What cameras have you owned?

[gstark]

In this thread, Mick (ljxphotography) makes mention of the fact that, over an extended period of time, he has owned more than just a couple of cameras.

I think it would be a good idea for us each to try to remember and list the various cameras that we've owned over time, perhaps with some brief observations about some of them. Please, this is not meant to be a pissing contest, but more of a general interest type of thing.

I think we should probably avoid the very simple phds of yesteryear - the 127s, the instamatics, and the like. Most Polaroids and Kojaks also would probably be best avoided; likewise disposables.

Here's my (incomplete) list.

Voigtlander rangefinder (model unknown)
Practica LTL
Zenith (Model unknown)
Nikkormat FTn - with 55mm Micro lens. Still have this; solid as a brick.
Nikon FM
Nikon FE
Nikon FE2 - still have this.
Nikon FA
Nikon F801 - still have this
Mamiya C330
Mamiya 645 - camera returned due to being faulty and repairs were ineffective.
Bronica ETRs (x 2) - still have one. A great camera.
Kodak DC20 - my first digital; still have it.
Nikon Coolpix 950 - still have this
Nikon Coolpix 5700 - still have this. This camera has superb glass.
Nikon D70 - still have this
Nikon D200 - still have this
Nikon D300 - still have this
Canon A1 (x2) - one of the best 35mm bodies ever made.
Canon 30D - still have this
Nagaoka Cherrywood 4x5 view camera. Like my double bass, beautiful to look at as well as to use.
Speedgraphic 4x5. Remember the type of camera Jimmy Olsen used in the old Superman tv series?

I mentioned that the Nikkormat was as solid as a brick. This is true for each of the Nikon Fx bodies mentioned above. They were all of metal construction, handsome to look at, and all were able to be used even without a battery. Today's cameras, without a battery, are just paperweights.

I've not included cameras that others have given to me as "collectibles".

The two cameras from this list that I wish I still had an example of would be the Nagaoka, and the A1.

[ATJ]

Great idea, Gary.

Excluding the box brownie and Kodak Instamatic, here's my list.

Nikonos III - Still have this
Ricoh KR10
Pentax LX
Nikon FE2 - Still have this - a fantastic camera and probably one of my favourites
Nikon F801s - Still have this - my first introduction to AF although the kit lens was the only AF lens I had until I got the 60mm f/2.8D
Coolpix 950 - Still have this
Coolpix 4500 - Still have this - this was an excellent replacement to my Nikonos III for underwater use.
Nikon D70 - Still have this - My first dSLR. I loved this camera, until I got the D300
Nikon D300 - Still have this (of course) - A simply wonderful camera

[gstark]

I forgot my Coolpixes ....

Adding them now.

Andrew,

Ricoh KR10
Pentax LX

You moved from K mount to F mount.

I moved from screw mount to F mount, because I was starting to do some wedding photography, and I could see that what I had was simply not going to be up to the task.

What prompted your move?

[jdear]

Minolta X-700
Pentax MZ-50
Pentax MZ-5
Konica Minolta Dimage A2
Nikon F100
Nikon FA (considering selling)
Nikon F-301
Canon 30D
Canon 5D
Canon 5D Mark II

[ATJ]

You moved from K mount to F mount.
...
What prompted your move?

Flash sync. The Pentax LX, which was a great camera by the way, only had a 1/60s flash sync. The FE2 has 1/250s.

I had poured over the specs of the LX for months before I bought it but somehow I missed that little detail. Within hours of getting the camera in my hands I had major buyer's remorse and bought the FE2 shortly after.

At the time I had mostly Tamron SP lenses with Adaptall-2 mounts so switching was not a huge problem.

[Big Red]

My first SLR was a Zennit TTL around 1980,
traded it in a few weeks later for a Pentax ME Super which got damaged in a flood in around 2002 and i have since smashed open to have a look inside
bought a SH ME Super in 2002.
these were only ever used for happy snaps.

bought my first DSLR on new years eve 2004 to try and capture the new years eve fireworks ... the Pentax *istDs worked well but looking at the fireworks at surfers from the top of a mountain just didn't work although it rekindled a big interest in Photography which had remained dormant and i took 25,000 pics in 2 years with it. i still have it!

bought a Pentax K100D in Aug 2006 , great camera with shake reduction, i still have it.

bought the Pentax K10D in december 2006, 10Mp shake reduction and weather sealing was good but i preferred the IQ of the 6Mp K100D still have it as my main backup camera

bought the Pentax K20D in feb 2008 and IQ is as good as the K100D but with 14.6Mp its cropability is fantastic .. just simply love this camera

since 2004 when i bought that DSLR i have also collected quite a few lenses due to my Sony case of LBA

[Big Red]

HEY ...
just noticed that i wrote b a d case of LBA in the last paragraph but the post shows the word sony instead ...
went back to edit it as i thought i had somehow made a mistake but i had written b a d.
bad sony ???

