Well, I've searched around for a thread, but didn't see anything like this one.
We're all here for one reason or another, but I'd imagine everyone of us has one thing in common....some cameras!! :wink:
And I'd also imagine there are quite a few of you with more sitting around than you could post up about, but I think it would be neat if we'd all post up some pics of our favorite and most used camera, and a little about them.
Here's my very bad pic I just took while I should have been doing the dishes :wink:
All my bodies are pictured with the exception of my Himatic 7 (shutter is stuck so its in a box from when I moved a few months back) and my Maxxum 7D, which was used to take the picture.
My main go to camera, that almost never leaves my side is the F1N. Nothing feels more at home in my hands and there are times I'll use it exclusively all week long.
My QL17 is probably my next main camera for personal stuff. This thing almost never leaves the car, unless its extremely cold out (like right now) or when its in my hands. There have been far too many times I've had that "damnit I wish I had a camera right now," so now it goes where ever I go. It's also served me on many backpacking trips in the smokie mountains, its just small enough to fit in my pack, and doesn't add alot of weight.
My next most used would be the Canon IIf ( I think it's a IIF, I might be wrong) This, in many times along with the F1N are my street cameras, though. Right now I've only have a Summarit 50(B&W) and a Jupiter 8 50(color), but I'm looking to pick up a few more LTM's here in the near future, and possible a Bessa R to pick up as my main backpacking rig.
The non-pictured 7D is my most used camera these days for personal color work and client work (unless they request slides, and then its just the 7). Since I picked it up over the summer I find myself shooting less and less color film, unless its the roll housed in my QL17 for those emergency situations where I wasn't planning on shooting. Though there are many times when I don't want to lung around the thing and pick up the QL17 instead.
the Maxxum 7 also gets alot of work when I'm doing wide angle b&w or color, as my favorite lens for that is my 15-30mm Sigma.
The ol Maxxum HTsi plus very rarely see's any action these days, unless it is on loan to my sister inlaw. It was my first auto-focus SLR purchase a few years back, and at first saw tons of use, but that all but disapeared when I bought the 7 soon afterwards. It does however see a good bit of backpacking use in the summer months when I've got the room in my pack and know I may be going somewhere that a zoom will be nice and handy. I've got a couple cheap zooms that I picked up that aren't too large, and will handle most situations when out in the mountains.
The Olympus C-700UZ was my first digital I bought about 5 years ago. It was originally purchased for a vacation I went on where I didn't have the luxury of hauling along my normal gear, as space was of the up most importance, and its just slightly smaller than the QL17 and will fit nicely into a coat pocket. Since then it has become my "party" and snap shot camera when I don't trust bringing the expensive stuff (spilt beer and expensive cameras just doesn't seem like a good idea), and its 2megapixels is just enough for the stupid faces your drunk friends make at the yearly newyears eve bash.
The Yashica D is currently my only MF camera I own. I've come close to purchasing more MF gear, but the 7D took most of that fund away at the time, and since I've moved to digital for most of my commercial work, I haven't had the need for it yet. But this camera sees alot of use when I go on short hikes, or day long hikes when I bring the full boat load of gear along for every situation.
The newest thing I've picked up is the FT QL. I just grabbed that with a second 50mm 1.8 a few days ago for $20. I'm hoping to use it along side the F1 for photo outings in the mountains and other various excursions down town and the like, keeping one body loaded with color and the other with FP4+. It was a little dirty, but a scotch bright pad and some mildly soapy water took everything right off. However there is some fungus or mold growing in the view finder, and blocking part of the view. If anyone knows how to take the view finder out and clean it, I'd love to hear how
