Current stable of film cameras:
- Chinon CE-3 Memotron - Screwmount, use it mainly for B&W, Fuji Neopan 1600 and 400. I like it even better than Tri-X Pan.
- Yashica FX-103 Program - Cheap body that can mount my CZ lenses and still has TTL flash control.
- Contax 139Q (busted) - My first SLR ever, used to be my father's, but he didn't use it much so he gave it and its lenses to me.
- Contax 139Q - Bought as a sacrificial "donor" camera to cannibalize to fix my other 139Q, but it arrived in full working condition.
- Contax RTS II - Bought as a semi-serious camera, currently sidelined with a jammed shutter.
Lenses:
C/Y Mount:
- CZ T* Planar 50mm f/1.7 - Love, love, love this lens.
- CZ T* APO Vario-Sonnar 28-70 f/3.5-4.5 - Underrated lens among Zeiss, a wonderful companion when I only want to carry a single lens.
- Tamron Adaptall-II 24mm f/2.5 - Bought to get into wide angle shots cheaply, turned out to be a surprisingly capable lens without vignetting when used wide open.
- Tamron Adaptall-II 70-210mm f/4-5.6 - Not fond of the way it renders colors, but it was free.
- Tamron SP Adaptall-II 60-300mm f/3.8-5.4 Macro - Surprisingly good lens, love it. Bought it in the hopes that the SP line would be better than the 70-210 and was not disappointed. (Also, dirt cheap on the used market.)
- Yashica 50mm f/1.9 - Came with the FX-103, a decent lens but nothing special. Pretty much an average 50mm kit lens.
- Yashica 75-150mm f/4 - Came with the FX-103, nothing special.
- Vivitar Series 1 28-105mm f/? - Piece of sh*t. Worthless lens with terrible vignetting. Tested once and never used again, was intended to be a walk-around lens for the FX-103. I'd sell it, but I wouldn't feel right about taking money for it.
Screwmount:
- Chinon 55mm f/1.7 - Kit lens that came with the Chinon, not a bad little lens.
- Yashica 80-160mm f/4 - Came with the Chinon, heavy, large, cumbersome, but optically pretty darn good.
- Focal 35mm f/2.8 - Part of a 3 lenses for $25 deal, haven't used.
- Focal 135mm f/2.8 - Part of a 3 lenses for $25 deal, excellent for portrait work, the reason I bout the lot of 3 lenses.
- Focal 200mm f/3.5 - Part of a 3 lenses for $25 deal, haven't used.
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