My first SLR was a Zennit TTL around 1980,
traded it in a few weeks later for a Pentax ME Super which got damaged in a flood in around 2002 and i have since smashed open to have a look inside
bought a SH ME Super in 2002.
these were only ever used for happy snaps.

bought my first DSLR on new years eve 2004 to try and capture the new years eve fireworks ... the Pentax *istDs worked well but looking at the fireworks at surfers from the top of a mountain just didn't work although it rekindled a big interest in Photography which had remained dormant and i took 25,000 pics in 2 years with it. i still have it!

bought a Pentax K100D in Aug 2006 , great camera with shake reduction, i still have it.

bought the Pentax K10D in december 2006, 10Mp shake reduction and weather sealing was good but i preferred the IQ of the 6Mp K100D still have it as my main backup camera

bought the Pentax K20D in feb 2008 and IQ is as good as the K100D but with 14.6Mp its cropability is fantastic .. just simply love this camera

since 2004 when i bought that DSLR i have also collected quite a few lenses due to my Sony case of LBA

[biggerry]

Here's my (incomplete) list.

well I had better put in my super long extensive list of all the cameras...

Sony DSC-V1 - Stolen, awesome camera, compact and took great pictures, excellent for a newbie..
Sony DSC-V3 - actually preferred the V1 but this also took many a fine pictures for me - still own it.
Nikon D80 - awesome camera perfect upgrade from a P&S.

[gstark]

HEY ...
just noticed that i wrote b a d case of LBA in the last paragraph but the post shows the word sony instead ...
went back to edit it as i thought i had somehow made a mistake but i had written b a d.
bad sony ???

Don't ya just love how I use the word censor feature?

[kiwi]

In the digital SLR era (I did in the olden days have a Pentax P30)

D40 - sold
D2H - sold
D300 - still have
D2HS - sold
D3 - still have

Can't see me getting another for awhile

Maybe a D400 in DX if it has noise capabilities of the D700/D3

[ljxphotography]

Here are mine from the other thread, and I forgot a couple

Cannon AE1
Cannon F1
Cannon T50
Contessa LTE rangefinder
Mamiya TTL
Yashica FX2
Nikon F70 X2
Nikon D40x
Nikon D70
Nikon D200
Fujifilm S2pro
Fujifilm S3pro
Fujifilm S5pro
Nikon D1
Nikon D1x
Nikon F90x
Nikon D3

The ones I missed- D2h, Coolpix 5700, cannon powershot A330, Cannon Powershot A530IS, Kodak CX4230, Holga120n.

I thought I had a problem You guys have been propping up the camera market for years

Mick

[Antsl]

Hanimex compact
Yaschica TL Electro X
Nikon FE2
Nikon FM2
Hasselblad 500CM
Nikon F801
Nikon F4s (2)
Hasselblad SWC
Nikon F90X (2)
Hasselblad 503 CX
Nikon F100 (2)
Nikon D70s
Nikon D200
Nikon D3

[MATT]

I feel like a noob looking a the lists..

Canon T70 (wifes still have)
Nikon F65 ( still have)
D70 ( Sold)
D70s ( Still have bought for 11yr daughter to play with)
D200 (sold)
D300 (Sold but should have kept)
D700 (current)
D3( WANT Soooo BAD, didn t interest me until I played with one over Xmas)

Various other P&S film and Digitals. Wanting a LX3 for the wife once stock levels return. Could not buy on in Brisbane for love nor money.

