Mark's online museum for unwanted cameras.
Many of these cameras were hand-made, carefully chosen and expensive to buy. They were used to record the best moments of people's lives, taken on trips to exotic locations. After buying a newer model most sat on shelves for decades until their owner passed on, and were donated (dumped) at Goodwill. (almost) Nobody else wants the ones I have, but they bring me great joy. I treat them like the treasure they are, zip-lock bagging each with a dessiccant pack. They all get used, as time and film budget allow. I keep logs of each shoot and all the work done on them, and it all ends up on this site so you can appreciate these fine machines. This also keeps me busy during retirement.
Newest pics are at the bottom of each camera page.
8-15-24: The Canon T80 arrived today, completing the T-series collection. Was surprised that it worked, even though it runs on leaky AAA batteries. I never expected to actually get one of the AC series lenses it needs to auto-focus. A week later another rare T80 went to auction with an AC 35 to 70mm lens, and 4 others. I really wanted that lens and ended up winning that deal too. The whole package with 5 pieces came to $35 bucks, which is under my $10 per piece target. Since then I won another couple of auctions without really trying. I bid $5 or 6 bucks for a Ricoh KR-10M, and today a Yashica 300 AF. I already have the Yashica, which is terrible, bit it comes with a dedicated flash and another rare lens for these things. I buy winders and lens doublers for the collection, even though I don't use them beyond testing. Winders are for sports shooting, not landscapes. And they add weight. But I'm still looking for a Konica winder for the Autoreflex series. I've got a space problem too. If I buy another shelf unit it will encourage me to fill it up. It's getting harder to find SLR's I don't already own. I would like some fast prime lenses for the FD and SRT mounts, for almost no money of course. I think my photography is slowly improving. It really does take 10,000 photos to start getting it.