Jeff WX1USN
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I love cameras! That can be seen by the fact that I hate selling cameras I own or have owned. Yes I have sold a "few" but I can count them on one hand. At the same time I have given many of my Canon DSLR's to my kids as they feel the same way.
My "camera collection" is not really a collection as other then the US Navy marked cameras what I have are all cameras that I own and have used over the years.
The U.S. Navy cameras I bought as they were identical to cameras I used while a Navy Photographer, all except the Leica M3 Navy marked as unless I win the lottery I will probably never have one. All my US Navy cameras work and have and often shoot film in them.
The Hasselblad, I had always wanted one, I got for a steal for helping a fellow ham radio operator evaluate a photographers estate. The estate company agreed to sell it to me for $100 including the Kodak lens for doing the work. It wasn't really work sort of like being able to spend time and sample things in a candy store!
I have my Dad's Retina IV, my Aunts Kodak Bantam, my old Brownie, Instamatic and the first 35mm I ever had that my Dad gave me Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic. Not pictured is my Nikon F3HP (non-USN) that one of my son's has and hasn't given back yet.
Lets see yours!
My "camera collection" is not really a collection as other then the US Navy marked cameras what I have are all cameras that I own and have used over the years.
The U.S. Navy cameras I bought as they were identical to cameras I used while a Navy Photographer, all except the Leica M3 Navy marked as unless I win the lottery I will probably never have one. All my US Navy cameras work and have and often shoot film in them.
The Hasselblad, I had always wanted one, I got for a steal for helping a fellow ham radio operator evaluate a photographers estate. The estate company agreed to sell it to me for $100 including the Kodak lens for doing the work. It wasn't really work sort of like being able to spend time and sample things in a candy store!
I have my Dad's Retina IV, my Aunts Kodak Bantam, my old Brownie, Instamatic and the first 35mm I ever had that my Dad gave me Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic. Not pictured is my Nikon F3HP (non-USN) that one of my son's has and hasn't given back yet.
Lets see yours!
