Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 4 May 2025 Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com>wrote: >I will add that I enjoyed your camera journey. The transition from Pentax >to Olympus to M as well as lens choices was interesting. The man laying >face down in the grass in front of a fast food joint was timeless. That >image was so very American centric. ========================================================== Thanks, Don, Your comment got me thinking, and I came up with a list of all the cameras I've ever used (personally and at work) for at least one roll or exposure (in the case of film). Asterisk indicates award photo(s) taken with that camera. *Personally:* Foth Derby Kodak BROWNIE Hawkeye Sears MARVEL-FLEX (Ciro-Flex) Voigtlander Bergheil Asahiflex IIa Pentax H3v* Goerz Minicord Pentax Spotmatic*, Kodak Magazine 16 cine camera Leica IIIf Olympus Pen FT Nikon S2 RF Kodak JUNIOR SIX-20 Diana F Kodak #3 BROWNIE Stereo Realist Konica III RF* Leica M3 SS* Seneca 5x7 View Camera Roshak home-made 4x5 camera w. 6-1/2? f/4.8 Darlot* Rolleiflex Automat Welta Welti Leica IIIc* Leica M3 DS* Kodak Senior 616 Ansco No. 9 -122 film Rolleicord V* Olympus OM-1n* Olympus OM-2n* Rolleiflex 3.5E* 4x5 RB Auto Graflex* Olympus XA Wirgin 35 Olympus OM-4* Ansco Super Speedex* 4x5 Anniversary Speed Graphic Voigtlander Bessa II 2-1/4 x 3-1/4 Baby Speed Graphic Olympus Stylus Olympus OM-2S Pentax 67 Leica M2S* Canon Rebel 2000 Folmer Graflex Crown 4x5 View Camera Canon S200 Digital ELPH Minox IIIB Kodak Retina IIa Canon 30D* Panasonic Lumix LX3 Fuji X-E2 *At Work:* Arriflex 16S 16mm Movie Camera Bolex 16 16mm Movie Camera Beaulieau 16 16mm Movie Camera Canon VI-T Canon EOS 1* Canon EOS A2E Canon EOS 1D* Canon EOS 1Ds Canon EOS 10D Canon EOS 1D Mk II Canon EOS 5D Mk II* Deardorff 8x10 Fairchild F56 5x7 Aerial Camera Hasselblad EL Hasselblad 500C* Hasselblad Superwide Kodak Commercial View 4x5 Kodak DCS-560 Digital* Koni-Omega 120 Leica KE-7 Leica M4-2* Leica MDa Leica M8 Linhof Super-Technica 4x5 Mamiya C33 Nikon F* Nikon F2* Nikon F3 Nikon F4 Pentax IQZoom 105 Super Polaroid MP3 copy camera Polaroid MP4 copy camera Polaroid Passport Camera RCA Television Studio Camera Robertson 620 20? x 24? Graphic Arts Copy Camera Sinar 4x5* Slidemagic Nikon F2 Sony DKC-ID1 digital Sony Video Camera Widelux ============================================================== And analyzing the award photos yielded these lens preferences: 41 - Telephoto 27 - Normal 24 - Wide angle I'm not a wide-angle kind of guy; I always liked 85-90mm most on full-frame cameras. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer, Emeritus University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt