Yeah, met good people, bad people, had a lot of fun and got into lots of trouble while pointing these things at stuff.

Wow, that's a lot of cameras and lenses.

Been collecting them since the 70’s, quite a few of them were just given to me by folks who moved from film to digital. Only two cameras in that case were bought by me new, the rest were used or trades.

Looks like a great workshop start! =^^=

I gotta get some film for my Pentax 6x7. I just recently bought a new one since I missed mine so much and I haven't even used it yet.

How many cameras are enough?
Just one more.
(the answer never changes)

GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome

I've always thought of it as Guitar Acquistion Syndrome, but the principle is the same

Excelent, back in business!

Not quite yet, still need to finish the darkroom and find a scanner.

Whats the back on the speed graphic?

Just the standard spring back, it looks bulky because there is a film holder in it.

Fantastic!!

i drooled a bit :p
whats that bronica?

also is that a contax rangefinder left from the leica?

Close, The rangefinder is a 50’s vintage Kiev II a Contax clone.
The Bronica is an ETRSi 645 medium format.

sweet!

Is that a Leica I spy?

Yes it is, an IIIf.

Wow, I'm seeing a lot of great vintage cameras. Especially those rangefinders. It looks like you have a Voigtlander, a Leica, a Zorki and possibly a Kiev? I'm curious as to what the others are.

Also, what do you think of the Russian rangefinders like the Zorki and Kiev? I've been tempted to look into them.

You pretty much identified the lot of them, there is a Fed2 in the back. I always preferred rangefinder type cameras and tried to stay with the Leica thread mount types to cut down on the amount of glass I’d have to buy. The exceptions were the Kiev’s, I found a 50 f1.5 Contax lens at a flea market a long time ago and bought my first Kiev to try it out.
The Russians are pretty much hit and miss. The quality control wasn’t great, in most cases I have two copies of each just to have a parts camera. I’ve been fairly lucky that most of my copies have been useable but quirky. They are fun to use after you get them calibrated. The Fed is a total hanger queen, never could get it to work reliably..
The Voigtlander is probably the nicest user, great camera. The Leica is fun to use but it has a squinty finder and the RF patch is not the easiest to see, film loading on the Leica can be a challenge.

Makes me want to get my old Yashica SLR out and just hold it...
I wish I could find someone that makes a digital back for it.

Those things had some heft to them for sure.
I doubt anyone will be making backs for any of the film cameras. Too much engineering involved for too little market. The solution, is of course, buy some film.

I saw an ad for them, but they're only made for a limited number of SLRs.