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How many film cameras do people still own and use?


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Leica R: R8 (3), DMR, Motordrives for 2 film R8, R lenses; 80 lux, 50 lux. 35 lux, 50 cron, 35 cron, 19 elmarit v.1, 19 elmarit v.2, 24 elamarit, 90 elmarit, 250 Telyt

 

Leica M: M2, M3, CL (2), 50 lux, 35 lux (pre-asph), 50 cron (collapsible), 40 cron, 40 Rokkor (yeah!), 15 Super Heliar

 

Hasselbad V: 500C/M (2), 50mmCF, 120 CFi, 80mm, about a dozen various film magazines for various uses.

 

Speed Graphic, Ikoflex, Polaroid & various old 120 collapsibles for use @f22

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During years a made a lot of holiday travel with any of my Leica R cameras. Now I`m travelling with a Lumix GH1. It is lighter (very important), and easier to replace if it is lost or robbed. But when at home, I only use one of my R or M Leicas.

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Well, I wish I had more time... I still have many analog cameras and only one digital camera. My job means that I have to work with digital photos all day as my business deals with photo retouching and photo databases. An M6, a 2/35 and a Tri-X, that's a nice change on the weekend.

 

And this is my list:

 

Leica M6

Canon VT deluxe

35 and 50 Summicrons

2,0/100 LTM Canon

3,5/136 LTM Canon

4,5/21 adapted Zeiss Contarex Biogon

4/21 Voigtländer

2/35 LTM Canon

1,2/35 Voigtländer

1,5/50 LTM Zeiss wartime lens

AUFSU

Yashica 35cc (much less noise than a Leica M)

Canon EOS 1v and some 'L' lenses

 

 

Cameras that I own but don't use any more:

 

Olympus mju II

Zenza Bronica GS-1 w/ 3 lenses

Linhof Color w/ 150mm lens

Zeiss Ikon Contarex w/ 2/50 - a stupid mechanic ruined it

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Hasselblad 501CM, Minolta Dynax 9 & Dynax 9XI, Leica M6TTL; when I really thought about it, it was the Digital that went- no regrets whatsoever; I had a leica Digilux 2 for 6 years, and a Nikon D200; both good cameras,, the redundancy factor decided me though and out they went !

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Film:

Leica M2, KS15-4 (mil version of M2-R), CL

Contax RTS III, Aria

Konica I

Minolta XE-5 (broken), 600si x 2

Contax IIa BD, IIa RD

Digital:

Leica M8

Canon 5D

Sony A350

 

I used one of the M2's last weekend, but the truth is I use mostly the digitals these days. There is a psychological barrier to loading the film, using up the film in 35 exposure increments, finding a place to process it (or doing it myself for black and white), and spending 2-3 hours scanning it in when I can bypass all that and just plug in the card to my computer and have it all done for me, along with being able to 'develop' the raw files into color or black and white. It's a sad thing really. I had the M2 out with the M8 taking the exact same shots and comparing the two of them to see how the M8 compared (since it is a new addition). I fully intend to run some of the stock of film I have in my fridge and freezer though those other cameras though.

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Leica M7

21/2.8 Elmarit Asph

24/2.8 Elmarit Asph

28/2 Cron Asph

35/2 Cron Asph

75/2 APO Cron Asph

 

Mamiya 7II

Mamiya 43/4.5L

Mamiya 65/4 L

 

Arca Swiss F-Field with Micro Orbix (4x5 format)

Rodenstock 55mm APO Grandagon

Rodenstock 75mm Grandagon

Schneider 110mm XL Super Symmar Aspherical

Rodenstock 135mm APO Sironar-S

Rodenstock 210mm APO Sironar-S

Rodenstock 300mm APO Sironar-S

Nikkor 450mm M

Nikkor Micro 120mm AMED

 

Lord help me if my wife sees this compilation...its even scaring me :D

 

I use the Mamiya for Urbanscapes and some street work and the Arca Swiss for all of my landscape imaging with drum scanning performed by West Coast Imaging. For gritty B&W street and reportage, I use the M7 (it may seem like a lot of lenses for one M7 but I also have a pair of M8's and an M9 on the way, but this is the film forum so I dare not list them)

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Earlier I listed my two film camera bodies. In the last two weeks I shot five rolls of film. However, I'm listing them on eBay this week! First I sent two rolls of e6 off and the lab screwed them both up. I took two more rolls of bw to be developed at our (last) pro lab in the area - they still haven't done them after a week and a half - I feel they will be closing soon. My scanner packed up this past summer and I spent three futile months trying to get it repaired and can't see spending the money for a decent one again. God, I love film, but the hassle isn't worth it anymore so I'm saying goodbye after fifty years.

 

One more thing. I called Dwayne's in Kansas about developing my Efke 25. They said they never heard of it!!

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