Cameras you wish you still had

[melek]

I've bought and sold a lot of cameras through the years. There are some that I wish I had kept.

I wish I still had my Pentax MX. I bought it new in 1978. Later, I sold it to my brother so I could start fresh and buy into Nikon. The thought never occurred to me that you could own more than one SLR system. My brother later sold it to a friend of mine, who as far as I know still has it but hasn't used it in years.

I sort of regret selling my XPan, although I didn't use it that much, and I needed the money at the time (a recurring theme).

I would like to get back my original Rolleiflex Automat with a Xenar.

I wish I still had the Leica M6 so I could sell it again. Same goes for the Kodak Super Six-20.

[PFMcFarland]

Well, in keeping with the theme of the forum section, the only 35mm SLR I wish I still had was my original Nikkormat FTn. I've replaced it with others, but it had sentimental value over anything else I've ever owned.

PF

[LarryD]

My Speed Graphic but in 35mm it would be my F2.

[RonB]

My Crown Graphic with the red bellows, it stayed in the basement for some years and finally sold it on the Nelson site.
Now wish that I had kept it as a shelf queen.

Ron B

[RonB]

35mm-- my leica III?G. I gave it to an old Army buddy years back. Or the Nikon FE W/an assortment of lens. Gave that one to my Grandson while he was taking a photography class in high school.{ he went digital}

[Brian]

I still have the camera that I used when I was 8. A Kodak Instamatic 150. And the first 35- a Minolta Hi-Matic 9, bought in 1969. Polaroid 104- Dad got it in 1966, gave it to me when I gave him an SX-70. that one came back when I gave him a Sonar...

My wife told me, "If you use it, keep it. If you like it, keep it. If you don't use it and don't like it- sell it". I have a lot of cameras.

[Santiago Montenegro]

I have sold a grand total of three cameras during all my lifetime! Of those, I miss two: My Contarex and my Leica IIIC.

[Brian]

There are lenses that I sold that I wish I still had. The Olympus 50/1.4 in OM mount. Just could not warm up to the camera, and traded it and lenses for a Contax IIa. Not long ago, started buying inexpensive SLR to Leica mount adapters- and made an RF cam for them.

[Santiago Montenegro]

Brian, I just ordered a Nikon to M adapter with the same bad intention... Could you please guide me a little bit in the cam-making process?