In my camera bag
"What is a camera but a box of light?"
-- Ani Difranco
Promised Land ⤻
These days the above quote should be "What is a camera but a phone in your pocket?".
I stopped taking photographs I liked when I got my first iPhone. The romance of photography was gone, photos became a mundane chore to share every detail of my life to the social media blackhole.
Then I started a collection of cameras - of actual boxes that capture light. Thiftstores, yard sales, friends and family finding and giving me cameras. I was given a complete darkroom setup. I fell in love with the possiblity of not capturing a photo because of human error. Not having instant image review, of having to wait, process film and then finally see a photo.
Now I use my iPhone as a telephone - that I ignore & I always have a camera that is just a camera on hand. I've gotten back into digital photography with a #noedit ⤻ workflow. My take everywhere "probably fuck up the shot" camera of choice is the Leica MD(262)ⅆ with a delightful Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 II MC Lens that I would not cry over if i was mugged.
** ⅆ = digital camera, everything else is analog film.
The list:
Hasselblad 907x 50c ⅆ
Hasselblad 500c
Leica M4P
Leica MD (type 262) ⅆ
Fujifilm XT3 ⅆ
Fujifilm S5200 ⅆ
Sony A6000 ⅆ
Mamiya RB67
Yashica Mat 124g
Yashica Electro 35G
Nikonos V
Nikon FM10
Nikon FE
Nikon L35AF
Nikon Coolpix S01 ⅆ
Nikon D90 ⅆ
Nikon S630 ⅆ
Pentax ME Super
Konica Big Mini
Konica EE Matic
Minolta Orion Freedom Zoom
Minolta Autopak 460T (110)
Minolta Easy Flash
Holga 120FN
Canon Sureshot 60 Zoom
Canon Sureshot Telemax
Canon Powershot A40 ⅆ
Canon AF35M
Canon AE-1
Canon EOS Rebel S
Kodak Ektar H35
Kodak Advantix 4100ix
Kodak Duoflex
Kodak Instamatic X-15
Kodak Instamatic X-45
Afgaflex II
Agfamatic 2000 pocket (110)
Argus 75
Argus Super 75
Oylmpus 35RD
Ricoh XR-10
Ricoh WG-4 ⅆ
Pentax K1000
Zeiss Ikon
Universal Roamer II
Nashika 3D 8000
HP Photosmart C200 (1.0 megapixels!) ⅆ
Instant film cameras : a soild print instantly - what a luxury.
Cambo SC 4x5 with LomoGraflok 4×5 Instant Back
Fujifilm Instax 210
Fujifilm Instax mini Evo ⅆ
Mint RF70
Mint TL70
Polaroid Go
Polaroid 680
Polaroid SX-70
Polaroid Cool Cam 600
Polaroid Pronto
Polaroid 600
Polaroid Sun 600
Polaroid Blue Express 600
Polaroid Landcamera 100
Polaroid Landcamera 420
Polaroid Izone
Cameras I'd like to add to my collection:
Hasselblad Earth Explorer Kit ⅆ
Help me ⤻ buy
a $13,999USD camera
Hasselblad Xpan
Leica M11D ⅆ
Fuji Finepix W3 3D ⅆ
Pentax Auto 110
Pinsta 4x5
- - Full spectrum modified camera. Which ⅆ camera in my collection should I have modified?
Darkroom stuff:
Durst M600
Lab-box
Cinestill DF96
Cinestill CS41
Lomography Berlin Kino 400
T-max 400
Rollei Infared
Ilford HP5