MATT

[wendellt]

Cannon AE-1
Cannon IXUS1
Cooplix 8700
D2x (lost)
D200
D2x (lost)
D2x
D2x
Canon 1DSMKII

[ozimax]

Voightlander Vito B (still own)
Kodak Instamatic
Box Brownie (still own)
Canon T70
Canon Elph (APS)
Kodak DC210
Kodak DC (can't remember)
Sony DSC F707
Nikon D70
Casio Exilim S600 (now with daughter)
Canon 30D
Canon G9
Canon TX1 (now with son)
Canon 40D (still own)
Canon A590 (returned to store)
Canon A470 (still own)

I think I'm missing a few somewhere...

[whitey]

Canon T70
Canon Ixus 400
Nikon D80

[chrisk]

In order...
Canon, (some sort of film P&S cant remember which one now)
Canon AE-1(busted, where i fell in love with photography and canon.)
Canon EOS 500 (sold, where i started to travel and got quite serious about photography)
Nikon 5700 (still have)
Canon 850IS (still have)
Nikon D80 (sold)
Nikon D300 (current)

[Big V]

Pentax spotmatic
Pentax ME super
Minolta 9000
Casio qv10
Sony Mavica
Canon G2
Canon 300D
Canon 30D
Canon 1DMK111

[ozimax]

Hanimex compact
Yaschica TL Electro X
Nikon FE2
Nikon FM2
Hasselblad 500CM
Nikon F801
Nikon F4s (2)
Hasselblad SWC
Nikon F90X (2)
Hasselblad 503 CX
Nikon F100 (2)
Nikon D70s
Nikon D200
Nikon D3

Ants, not even one Canon?

[Greg B]

Great idea Gary.

Olympus OM1 - (what a fantastic camera!) Still have it.
Olympus OM10 - Lost custody to first wife (although I retained the Olympus 75-150 and Vivitar 28)
Olympus XA
Canon Epoca
Kyocera Yashica 230-AF (Belonged to my late father-in-law, I have never used it)
------------------
Canon G3
Nikon D70
Canon S3 (the best little travel camera)
Canon IXUS 55 for Rosanne
Nikon D200

[sirhc55]

My first camera was a Halina in 1958, since then, and in no particular order:

Nikkormat FT
Nikon F2 Photomic
Nikon F3HP
Nikon F90X
Nikon F100
Nikon D1
Nikon D70
Nikon D2Hs
Nikon D300
Pentax Spotmatic
Canon F1
Canon AE1
Kodak/Nikon DCS420
Nikon F801
Plus many more including P&S

[Murray Foote]

Here are mine best as I can remember in rough order:

Agfa Isolette (folding 120 camera from 1960)
Pentax SV (separate meter mounted on top)
Praktika SLR (screw mount)
Cosina SLR (screw mount)
Nikkormat *
Nikomat (That's what it says) *
Nikkorex *
Nikon FE *
Nikon FE * (Used five Nikon bodies for different speed of film and infrared)
Widelux F7 35mm panorama camera *
Ensign 6x9 old folding camera * (I think I still have it - I thought the format would give good quality but I didn't anticipate the lens)
Arca Swiss 5x4 monorail *
Nagaoka 5x4 field camera * (probably just like Gary's)
Rollieflex TLR * (from 1937 but still very sharp - much better I discovered in 1987 than a Mamiya 645)
Panasonic FZ20 * (well, my partner has that now)
Panasonic FZ50 *
Gaoersi 6x17 panorama camera *
Nikon D3 *

(* Still have these)

Regards,
Murray

[methd]

Nikon FE*
Nikon FA*
Nikon F4s*
Nikon F90x
Nikon D70
Nikon D200 x 2
Nikon D3 x 2*


* denotes that I still own them

[CraigVTR]

Ricoh xr2s (still have, dead shutter}
D70s, still have
D300, still have

[Reschsmooth]

Great idea:

Rolleiflex TLR (wife's)
Bronica ETRs (wife's)
Nikon F90x (wife had one of these before but sold)
Nikon F
Nikon FE
Nikon D200
Samsung camera phone.
Sony cybershot thing.

Wifey had some in the past when she was young (1970's?)

Apart from the Rollei, the rest have been acquired in the last 3 years.

[gstark]

Patrick,

Wifey had some in the past when she was young (1970's?)

So, these are the cameras of Alicia and her toy-boy?

[Reschsmooth]

Patrick,

Wifey had some in the past when she was young (1970's?)

So, these are the cameras of Alicia and her toy-boy?

