Canon Rebel T7 w/ 18-55 & 75-300 kit lenses. Had that for about a year.

Canon M50 MkII, w/ the kit lens … 15-45 I think. Replaced the kit lens with an EOS M to EF adapter, and an EF 50mm f/1.8 STM, almost immediately. This was my “daily carry” for about a year or more.

And finally; in July, I came by the means to acquire my holy grail rig:

Canon R5, and RF 85mm f/1.2L.

Now I’m working on my portrait studios “gear path”. Lol

Sony a330 -> Sony a6000 -> Fuji X-T4

1. Zenit TTL + Helios 44M
2. Zenit 122 + 44M-7
3. Canon EOS 3000N with kit zoom
4. Pentax K-x with kit zoom
5. Pentax K-30
6. Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8
7. Zorki 3M + Jupiter-8
8. Canon 7 + 50mm f/1.4
9. Leica M4-2 + Ultron 35mm f/2
10. Sony a7C + Sigma 35mm f/2
11. Leica MP + Summicron 50mm V4

There were and are others along the way, but less significant.

I’ve got a lot of cameras not listed below, but this represents what my general path of progression has been.

• Nikon F
• Nikon FM2
• Hasselblad 500 c/m
• Lumix TS1
• Cell phone
• Nikon D3100
• Nikon D7200
• Nikon D850

At this point, I’d felt like I’d reached the pinnacle of whatever I’d need from a dedicated camera with the D850. Everything purchased after this point was for fun/hobby photography.

• Sony RX100 VII (wanted to try out a compact daily carry)
• Sony a6000 (wanted to try a mirrorles interchangeable)
• Sold Sony RX100 VII and a6000
• Fujifilm X-T4 (teplaced the 2 Sonys)
• Leica Q
• Leica M240

Canon PowerShot A550/560 in 2007 > Canon Rebel T1i in 2009 > Canon 70D in 2014.

Next I really want to try mirrorless!

Pentax. Various Pentax crop bodies. > pentax full frame > micro 4/3 e-pl7 sold all Pentax > E-M1 mark II > III > OM system OM-1 & OM-5.

somy rx100 some nikon dslr kit that didn’t preview exposure canon 760d, ended up with 10-18, 16-55 f2.8, and digma 18-35 f.8 beast of a kit. xt1 with kit lens, 35m f2, 27mm f2, xt2, xt30, 56mm f1.2, 35mm f1.4, 23mm f2, 50mm f2, xt4, sold 2 weeks later, was massive and found out xt5 coming. xt5, 23mm f1.2, sigma 18-50 wanted the x100v but couldn’t, so got x100s, x20, all sold

current: a7iii, 50mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8 tamron 70-180 xpro2, 27mm wr, 18mm f1.8 < most used, still have 23mm f2, 50mm f2, 56mm f1.2, sigma 18-50

ordered a7cii last night and looking to buy tamron 28-75mm mk1

Fuji 50mp GFX of some sort of model with a focal length closest to a 50-60mm on a 35mm sensor. Adapt it for either a Sony G Master lens or a 85mm 1.4 Zeiss Otus. Also, currently upgrading my 8x10 camera with a 12" (307mm) f/4 lens for daguerrotype photography. Wish me luck.

Canon 500d, Panasonic GH4, Panasonic S5iix. I won’t go into the rest of my gear but basically half my flat is taken up with equipment now. Luckily work pay for it all BUT I’d be left with nothing if I left my job. I have very little of my own gear.

Nikon D60 -> Nikon D90 -> Samsung GX10 -> Pentax K70 -> Sony A7R4

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I had kit lenses up until the Pentax K70 where i branched out abit and with the Sony A7R4 I decided to invest in some nice glass.

Sony 16-35GM
Sony 24-70GM
Sony 70-200GM
Sony 200-600G
Sigma 50mm

I started with a nikon F3, can’t remember the lens.

A whole bunch of things in happened in between

Today I own probably 20 top quality lenses for F mount and 3-4 bodies. like 4-5 of strobes, about 5 speedlights, like 20 light modifiers, a bunch of lighstands & tripods, accesories, backgrounds, knick knacks, props, model clothing & lingerie, bags, led panels, a big neon sign, a smoke machine, two large boxes of homemade light fixtures, a large box of makeup, jewelry and hair styling accesories (i’m a bald guy).

So, think carefully if this is the path you really wanna go down. Drugs may be cheaper.

Pentax Spotmatic in ~1968, Yashika Mat 124, an autofocus Pentax 35mm SLR, Nikon D70, D200, D700, D800, Z7.

When I had the Nikon D70, I started playing with film again on the side. An uncle had given me a 1947 Crown Graphic 4x5 press camera in the 1960’s and I played around with it a bit but could only do contact prints. Once I had a scanner, I could then scan the negatives and continue in Photoshop. I then got a Mamiya RZ67 Pro 2 with 3 lenses and eventually got a Shen Hao 4 x 5

Olympus EM10 II > Olympus EM1 > Olympus EM1 II > Olympus Pen F > Fujifilm X100V > Fujifilm GFX50R > Ricoh GR III/IIIX

Leica Q Typ 116

Leica Q-P
Leica M10P

Now just have the Leica Q-P and M10P, and the Ricoh cameras.

And the EM1 and EM1 II is in the clinic as a work camera.

Nikon D50

Nikon D300 x 2

Nikon D800 x 2

Nikon D750 x 2

Sony a7III

Fujifilm X-T30

Fujifilm X-T3

Fujifilm X-T5

Sony a7IV x 2

These are all instances of trading one body/pair of bodies for the next. I did also get a Ricoh GR IIIx in 2021 that I’ve kept since. I also don’t know how many film cameras I’ve had along the way, but it was a bunch (Nikkormat, Nikon F4, Nikon F5, Olympus XA, Leica M2, Nikon 28Ti, Olympus PEN EE half-frame, a bunch of lesser-known 35mm SLRs, Rolleiflex 3.5 and Yashica 120/medium-format, etc.) I’ve since sold them all.

Inherited Canon EOS Rebel Xti with the 18-55mm kit lens (gifted to a friend)

Inherited Sony a6000 with 16-50mm kit lens and 55-200mm lens

Upgraded Sony to 18-135 lens

Inherited Canon A-1 with 50mm kit lens, Tamron 28mm f/2.5 lens, Tamron 70-210mm

Next up is some 35mm rangefinder