Back into Film Photography

Since I’ve gotten back into film photography, I’ve been on this mission to collect a lot of cameras. I don’t want to get completely up to my chin in shit I really don’t need or want. I’m not the kind of collector that has to have everything they see because it’s there. I like stuff I can appreciate and use once in awhile.

My first 2 cameras I purchased were Canon A2 and A2e. Both nearly identical. A photographer about 35 miles north of me was selling them on Facebook Market Place for $50 each and they were in pristine condition. So, I bought them.

Then I purchased a few cheaper Minolta’s on eBay figuring I could fix the broken ones, which I haven’t done yet. Also I saw this yummy Nikon FE2 on eBay along with a nice zoom lens for $xxx (I won’t reveal what I paid for it). Never having a Nikon, it’s a great camera and I’ve been shooting the most with it. There’s ONE small thing I don’t like about but won’t go into detail of what that is.

Then…I desired a medium format beast…the Mamiya RB67. I use to own 2 of these with 4 lenses about 30 years ago. So…I bought one. I’m on the look out to expand this camera with another lens or two and some additional film backs. Lenses for the RB67 are really reasonably priced.

As of writing this post, I haven’t purchased any more cameras since the Nikon purchase.

The Mamiya RB67

A BEAST of a camera but I’m very familiar with it’s operation from owning 2 of them many years ago.

I’ve picked up a few more 35mm cameras since then, but not too many. I think I have a total of 18 film cameras. I’ve seen some guys with over 125 camera of just one brand, but many models.