Indubitably

[Oz_Beachside]

some of you guys should try pissing out the back of a speeding ski boat

[foonji]

Film:
Pentax SLR (can't remember what it was)

Digital:
Canon Powershot G3
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EOS 1D-Mk III

still got all the digi's

[phillipb]

Hey Gary, just to clarify, do you mean cameras that you have owned and used or just owned?
If it's owned and used, my list would probably reduce by about 50.

[gstark]

Hey Gary, just to clarify, do you mean cameras that you have owned and used or just owned?
If it's owned and used, my list would probably reduce by about 50.

Whatever, Philip.

[Yi-P]

Nikon FM2
Olympus OM2
Contax N1 - Sold
Nikon F100 - lost
Nikon F80
Nikon Coolpix 2100 - broken
Nikon D70 - Sold
Sony digicam (forgot model) - broken
Canon G4 - broken
Nikon D200 - Sold
Nikon D2H - Sold
Nikon D2X

[phillipb]

Ok, I'll limit it to what I actually used extensively.

Mamiya ZE-X -The camera that got me hooked into photography.
Nikon FM2
Bronica etrs x2
Yashicamat twin lens
Hasselblab ELM
Minolta 7xi
Minolta 600si Classic
Casio Z3
Nikon D70

I enjoy collecting cameras, I currently have about 35 of them, at one stage I had aound 60 but the display cabinet was too cramped so I scaled down.

[robert]

Had a few but

Ricoh something?-First SLR
EOS 500- first AF SLR
EOS 5- my most used SLR
EOS 3 - good but was losing interest by this time

Also a great Olympus OM2SP and a few Canonet rangefinder's

Concurrently I wandered into medium and large format.
Yashica TLR- first time composing on ground glass.What a revelation!
Bronica ETR 6x4.5
***Agfa Isolette III* 6x6 with solinar (Folding rangefinder)
*Agfa Record 6x9 with Solinar- awesome. probably still my best quality vs ease of use.(folding rangefinder)
**Speed graphic 4x5, still got two but never really made the most of it
*Calumet C1 8x10 (and 4x5 back) Green monster and like looking at a TV screen. Made some cool paper negatives but film was too expensive to use it as much as i want. (and also only had a 4x5 enlarger)

Heaps of other old folders that never saw much use.

Digital
*Canon s80
Canon 400D
*Canon 350D Infrared modded
*Canon 50D love the AF micro adjust and live view magnify focus



Favourite format- 6x9
Best quality- 8x10 inch. The negative is as big as a standard print!! Tone in contact prints is something else.
Easiest to use- EOS

* still own
Bold fav of that format

[aim54x]

I have to admit that I have not owned much:

FILM:
-Petri 7S (inherited from my grandad)
-Kodak point and shoot
-Nikon FM2n
-Nikon F80
-'135 28mm' Plastic camera that I built for christmas

Digital
-Kodak CX7430
-Fujifilm F100fd
-Nikon D300

Cameras in the the house that are not technically mine but I have used extensively

FILM
-Minolta point and shoot (mum's camera)

Digital
-Kodak CX7300 (my older sister's old camera - she borrows my F100fd theses days)
-Fujifilm S5 Pro (my little sister's DSLR but I use it more than her)

[fozzie]

My list is short:

Canon AE-1 : Sold
Minolta Dimage A1 - Still have
D70 : Still have
D2x : Love it

Remarks: Canon AE-1 - this camera belonged to my Father, before he passed away, and will never be sold by me.

fozzie

[ATJ]

Fozzie, I'm confused. Is the AE-1 sold or not?

[fozzie]

ATJ - I sold my Canon AE-1, but I will never sell my Father's.

Fozzie, I'm confused. Is the AE-1 sold or not?

fozzie

[Mr Darcy]

Film: (Sorry I don't recall the model numbers of most of these)
Various instamatics etc
Kodak Bellows 120
Zenit TLR
Yashica TLR Loved it. Wish I could track it down.
Pentax SP-F. Loved it. My daughter still uses it
Minolta 16mm It vanished in a move.
Nikon FM2. Still own
Nikon F3. Still own
Olympus PHD - Waterproof. Sadly My daughter proved it not sand proof

Digital:
Canon Powershot S20
Nikon D70s
Nikon D200

[Antsl]

Ants, not even one Canon?

