Impressive collection! Dear God, the G.A.S. is strong with this one... I thought I was bad enough! π Could you next show the collection of cameras you don't like and/or are going to sell? Love this channel..
Ha ha ...I have to say my G.A.S is largely cured. I've got all the cameras now I ever wanted really. And ok a hasselblad Xpan and maybe a Leica M6 or digital M10 would be amazing to own..but I don't feel that longing any longer to buy endless gear. I have about ,5 more draws of mostly point and shoot cameras. Largely Nikon and Olympus ones. But plan to thin down my collection to just what I use. Which is the draw shown in this video
Nice to see someone else with a βdrawer of shameβ hehe... the things that we own that end up owning us as Tyler Darden said :) love your vids man, nice one π
In 1980 I was in the market for my first 35mm SLR. A friend had an older 1960's Nikon and Pentax and I was impressed with both. However, at the time these older cameras seemed too bulky and, as the local camera shop was a Pentax stockist I was introduced to the then current all metal bodied 'twins' as Pentax referred to them. These were the all manual MX and aperture priority electronic shutter ME. However a new model was being promoted which had the ME auto exposure combined with full manual override. This seemed to be the answer and my ME Super soon arrived. However, after a year I realised that many of my shots (all colour slides) were being metered manually. Secondly I was never really happy with the poly-carbonate body of the Super and lack of speed dial on the top. I was able to buy one of the last black bodied MX's that were being sold off in 1982 new quite cheaply and instantly fell for it. It is the smallest full-frame SLR ever made I believe. This camera makes the OM1 feel big. Obviously the speed dial was on the top, rather than what I then thought was all wrong around the lens mount (subsequently I now love the speed dial on the OM1!) The meter read out is my favourite of all my cameras with an LED traffic light system, red, amber and green and the meter itself is also the most accurate using Gallium Phospate (GPD) cells. I love the Pentax M series lenses. They are small and have the same beautiful damped focussing action as the Zuikos but the aperture ring is a little more robust. About 15 years ago I felt the need to get the twin to my MX and picked up a well used black ME. This camera has the same high quality construction and meter as it's 'professional' twin. It is often looked down upon as it has no mirror lock-up or DOF preview. However, it does have 2 stops either way exposure compensation and a fully manual 1/100. It is far easier to use than my plastic bodied Olympus XA which people rave about (quite rightly). Using this camera is so liberating. You know the exposure is going to be spot on and simply the feel in your hands totally matches up with the Pentax mantra of 'Pick up a Pentax'. It goes without saying that I recommend anyone to look at these marvels.
@@dangerpowers123 Oh dear, you will need another draw! BTW, I did not mention that the MX also does not have a mirror lock-up. However, like the OM's there are good mirror dampeners.
Started the video with a sub conscious dread of what I might end up buying after watching this :) I actually own quite a few I've seen in the video including the russian lenses (you didn't mention the jupiter 8 but i could recognise it from the video), the nikon series E 50mm pancake, the nikon ais 50mm 1.4, the 24mm 2.8, the 105mm 2.5, the 135mm 2.8 and the Beast the 180mm 2.8 - mine is the same pre ED version with the built in hood. Lovely collection there - Have Fun
Damn bro. You got quite the collection there! If you need to lighten that drawer up a bit I can help out with that. π I loved that 35/f2 lens when I had a copy, and slightly regret selling it.
I would say that watching your videos is partially responsible for me acquiring an F, and a Pen F. I cannot blame you for the others...............Pentax MX and ME, OM1n, OM2n (black), OM2n (chrome), XA, XA2, Rolleflex T, Olympus 35 RD, Canon P (with Jupiter 8), FE, F3, Nikomat, and finally a Vito B. Oh, I forgot the digital Nikon D7000, Fuji XE-1, XM and too many lenses. Like you I think I do not want any more but I said that to my wife prior to 3 recent cameras!
@@dangerpowers123 Cheers. I plan on getting an F6, so the auto focus and zoom lenses will be used with that, whilst the manual focus lenses get used with the fm2n. I've got a bit of an obsession with the F6 right now.
@@dangerpowers123 Yeah. It's the last in the line. There are some really good deals on eBay, but a part of me wants to go a bit mad and order a brand new one!
I mean eBay is the main place..Facebook market place can be ok. But I tend to use eBay... Check the Sellar has good feedback and will accept returns and got should be fine. eBay also sides with the buyer usually so if your buying your protected more than the eBay Sellar. For returns and refunds
@@dangerpowers123 www.etsy.com/shop/AnalogRescue Priced a bit higher than eBay but I've bought a couple of cameras and lenses from that store and they were very clean.
