so far is the extra time it takes to dust

 

[grainybear]

my dad was a photographer in the navy & was an off again on again amateur photographer while i was growing up… we had a dark room in the basement of my childhood home… but he’s 78 & he doesn’t take photos anymore… but he knows how much i love it & he’s given me basically all of his cameras that he’s had throughout the years as well… plus boxes & boxes of his old photos… unfortunately he didn’t store the cameras properly or take very good care of them in his later years… needless to say they’re a little funky… some are unrepairable… some need new seals, all definitely need cla’ed… but i keep all of his stuff on display in my office at work more as sentimental objects & to kind of honor him… so i also have his…

~ Pentax Spotmatic
~ Contax RTS
~ Contax 139 Q
~ Pentax ME Super
~ Graflex Speed Graphic
~ plus a half dozen or so lenses

plus my mom was an insurance agent & i also have her state farm issued polaroid sun 600 that she had with her at all times through the 1980’s lol

i keep all of these on display… away from my cameras that i use & hoard lol… don’t want any cross contamination… but i also want to proudly display these family treasures

 

[webestang64]

A tiny part of the collection.......

Set Up A Camera Case in my Apartment

Only could fit one glass case in my apartment for cameras. I got around 95 in there including 8mm and 1-16mm camera. I still need to dig out all my movie projectors for the top of the case. Enjoy........ Highlights.......

www.thephotoforum.com

 

[grainybear]

wow… you just crushed any feelings i had of owning too many cameras … man that’s an amazing collection… i’m in awe lol

 

[webestang64]

Thanks, I get most from customers at the many photo lab/stores I have worked at since 1985. Just this last year I've gotten about 30 cameras but also I collect 8mm and 16mm movie cameras/projectors. We do not resell any of those so the salespeople give them to me instead of going in a landfill.

 

[Thomas V]

So, what Photographing equipment do you have at your disposal and use or just have in your collection?

Here is my list:
SLR

• Body -
  • Canon EF
  • Canon EF - Wiring malfunction - Fixable
  • Canon TLb
  • Canon AE-1
  • Minolta XG-1
  • Minolta XG-7
  • Minolta XG-M
  • Pentax H2
  • Mamiya/Sekor DTL 500
  • Olympus OM-1
  • Chinion CS
  • Nikon FM
• Lens - FD mount
  • Canon 28mm 2.8 X2
  • Canon 35mm 3.5
  • Canon 50mm 1.4 (breech lock)
  • Canon 50mm 1.4 X3 (Bayonet mount)
  • Canon 50mm 1.8 X5
  • Canon 50mm Macro 1:3.5
  • Canon 85mm 1.8
  • Canon 100mm Macro 1:4
  • Canon 135mm 3.5
  • Canon 135mm 2.5
  • Sakar 135mm 2.8
  • Vivitar 400mm 5.6 X2
  • Gemini 80 - 200mm 4.5
  • Sears 60-300mm 4-5.6
  • Canon 100-200mm 5.6
    
    FL mount
  • Canon 135mm 1:3.5
    
    MD mount
  • Minolta 50mm 2.0
  • Vivitar 70-150mm 3.8 Macro
  • Minolta 50mm 1.7
  • Minolta 50mm 2.0
  • CPC 28mm 2.8 Macro
  • Focal 135mm 2.8
    
    OM mount
  • Vivitar 70-150mm 3.8
  • Vivitar 400mm 5.6
    
    Nikon F mount
  • Nikkor 50mm 2
    
    M-42 Screw Mount
  • Sears 50mm 1.7
  • Super Macro takumar 50mm 1:4
  • Super-Takumar 55mm 1.8
  • Chinion 55mm 1.7
  • Vivitar 135mm
  • Bushnell 200mm 3.5

P&S35mm

• Camera
  • Yashica T3D
• Lens - not changable
  • Zeiss Tessar 35mm 2.8

Rangefinder

• Camera
  • Kodak Signet 40
  • Leica IIIF
  • Argus C3
• Lens - not changable
  • Kodak Etkanar 46 mm 3.6
• Lens - changable
  • Leitz Elmar 5cm 3.5
  • Argus Cintar 50mm 3.5

Polaroid

• Camera
  • One step
  • One step

Box

• Camera
  • Ansco, Buster Brown
  • Ziess - Ikon, Box Tengor-54/2

Other

• Tripod
  • MX 2000 - 61inch
  • Targus - 48 inch Travel
  • Digital Innovations - 6 inch travel

