My Cameras - a group of snapshots linking me to my past

EOS 1 - the camera that went to war An old Nikon SLR Most of my cameras togetherOver the years I have accumulated a respectable collection of cameras of all shapes and sizes. Along the way some have broken, some have been lost and one was stolen, but for the most part I have kept these time freezers with me and will keep on doing so for the forseable future. The collection ranges from barely working fixed focus point-and-shoot film cameras from the early -90s through an ancient medium format relic all the way up to professional grade digital cameras and lenses. And although I only use one or two of them on a regular basis I can't get myself to get rid of them, even the ones that don't work properly any more.

Each of my cameras has a story attached to it - either where or when I got it, a particular situation they've been in or a certain picture I took that went on to become a story in its own right. To keep a record of this I've decided to publish a story for each of the cameras right here on the site for everyone to read. Some of them are rather dull while others, like the one about my war scarred EOS-1, are riveting. So if you're interested, take the time to read through them.

Camera Inventory

Camera Inventory

Camera Name Camera Type Recording Medium Lens Type Year of Purchase
Nikon FM2 SLR 35mm film Sakar 35-75mm 1:3.5 - 4.8 1976
Canon EOS 10D SLR Digital - 6.3 megapixel Sigma 17-35 1:2.8 - 4 2002
Canon EOS 1 SLR 35mm film EF 28-105mm 1:3.5 - 4.5 1998
Canon EOS 5D MK-2 SLR Digital - 21.1 megapixel EF 28-105mm 1:4 2009
Nikon CoolPix S1 Point and shoot Digital - 6.3 megapixel Internal 5.8-17.4mm 1:3 - 5.4 2006
Sony CyberShot Point and shoot Digital - 3.2 megapixel Internal 5mm 1:2.8 2004
Hasselblad 5oo C/M Medium format SLR Medium format 6x6 film Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm 1:2.8 2000
Polaroid iZone Instant camera Polaroid iZone film Fixed focus 1999
Polaroid 600 Instant camera Polaroid 600 film Fixed focus 2000
Polaroid JoyCam Instant camera Polaroid JoyCam film Fixed focus 2001
Nikon CoolPix P6000 Point and shoot Digital - 13.5 megapixel Internal 6-24mm 1:2.7 - 5.9 2009