I gained my interest in photography in my teens and aside from getting a job as a camera technician trainee straight out of school I was also spent a lot of time tyre kicking every new camera on the market in the early eighties. The one thing I discovered very early on was that of all the serious cameras at the time, the Nikons were the most intuitive to use. When I could afford it I bought my first Nikon, the FE2 and after that I was hooked.
I do get to use Canon cameras on an occasional basis (I was regularly reviewing them for magazines up until Canon got shirty with me over my review of the Canon 5D) and I still stand by my opinion that Nikons are more intuitive to use.

[digitor]

some of you guys should try pissing out the back of a speeding ski boat

It's a whole lot more fun than pissing out the front...

Chers

[Matt. K]

So few Leicas????? So few millionaires?
Zeiss Contina
Brownie box
Olympus Pen
Yashica Electro 35 (What a great camera that was for its time!)
Pentax 1000 (the Pentax lenses just didn't do it for me)
Nikon F
Nikon F2 (The best 35mm film camera ever made)
Nikkormat (A house brick...almost indestructible!)
Coolpix 5000 (Great picture quality but focus and shooting speed sooo slooow)
Nikon D70 (The beginning of the end for film)
Nikon D200
Nikon D300 (The end of film)
And to use at work but not belonging to me...
Nikon Fm2
Hasselblad plus 50mm,80mm,150mm and 250mm lenses
Mamiya RB67 and RZ76 plus a plethora of lenses
Linhof 5 x 4 view camera plus lots of lenses
Coolpix 900, 950 and 800 cameras

[Reschsmooth]

So few Leicas????? So few millionaires?

We can at least look forward to Craig posting?

[phillipb]

I've got 3 feds (leica copies) does that count?

[aim54x]

Ive played with a few leicas and a Hexar does that count?

[MCWB]

• Nikon F50: got me started, but never had much of a budget for film Still have it.
• Very crap yumcha digicam, all of ~$100 Sold quickly, awful!
• Sony Cybershot DSC-P1 (3.3 MP): Not bad pics in good light, battery life sucked though! Sold.
• Canon Powershot A80 (4 MP): Good cam, gave to my parents.
• Nikon D70: breakthrough camera, brilliant for its time. Still have it, mainly used for IR these days.
• Nikon D200: good upgrade from the D70, now sold.
• Nikon D300: good upgrade from the D200.

[dviv]

Not a big list... but I'm trying to change that now

Pentax P&S film camera
Kodak P&S film camera
Olympus C740UZ P&S (great camera - still have it)
Canon 350D (frist SLR!)
Canon 40D

[gstark]

Here's something that I think is very interesting.

Nikon FE2 - still have this.
Nikon F801 - still have this

Nikon FE2 - Still have this - a fantastic camera and probably one of my favourites
Nikon F801s - Still have this

Nikon FA (considering selling)

Nikon FE *
Nikon FE *
(* Still have these)

Nikon FE*
Nikon FA*
* denotes that I still own them

Nikon FM2

Y-P noted which of his cameras he has sold, therefore the ones not so marked may be presumed to still be in his posession

Nikon FM2. Still own

And to use at work but not belonging to me...
Nikon Fm2

Additions ...

Nikon FE

Each of these cameras share the same basic body/mechanics. I think it is quite astounding that, for many of us, many other bodies have come, and gone, through our possession, yet these ones remain, and do so with great respect for the capabilities of the camera.

These are from the posts where I can discern that the camera remains within the realm of the poster: there may be others, but the post may not have made clear the disposition of the camera.

[phillipb]

Yes, that's interesting Gary.
One of my biggest regrets is having sold the FM2 (and the Blad) not so with the F80, that camera never did much for me, although I got it just as digital was getting started so that may have had some influence.

[zafra52]

My cameras were:
1 Agfa Garvaez (my father bought it when I was 15)
2 Zenit (I paid two weeks wages)
3 Kodak instant ( I can't remember but the film came in a cartridge)
4 Agfa Garvaez (I bought it at a flee market Gold Coast 1986)
5 Pentax Spio 115 (got stolen - first break-and-enter)
6 Pentax Spio 115 (got stolen - second break-and-enter)
7 Canon -point-and -shoot (my first digital 640 X 480 pixels)
8 Olympus 750UZ
9 Canon 30D
10 Olympus SP350
11 Olympus SP570
12 To be continue...