Cameraholic ~ chronological
currently owned cameras in bold
Kodak Instamatic 110 – very simple cartridge camera for a nine-year old in 1969
Canon AE-1 35mm, bought from an old school camera shop in SLC, 1980
Olympus OM-1, found underneath a chairlift at Sugarloaf
Wista DX Cherrywood 4x5 in 1983
Rolleicord 6x6 prewar, mildewed
Olympus XA, used mine for twenty years until it fell apart
Olympus OM-1n, excellent 1970s camera
Mom’s old Kodak DuoFlex 620
Wista Rittreck 5x7 with green hammertone enamel, very Japanese
Nikon FM-2n, four-plus bodies, NPC Polaroid back, MD12 motor drives, and 24/2, 35/2, 55/2.8, 85/1.4, 105/2.5, 180/2.8 AIS primes
Fuji 690 GW II 6x9, when I photographed the CEO of Kodak I put tape over the Fuji logo
Nikon S2
Korona Banquet 7x17, ridiculous, wobbly, dried out
Wista SP 4x5, I did everything with this, used 75-90-135-180-210-300mm Rodenstock lenses
Zenit SLR
Canon Xap Shot digital (1989) pointless but cool, a video-based digital camera
Mamiya 6 6x6, went all in with this system even dedicated a third body to a fiber optic Polaroid back
Nikon N60
Hasselblad 501cm 6x6 kit with two bodies, best lenses, too precious for me, I’m a Rollei guy
Olympus Stylus
Rolleiflex 2.8E2 Planar 6x6, wonderful, the just right Rolleiflex
Sinar F 4x5 – front standard is junk, buy the F2 instead
Nikon F3hp (two bodies) with 24/2, 85/1.4, 180/2.8 AIS, MD4s and a NPC Polaroid Back in a Domke F2
Calumet C2 4x5, the “coat hanger” camera
Ricoh GR-1
Santa Barbara Pinhole 4x5
Kodak DCS digital, early one with the 40mb shoulder carried SCSI hard drive
Polaroid SX-70
Graflex Super Graphic 4x5, the most modern and worst of the Graflex cameras
Fuji 690 GSW III 690 6x9, superb
Fuji MX-2700 digital, wonderful 2mp compact
YashicaMat G 6x6 good solid TLR
Olympus Stylus again
Leica SL and SL-2, these were great, had a 28, 50, 90 kit
Konica Hexar Silver, so quiet you wouldn’t know if you made the photo or not
Sony FP-3 digital, absolute garbage
Lubitel TLR 6x6 (2000) funky junky
Pinhole Resource 4x5 junky funky
Fuji 6800 digital, a great camera in its day
Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5
Rollei 2.8F Planar 6x6 with Flenor CLA and bright screen
Sinar Norma 4x5, superb
USSR Horizant 24x72mm panoramic, worked well but chewed up a roll every once in a while
Leica IIIc
Brooks Veriwide 100 6x10, horrible mechanically
Leica M2
Rolleiflex 2.8F Xenotar 6x6 – no different than a Planar
Olympus Stylus
Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5
Noblex 150UX 6x12 rotating lens panoramic
Arca-Swiss C 4x5
Bilora Bella 6x6
Linhof Kardan Super Color ST 4x5
Linhof Technika IV 4x5, I rebuilt this one
Leica III
Kodak DCS 520 digital, first usable DSLR for me
Konica Hexar Black
Nikon D70s (two bodies), 20, 24, 35, 50 AFD lenses
Sinar Handy 4x5, totally not worth the trouble
Arca-Swiss Discovery 4x5
Polaroid 110 modified to use 4x5 film by Dean Jones
Noblex 150 Pro 6/150 F 6x12
Rollei 2.8E 120 Xenotar 6x6
Rollei 2.8E3 120 Xenotar 6x6
Leica M6 Classic
Konica Hexar Black
Leica II ~ easiest way to get a black Leica
Linhof Technika IV 4x5
Leica M6 Classic
DeGolden Busch 8x10, the absolutely worst camera ever!
Nikon D70, two more bodies
Nikon D2X, bought it on the spot even though I couldn’t afford it
Fatif 8x10, cool design
Arca-Swiss A 8x10
Graflex RB Super D SLR 4x5, best choice for handheld portraits, find one with a Graflock back and clean mirror
Polaroid 110B modified to use 4x5 film, again
Graflex Super Graphic 4x5 with Aero Ektar, a dumb fad I participated in
Anba-Ikeda 5x7, wobbly AF
Nikon D80, better than the D2x if I am honest
Sinar F2 4x5
Crown Graphic with 135/3.5 Xenotar
Palm Treo 650 Smart Phone
Agfa Isolette 6x6
Linhof Super-Technika V 4x5
Leica M6 classic
Panasonic LX-2 digital
Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5
Leica IIIc
Nikon D300
Calumet C1 8x10
Sinar Norma 8x10 with 14” Kodak Commercial Ektar on a Gitzo Giantluxe tripod
Olympus 420, simply awful
Nikon D70s again!
Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5
Konica Hexar Black
Rolleicord Va 6x6
Leica IIIc
Rolleicord K2 6x6, pre war
Nikon D200
Nikon F100, pay extra to get one with non-sticky back and beveled rewind fork
Holga pinhole panoramic 6x12
Leica M6 classic
Leica M2
Ricoh GR-D II
Canonet QL-17III
Panasonic G1
HTC Incredible smartphone
Nikon N80 and D80, nice combo with small prime lenses
Arca-Swiss C 4x5
Sinar Norma 4x5
Leica IIIc
Original Toyo Field Metal Half-Plate adapted to 5x7
OIympus Stylii, never paid more than $20 each
Panasonic G1
Polaroid 600
Nikon D300
Kodak Medalist II 6x9, 620 converted to 120 by Ken Ruth, ergonomically absurd, beautiful machining and lens
Nikon D80 and Nikon N80, go-to compact SLRs
Linhof Technika IV 4x5
Nikon D7000
Fuji Klasse, tiny viewfinder sabotages an otherwise good design
Panasonic G1
Fuji GW690III 6x9
Nikon N80
Graflex Super D 4x5
Linhof Technika V 4x5
Panasonic G1
Rolleiflex 2.8E3
Nikon D700
Noblex 612UX 6x12 panoramic
Panasonic GX1 with 20mm prime
Sinar Norma 4x5
Nikon F3hp
Kodak Panoram 1d 6x18 panoramic
Chamonix F1 4x5
Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5, stripped of all rangefinder hardware and covered in gaffer tape
Apple iPhone 5s
Nikon D300
Olympus Sylus Epic
Kodak Autographic 127
Rollei 35mm
Fuji X100T
Leica M6
Leica II black
Panasonic GX1
Nikon F100
Nikon D810, three bodies with 28/1.4e, 105/1.4e, 300/4 PF
Olympus Stylus II
Konica Hexar AF black
Fuji Mini-Instax
Nikon Coolpix A
Cheap clone of a GoPro III
Kodak Panoram 1d 6x18
Fuji X-100F, lousy files
Apple iPhone 7s
Leica M6 Classic
DJI Mavic Pro drone
Aquatech surf housing for Nikon D800/810
Leica II
Nikon Coolpix A
GoPro Hero 7 Black
Nikon F3hp
Nikon D850
Nikon Z7 with 35/1.8
Leica II
D850 (x2) w Zeiss Milvus 35/1.4, 50/1.4, 85/1.4 ~ oh so heavy
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Nikon Z50, recommended to friends who want a good camera for a reasonable price
Nikon Z7 w 35/1.8s
Leica IIIc
Leica IIIf
Leica IIIg
GoPro Hero 8 Max
Leica M2 black repaint
Nikon F2 black eye level DE-1 prism with 105/2.5, 50/1.2 AIS
Nikon F4s, DA-20 Sportssucher (sports finder) and 135/2 AIS, 20-35/2.8 AFD, 50/1.2 AIS
Rolleicord V, slower than the Rolleiflex otherwise excellent image and build quality, simpler
KMZ Horizont Горизонт these will chew up the film sprocket holes and jam occasionally
Nikon Z7ii with 50/1.8S, have owned the 70-200/2.8s, 24-70/2.8s, 26/2.8, 40/2, 135/1.8, 20, 24, 35, 85/1.8s and 50/1.2s lenses
Nikon D850, best all-around digital camera in 2022
Ricoh GR III
Fuji GL690 with 100/3.5 beater Texas Leica
Nikon F2AS with 85/1.4 AIS
Leica II Nickel with 50/3.5 Nickel Elmar
Leica M6 with 50 Elmar, 35/2 Summicron ASPH, excess frame lines removed, MP finder.
Canon 1n with 50/1.2L
Canon 1n with 40/2.8 pancake
iPhone 13 Pro Max bought for its amazing camera
Nikon Z5 with 40/2
Two Nikon D850 bodies with Nikon 35/1.4G, 85/1.8G and 300/4PF
Chamonix 810V 8x10 view camera with Fuji W 300/5.6
Dalle AI
Nikon F3P, very nice film body
Intrepid 8x10 v.3 unusable
Chamonix 8x10 WWA-V with 240/5.6 APO-Symmar
Nikon N80 with 20/2.8 AFD cheap decent reliable 35mm film camera
Minolta CLE with 40/2 Rokkor
Pair of Nikon D850s with 40/2 SLIIs Voigtlander; 85/1.4G, 135/2AIS; Zeiss Milvus 50/1.4 and 35/2
DJI Action 2 wearable
DJI Mini III Pro drone, big fan of our Chinese overlords at DJI
Linhof Kardan Super Color 4x5 monorail
Nikon Z30
iPhone 14
Olympus Stylus 35/3.5
Nikon Z8 with 26/2.8, 40/2, 85/1.8s
Linhof Technika IV 4x5 with rangefinder-coupled 150mm
Leica M4 with 50/2.2 VC Ultron