• Bellows
  • Canon Bellows FL

• Light Meter
  • Sekonic Leader L-VI

* Green text = In transit
**Dark Red/grey text = Link to image
*** Red Text = Damaged/Needing repair

 

[wobe]

My collection seems quite small compared to many on here but such as it is, most regularly used are the OM3, F5, A7RV and Pen :-

CAMERAS

Olympus :
M-1
OM-2SP
OM-3Ti
OM40
35 SP
35 ED
XZ-1
Pen EPL8

Nikon :
F5
35Ti

Sony:
A7RV

LENSES

Zuiko OM :

28mm f2.8
50mm f1.4
50mm f1.8
55mm f1.2
85mm f2.0
35-105mm f3.5-4.5

M.Zuiko M43 :

45mm f1.8
14-42mm f3.5-5.6

Lumix (M43) :

45-200mm f4-5.6

Nikon AF :

S 17-35 f2.8 ED
D 50mm f1.8 D
D 28-105mm f3.5-4.5
S 105mm f2.8 ED VR
D 70-300 f4-5.6 ED

Sony FE :

24-105mm f4 G OSS
35mm f1.4 ZA

FLASH
Olympus :

F280

Nikon :

Speedlight SB-80DX


My wife has a very simple collection! - Canon M100 with Canon EF-M 22mm F2.0

 

[Thomas V]

My collection seems quite small compared to many on here but such as it is, most regularly used are the OM3, F5, A7RV and Pen :-

CAMERAS

Olympus :
M-1
OM-2SP
OM-3Ti
OM40
35 SP
35 ED
XZ-1
Pen EPL8

Nikon :
F5
35Ti

Sony:
A7RV

LENSES

Zuiko OM :

28mm f2.8
50mm f1.4
50mm f1.8
55mm f1.2
85mm f2.0
35-105mm f3.5-4.5

M.Zuiko M43 :

45mm f1.8
14-42mm f3.5-5.6

Lumix (M43) :

45-200mm f4-5.6

Nikon AF :

S 17-35 f2.8 ED
D 50mm f1.8 D
D 28-105mm f3.5-4.5
S 105mm f2.8 ED VR
D 70-300 f4-5.6 ED

Sony FE :

24-105mm f4 G OSS
35mm f1.4 ZA

FLASH
Olympus :

F280

Nikon :

Speedlight SB-80DX


My wife has a very simple collection! - Canon M100 with Canon EF-M 22mm F2.0

My Nikon F5 will always remain with me. Heavy? Darn right, but built like a hammer.

 

[Brooklyn Albertan]

A tiny part of the collection.......

Set Up A Camera Case in my Apartment

Only could fit one glass case in my apartment for cameras. I got around 95 in there including 8mm and 1-16mm camera. I still need to dig out all my movie projectors for the top of the case. Enjoy........ Highlights.......

www.thephotoforum.com

Fantastic display. I'll have to document my collection and post the results here. A lot of freebie point-and-shoots from the 70s through the 90s. Ditto freebie point-and-shoot digicams, which are really starting to climb in price up here, due to the CCD-sensor craze!

 

[wobe]

My Nikon F5 will always remain with me. Heavy? Darn right, but built like a hammer.

Right now I am lucky that I have no creaking backs or titanium hips. Until that day comes weight really does not bother me - in fact I’ve just finished a street shoot walkabout with the F5 in the midday sun and enjoying a well earned brunch

 

[Nikon photographer]

Here's my little collection, most are unused and boxed,

The cameras I have that I use are

Nikon Z50
Nikon Z5
Nikon Z7ii
Nikon 1 V1
Nikon F801

Lenses

Nikkor Z 16-50
Nikkor Z18-140
Nikkor Z 12-28
Nikkor Z 24-70 f4
Nikkor Z 14-30 F4
Nikkor Z 105 MC 2.8
Nikon 1 10-30

 

[lisam]

Here's my little collection, most are unused and boxed,

The cameras I have that I use are

Nikon Z50
Nikon Z5
Nikon Z7ii
Nikon 1 V1
Nikon F801

Lenses

Nikkor Z 16-50
Nikkor Z18-140
Nikkor Z 12-28
Nikkor Z 24-70 f4
Nikkor Z 14-30 F4
Nikkor Z 105 MC 2.8
Nikon 1 10-30

That is an expensive collection there

 

[Nikon photographer]

That is an expensive collection there

It's grown quite a lot since that post, so much so I've had to buy a bigger cupboard