only one at a time can actually be used.
Mika Kitamura has a nice place in Nerima, and in her apartment she has a lot of cameras. A grad student classmate of her’s and I were treated to a light early dinner in her living room yesterday. Every one of Mika’s rooms seemed to have a camera or 2, or 3, or 4, and That got me to thinking how some students of mine recently asked how many cameras I have, and I was not sure.
Did they mean the ones I shoot with in Japan?
Or the ones in boxes right now in Nebraska?
The Nebraska collection includes 4 cameras that are also in the first picture.
Brad once asked here how many cameras I even need, and I would say not this many. To be fair, many were given to me, many more were picked up at thriftstores in Lincoln, and strangely I bet that 3 cameras in the top picture would take up about 50% of a circle in a pie chart describing the Total Cost of all this. I say strangely because they all pretty much do the same thing, except for the ones that don’t work.
EARN NERD BONUS POINTS:
1) How many cameras here do you know? (one point each)
2) Can you spot the $25oo camera?
3) Can such idiocy continue even when married?
4) Could this be a factor as to why I don’t even have a girlfriend?
NERD TRIVIA for Kevin:
How long did I take that one time considering what camera to take before I left my apartment that one day?
you average around thirty minutes, but since you were going to
meet someone who is deep into photography as yourself, i would
say about 40 minutes this time. i imagine you probably even thought
it over while showering, shaving and eating breakfast.
Comment by kevin — 9/29/2006 @ 2:02 pm
1) I identified about 1/2 of the cameras in both photographs.
2) I think so.
3) Of course! If not, you’ve married the wrong person.
4) Of course! Girls want you to be way into them.
John, you have too many cameras. Seriously. But I’m still really jealous. Right now, I’m using a camera borrowed from Tessa and a camera borrowed from school. And they’re both crappy. But the best part is: it doesn’t matter!
(But I’m still really jealous.)
Comment by Justin Kohmetscher — 9/29/2006 @ 2:19 pm
John,
I realized today that, unlike you, I get paid to use a Leica.
Comment by Mark Larios — 9/29/2006 @ 6:57 pm
1)I have only fondled the one. Though I’d like to get acquainted with a couple of those large Pentax models.
2)Yes
3)Most certainly but I find you usually start running a ratio of one camera to one new handbag
4)Everyone knows that chicks dig cameras - especially those with film in.
Comment by akikana — 9/29/2006 @ 9:55 pm
Guy, you are quite welcome to borrow a Pentax 67 anytime.
Comment by John — 9/29/2006 @ 10:08 pm