One more thought. As I said earlier I dismissed the OM series because of the placement of the speed dial. This was a big mistake. The dial in use is actually better than on the top plate. Also, the feel of the engineering quality is superb . The OM1 and 2 are a joy to handle and use. The shutter sounds are exquisite, the design and look are sublime - perfection. The OM2n meterr is of course OTF and set on auto can take exposures of a very long time - perfect for star-trails. The Zuiko lenses are as I mentioned a real pleasure to handle with a wonderful damped focus action. If I could design my perfect 'one-only' camera it would be an OM2n body, with a Pentax M GPD meter and LED readout, a Pentax M series set of lenses and a Nikon FE film transport wind-on. That camera does not exist and that is why I have had to get all of the constituents! The Pentax LX is the closest to this set of criteria and a mint example would be hard to pass up. Good hunting!
Oh wow, thanks, interesting and helpful!
Thanks for sharing some of your collection - A lot of keepers in there!
Yerr all serviced and working perfectly so will sell off other stuff but never my "keepers draw" shown in the video
What a collection! That is truly impressive!
Impressive collection! Dear God, the G.A.S. is strong with this one... I thought I was bad enough! π Could you next show the collection of cameras you don't like and/or are going to sell? Love this channel..
Ha ha ...I have to say my G.A.S is largely cured. I've got all the cameras now I ever wanted really. And ok a hasselblad Xpan and maybe a Leica M6 or digital M10 would be amazing to own..but I don't feel that longing any longer to buy endless gear. I have about ,5 more draws of mostly point and shoot cameras. Largely Nikon and Olympus ones. But plan to thin down my collection to just what I use. Which is the draw shown in this video
We are all suffering GAS. Nice problem to have. It could be worse.
Really cool collection. Looking forward to my Nikon F black Apollo which should arrive this week :)
Now that's special!! I'm still looking for an Apollo F ππ»
Great taste ππ»
Nice to see someone else with a βdrawer of shameβ hehe... the things that we own that end up owning us as Tyler Darden said :) love your vids man, nice one π
very nice collection
Thank you
In 1980 I was in the market for my first 35mm SLR. A friend had an older 1960's Nikon and Pentax and I was impressed with both. However, at the time these older cameras seemed too bulky and, as the local camera shop was a Pentax stockist I was introduced to the then current all metal bodied 'twins' as Pentax referred to them. These were the all manual MX and aperture priority electronic shutter ME. However a new model was being promoted which had the ME auto exposure combined with full manual override. This seemed to be the answer and my ME Super soon arrived. However, after a year I realised that many of my shots (all colour slides) were being metered manually. Secondly I was never really happy with the poly-carbonate body of the Super and lack of speed dial on the top. I was able to buy one of the last black bodied MX's that were being sold off in 1982 new quite cheaply and instantly fell for it. It is the smallest full-frame SLR ever made I believe. This camera makes the OM1 feel big. Obviously the speed dial was on the top, rather than what I then thought was all wrong around the lens mount (subsequently I now love the speed dial on the OM1!) The meter read out is my favourite of all my cameras with an LED traffic light system, red, amber and green and the meter itself is also the most accurate using Gallium Phospate (GPD) cells.
I love the Pentax M series lenses. They are small and have the same beautiful damped focussing action as the Zuikos but the aperture ring is a little more robust.
About 15 years ago I felt the need to get the twin to my MX and picked up a well used black ME. This camera has the same high quality construction and meter as it's 'professional' twin. It is often looked down upon as it has no mirror lock-up or DOF preview. However, it does have 2 stops either way exposure compensation and a fully manual 1/100. It is far easier to use than my plastic bodied Olympus XA which people rave about (quite rightly). Using this camera is so liberating. You know the exposure is going to be spot on and simply the feel in your hands totally matches up with the Pentax mantra of 'Pick up a Pentax'. It goes without saying that I recommend anyone to look at these marvels.
You have convinced me to give Pentax a go ππ» the MX and ME sound great
@@dangerpowers123 Oh dear, you will need another draw! BTW, I did not mention that the MX also does not have a mirror lock-up. However, like the OM's there are good mirror dampeners.
Started the video with a sub conscious dread of what I might end up buying after watching this :) I actually own quite a few I've seen in the video including the russian lenses (you didn't mention the jupiter 8 but i could recognise it from the video), the nikon series E 50mm pancake, the nikon ais 50mm 1.4, the 24mm 2.8, the 105mm 2.5, the 135mm 2.8 and the Beast the 180mm 2.8 - mine is the same pre ED version with the built in hood.
