Don't know anything about photography. I just like taking pics with my cell phone.

 

Update:

OK, I just bought a Canon FTb so I like taking pics with my cell phone & my 'new' old 35mm SLR.

 

Update #2:

I need a film scanner

 

Update #3:

Bought & fixed a broken Argus C3 and am loving it!

 

Update #4:

Bought a broken Argus Argoflex E TLR. Can't wait to fix it and try my hand at medium format (120)

 

Update #5:

The Argoflex now works! But it'll take me a while to get through the 120 roll and find some place to develop it. The red window is so dim I have trouble telling if I've wound it enough.

 

Update #6:

I got a Falcon Miniature. It might be my favorite. Needed very little work. I'm fascinated by the idea of one shutter speed and aperture and making do. Already ordered four rolls of 127 film.

 

Update #7:

I have a Canon EOS A2e to add to my collection. It and the FTb get the most use. I don't have a film scanner so I'm unlikely to upload all the hundreds of photos I'm taking.

 

I'm also developing B&W myself, got an enlarger on craigslist to make prints too.

 

I'm don't use my Pureview except for snapshots or MMS messages anymore.

 

Update #8:

I got a scanner! It can do 35mm film, but it's low end and I'm still figuring out the settings, but that's nice. I'm still unlikely to upload most of my pics. Takes too long.

 

Update #9:

Got a Kiev 4a from 1962. It's a Soviet Contax rangefinder with 50mm Jupiter 8m lens.

 

Update #10:

I got a perfect condition Voigtlander Perkeo II medium format folder with accessory rangefinder. It takes 120 and has a great f/3.5 color-skopar lens and synchro compur shutter.

It's so much better than the Argoflex - my first roll of fomapan came out fantastic. It's built like a fine watch and smaller than any of the other cameras (real cameras - I don't count the falcon mini) AND produces medium format quality negatives.

I love it.

 

I now also have a Ricoh 519M Deluxe which I carry around to ballgames and the like

 

I also have a 1948 Bell & Howell foton - a true legend

 

Also got a Sigma DP1 (original) - it's frustrating to use, but if I'm going digital, I'm going foveon

 

The Bell & Howell is 100% my go-to. Even with my bad scanner, I'm really loving the images I get with it on Tri-X (and Arista Premium)

 

I just got a Sigma SD14 DSLR as a new-job gift to myself. I figure I'll use it for color and the B&H for B&W film since color film processing costs are out of control. Maybe I'll shoot a little 120 slide film in the voigtlander, but other than that - that's it for film I can't develop myself.

 

Panasonic G3 (M43)

 

My cell phone is a Sony Xperia Z1s so I use that sometimes

 

Sony rx100

 

As of today, the Sony rx100 gets by far the most use, followed by the Sigma DP1, and Panasonic G3

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