What camera did you own before?

[jaapv]

And how many. I added them all up and came to the following list. A few I still own, I usually have a number of camera's at the same time, but still, it made me scratch my head, I hope there are no psychiatrists reading this thread!
I might add that I mean camera's that you owned to actually use, not just to collect!
* denotes currently still owned.
6x9 box
Agfa Click
Agfa Clack
Agfa Silette
Exa II
Olympus OM1
Olympus OM40
Olympus XA4
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic 1000
Pentax 110
Leica M3*
Leica M4
Leica M6
Leica R3
Leica R4
Leica R5
Leica R7
Leica Mini
Leica Minizoom
Leica M6TTL*
Leica Digilux2*
Mamiya 1000*
Mamiya 645E
Praktina*
Minolta SRT*
Polaroid 70
Fuji something digital
Fuji MX2700*
Casio QV40*
Canon Eos 300D
Canon Eos 10D*


The only excuse I have is that I have been photographing for more than 50 years

[Solinar]

I'm not going list them all, but my first camera was a Yashica D. I believe they were between $60 and $75 new in 1969. Mine was a gift from a relative, so I don't know what it cost. To make a long story short, today whenever I use my current Rolleicord V, there is a deep rooted connection to that first camera.

[kiev4a]

List begins in about 1955....

Ansco Pioneer (620)
Ansco Super Memar
Exa I
Canon IV SB
Perti Flex V
Pentax H1a
Mamiya 1000 TL
Nikkormat FTn
Nikon Ftn
Leotax
Leica M3 DS
Nikon FTN Black w/MD
Leica M3
Contax RTS
Graflex 4x5 View Camera
Mamiya C330
Mamiya M645
Olympus OM1
Pentax LX
Nikkormat FT3
Olympus RC
Nikkormat EL
Nikon FM
Nikon FE
Nikon N90
Leica M3 DS
Nikon F100
Nikon FM
Nikon F3HP
Contax II
Canon II S2
Koni Omega 100
Mamiya C220
Graphic 35
Argus A 3
2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Speed Graphic (My dad's)
More FSU RFs than I can count, plus more lenses than I can remember.

MY GOD! No wonder I'm always broke!

[bmicklea]

I've only been into photography for about 6 years so my list is short:

Canon EOS 650
Canon 55e*
Olympus Trip 35
Rolleiflex 2.8d
Voigtlander Bessa R2A
Yashica GTN*
Yashica T4 Super

Canon s40
Canon s50*

Oh boy...that's more than a camera a year isn't it...zowie. I may need a second and third job if I'm going to have both a home and a camera collection by the time I've been photographing for 50 years.

Brad

[RObert Budding]

I started with a Kodak Instamatic that used 126 film cartridges. I used the Instamatic until my college roomate lent me an Olympus RC. I then purchased a Nikon FE2, followed by a Nikon 8008 (used that for 15 years). Sold that for a Contax N1 before plunging into Conatax rangefinders.

Robert

[pedro.m.reis]

Well, until this year i only used disposable cameras .... true. Then in the spring a friend of mine show me his digicam, and i though that it was time to get a camera.
Well, i went to a store and bought a Canon 350D. There was a problem because the only one that they got was for show only and they told me that mine will come in 20 days. I had a problem then because i was going to hollydays. No wanting to go another time without a "proper" camera i spoke to a friend to lend me an 35mm camera. He sold me his canon AE-1 program + 50mm 1.4 SSC + 35mm 2.8 SSC for ... 75€, it was a bargain.
Bought some Velvia on his advice. During this hollidays i went to my father's who gave me his slide projector, his Yashica Lynx 14.... After that i bought an electro 35, a A-1, a Lubitel ..... Had the GAS attack before even know what GAS means
All said i still have my 350D, mainly for my wife use .

[Kin Lau]

No excuses about 50 years here , but most of these have accumulated in the last 3 years (which is _REALLY_ scary) and I have almost all of them still.

SLR's, 8 Minolta's (SR1, SRT's to X-700), 7 M42's (Pentax SPII, Fujica, Vivitar, Yashica, Zenit...), 1 Pentax Super, 2 Y/C (Yashica's), 1 Canon AE-1, 2 Contaflexes, 1 6x6 Salyut, 3 EOS (630, 300D, 350D).