Lovely collection there - Have Fun
Nice collections, missing is a nice RUGGARD to store all your lens and cameras.
So great. I like the divider system in your drawer also. Love videos like this. :)
From IKEA ππ»
@@dangerpowers123 I thought so!
Damn bro. You got quite the collection there! If you need to lighten that drawer up a bit I can help out with that. π
I loved that 35/f2 lens when I had a copy, and slightly regret selling it.
Ha ha .. well since making this video I've converted a second draw in a similar way... So now I can easily get at all my most used gear
I would say that watching your videos is partially responsible for me acquiring an F, and a Pen F. I cannot blame you for the others...............Pentax MX and ME, OM1n, OM2n (black), OM2n (chrome), XA, XA2, Rolleflex T, Olympus 35 RD, Canon P (with Jupiter 8), FE, F3, Nikomat, and finally a Vito B. Oh, I forgot the digital Nikon D7000, Fuji XE-1, XM and too many lenses. Like you I think I do not want any more but I said that to my wife prior to 3 recent cameras!
That's an impressive series of cameras. I should embrace Pentax more like you ...and hear the MX and ME are worth getting.
Great collection. Out of the metal barrelled 50 f1.4 and the 55 f1.2, which would you recommend, bearing in mind that I already own the 50 f1.4D.
I'd get a 55mm 1.2 just because it's different enough to what you own to warrant the purchase
@@dangerpowers123 Cheers. I plan on getting an F6, so the auto focus and zoom lenses will be used with that, whilst the manual focus lenses get used with the fm2n. I've got a bit of an obsession with the F6 right now.
@@robiulahmed I just purchased a lovely Olympus OM1n off a guy who sold it to me to get himself an F6. It's a special camera for sure.
@@dangerpowers123 Yeah. It's the last in the line. There are some really good deals on eBay, but a part of me wants to go a bit mad and order a brand new one!
@@robiulahmed I'm tempted by the Nikon F100 it's most as good as the F6 ..it's more like a smaller F5... But it's also a great camera
Can you recommend a site where anyone can buy a film camera? Aside from japan camera hunter. Thanks!
I mean eBay is the main place..Facebook market place can be ok.
But I tend to use eBay... Check the Sellar has good feedback and will accept returns and got should be fine. eBay also sides with the buyer usually so if your buying your protected more than the eBay Sellar. For returns and refunds
@@dangerpowers123 www.etsy.com/shop/AnalogRescue Priced a bit higher than eBay but I've bought a couple of cameras and lenses from that store and they were very clean.
what lens have you tried on your xt-1
One more thought. As I said earlier I dismissed the OM series because of the placement of the speed dial. This was a big mistake. The dial in use is actually better than on the top plate. Also, the feel of the engineering quality is superb . The OM1 and 2 are a joy to handle and use. The shutter sounds are exquisite, the design and look are sublime - perfection. The OM2n meterr is of course OTF and set on auto can take exposures of a very long time - perfect for star-trails. The Zuiko lenses are as I mentioned a real pleasure to handle with a wonderful damped focus action. If I could design my perfect 'one-only' camera it would be an OM2n body, with a Pentax M GPD meter and LED readout, a Pentax M series set of lenses and a Nikon FE film transport wind-on. That camera does not exist and that is why I have had to get all of the constituents! The Pentax LX is the closest to this set of criteria and a mint example would be hard to pass up. Good hunting!
I'm a big fan of the Olympus OM1 and 2. ππ»
@Dan Maitani thought of everything!
If I have to decide between Nikon FE, Nikon F-301 and Minolta X-700, which one do you recommend? You seem to know all the information :D
FE, it's much nicer to use in the hand than the F301. The minolta is great but I'm.. more of a Nikon guy....so the FE is my advice
Nikon F EyeLevel black
Nice collection. I am copying your collection BTW.
My collection... Was complete... But now I'm seriously considering a Nikon S2 black dial. With a 50mm f1.4 lens.
Are those 3rd party grips, like on the FE2? I have an FM and was thinking about getting a grip for it thatβs not a motor drive.
I got them from a seller called Wayne Yung. His a member of the biggest Nikon F2 Facebook groups and now sells them for the F, F2 and FE/FM cameras
@@dangerpowers123 is the grip you use on the pen ft from him too?
@@AlysVintageCameraAlley no that's GMP grip made for Leica M2/M3 I found on eBay