RF's, 2 Speed Graphics (baby & 4x5), 1 Busch Pressman (6x9), 2 Moskva's (2&5), Z2C, Z4, Z4K, F2, F5, K3a, K4a (x2), Leica IIIa, Bessa R, 3 Canonets (G3 QL17, 28 & 19), 2 Hi-Matics (F & 7S), 1 Minolta A, 2 Oly (SP & XA), 1 Century Graphics 35, 1 Argus C3, 1 Kodak Retina IIa.

Other, Calumet 4x5, Kodak Retinette 2B, Retina 1a, Halina 35x, Vivitar UW, Canon A70, Voightlander 110.

Now, let me get out of the way before bmattocks & wierdcollector cause a buffer-overflow error with their lists

edit: forgot the TLR's, Ricohflex Million & Seagull 4A

[VinceC]

Pentax ME Super
Canon F1 (old style)
Nikomat FTn
Nikon FM
Nikkormat FT
Nikkormat FT2
Nikon F Tn
Nikon F2 (DP1)
Nikon FM2 (older not 'n')
Nikon F eye-level with motor
Kiev 4a
Nikon S2
Nikon S3
Kiev 2a
Nikon SP
Canon G1

[cbass]

Photography is more of a hobby for me but I've still managed to obtain and part with several cameras along the way. The ones I most regret selling were the Nikon L35AF (P&S) and the Minolta Hi-Matic G. Those were sweet cams; a lot of fun to use.

Jaap, Kin: like yourselves, I simply cannot part with my Minolta SLRs. I've got an XG-9 and and SR T-101...there's something about those cams...they feel so good in the hand and they seem to be greater than the sum of their parts.

[Roman]

Well, I'm not going to list them all (I've got close to 70 cameras), only those that I did use for some time, or am still using:

Agfa Pocket
Zorki 4
Pentax MZ-M, MZ-5n, Super-A, MX, K2
YashicaMat
Moskva 5
Iskra (2x)
Mamiya C220
Kiev 60
Pentacon Six TL (2x)
Horizon 202
Konica C35
FED 2 & 5B (2 of each)
Olympus XA
Zorki 6
Kiev 4 (a couple)
Konica Autoreflex TC
Mamiya 645 Super
Voigtländer Bessa R
Konica Auto S2
Minolta HiMatic 7SII
Rolleicord Va
Leica CL
YashicaMat 124G
Canon G5
Rolleiflex 3.5 C
...and the new kid on the block: Leica M2

Roman

[RayPA]

Before...RF's? I'll list the ones that had the biggest impact on me, and that were not RF's:

Yahsica Mat 124
Canon AE-1
Nikon N2002

[jaapv]

Chris- the only Minolta lens I still have is the 100 mm macro with 1:1 adapter. In its time it was the only serious competitor for the Leica Apo-macro 100.I hardly ever or better said never use it any more and should really sell it, but somehow the few Euro's it would bring me don't compensate for the sight of it sitting on top of my camera-cupboard.

[Honu-Hugger]

Started with a Brownie for my fifth birthday -- first picture was of my dog's excrement (it seemed like a good idea at the time). I've had too many cameras since then to list, but the interesting thing is my photography has not improved significantly...I should sell everything and get another Brownie.

[vha]

What i can remember at the moment :

Richo YF-20 (my first camera)
Nikon F401s
Nikon FM
Nikon F2
Nikon FM (black)
Nikon F4e
Nikon F3p
Nikon F801
Nikon F4s
Nikon F3/T
Contax G2
Minox GT-X
Richo Gr1s
Rollei 35
Minolta Hi matic E (?)
Vogtlander Bessa T w/1 gen summicron collapsible
Rolleiflex F or E , 75mm planar 3,5
Hasselblad 500 c/m
Fujifilm Nexia 3500 (needed something just for the weekend )
Olympus Mju II
Olympus OM 10
Olympus XA
Olympus c8080wz
Nikonos V
Kodak retinet something collapsible with schneider lens
Kodak retinet with rodenstock lens
Leica M6
Fujifilm Finepix 2600
Fujifilm finepix F610

That should mostly what i´v been using my money on for the last 12 years.

vha

edit : right now i just have the G2, M6, XA and GR1s, c8080 just for work stuff.

[anandi]

My current list (& still owned) In order of acquisition.

0. Leica IIIg (my father's, now mine, but not used yet - will be this weekend after CLA)
1. Polaroid Oneshot (my first a present from my father)
2. Canon A35F
3. Canon T70
4. Canon Sureshot MAX
5. Yashica T-4 super
6. Pentax Espio Mini
7. Minox 35GL
8. Canon G-2
9. Yashica Electro 35 GT
10. Olympus XA
11. Canon QL-17 / GIII
12. Canon QL-19
13. Canon A-1

It might be interesting to note that all of the cameras from 9-13 have been purchased in the last 6 weeks after I picked up the Yashica Electro 35 and did some research on it. This forum and www.photoethnography.com fuelling my GAS and re-kindling my love of film cameras.

More information on my cameras http://unseentomorrow.blogspot.com/2...collector.html

-A

[Honu-Hugger]

This reminds me of when I was younger, listing and counting the women I had sex with. It was a relief to finally reach a point where the list and the numbers no longer mattered; I remember the first, a few of the memorable affairs, the last (my wife), and those I still lust after .

[cp_ste.croix]

sheesh i'm such a lightweight compared to you guys...

aside from a 16mm camera i had as a kid, i started with

Canon AE-1 (my dad's, but he's giving it to me soon as he never uses it anymore)
Canon Rebel
Canon EOS 1V HS (bought 2 summers ago, before i knew that i should be investing in a Leica)
Yashica GSN
Canon QL17 (new version)
Rollieflex

It took me about 5 years to save for the 1V, I assume some sort of simmilar timeline for my M6 and another 5 years for any lenses, and then another 5 years for the M3 (for my 75 lux )

[kiev4a]

Originally Posted by Honu-Hugger

This reminds me of when I was younger, listing and counting the women I had sex with. It was a relief to finally reach a point where the list and the numbers no longer mattered; I remember the first, a few of the memorable affairs, the last (my wife), and those I still lust after .

My camera list is a lot longer than my woman list. I've been married to the same woman for 38 years

Come to think of it--Maybe my woman list is short cuz I spent so much time with cameras.

[Kin Lau]

Originally Posted by jaapv

Chris- the only Minolta lens I still have is the 100 mm macro with 1:1 adapter. In its time it was the only serious competitor for the Leica Apo-macro 100.I hardly ever or better said never use it any more and should really sell it, but somehow the few Euro's it would bring me don't compensate for the sight of it sitting on top of my camera-cupboard.

I have that too... it was an unlisted lense in an auction of a bag of lenses & accessories + a busted X-700 with a BIN of $100-

I have a SR1, SRT101 & 200, X-570, X-700's, XD-11 & XG-M.

I love the fact that these MC, MD primes are just so _cheap_ right now. I also had a 100/2.5 given to me as part of a package as well, so I have lots of good glass to use on APX100 & FP4+.

[dmr]

In order of possession:

Brownie Starflash
Mamiya SD (1)
Pentax Spotmatic
Pentax K1000
Olympus Stylus Zoom
Canon QL17 GIII
Yashica D
Mamiya SD (2) (Frankencamera)

And not to show my real age I've been shooting for 45 years or so.

[Gabriel M.A.]

before what?

[stet]

wow, this thread filled up fast.

I'm not only an RF newbie but a photo newbie. My dad's Canon 7s was the first "real" camera I had that really got me interested in shooting, and that was only a few months ago. Before that I had a Ricoh R1s that I still love, but it's all taken apart because I tried to figure out why the motor is so loud now. Since inheriting the Canon, and finding this site, I've added a Minolta XG-M, Rapid Omega 200 and a Kodak Hawkeye Flash.

[back alley]

who can remember them all?

i know that i have at one time or another owned (new) the top model in the nikon, canon, miranda (don't laugh) and olympus slr lines.
the top model in the leica m and minolta m rf lines.
the top model in the mamiya 120 rf line.

it's only with the canon p did i start to buy used and found true happiness.

joe

[Toby]

I have owned

Olympus AF-1 Compact
Canon AE1P
Canon T90
Canon Eos 5
Pentax 67
Bessa R
Pentax Optio S55 (if anyone's interested I'd like to review this from an RF perspective)


A model of restraint I'll think you'll agree (although they are giving away nikon FM2N's away free with happy meals now...)

[simonankor]

Since I started three years ago...

Ricoh 500GX*
Sony DSC-F707
Pentax K1000
Ricoh Singlex TLS
Agfa Silette 1
Barclay 35
Atlas 35
Petri Racer
Nikon F3
Pentax ME Super*
Pentax MEF*
Canon AE1P
Canon 300D
Voigtlander Bessa R*
Canon P*
NKVD-FED 1*
FED 2
Kowa Super 66*
Olympus XA2*
Olympus XA1*

I think that's it, really... All been used, I can't stand to let them sit on the shelf too long.