Talking Cameras: Greg's Favorites
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- Inspired by HODINKEE's Talking Watches, we start a new format focusing on our protagonist's camera collection and the sentimental connection to individual cameras - narrated in short anecdotes.
We start it off with an episode about Greg's favorites from his quite extensive camera collection. Cameras featured in the video:
Leica IIIf
Pentax MX
Hasselblad 903 SWC
Kowa Six
Rolleiflex 3.5F
If you are a collector interested in being featured in this series, please reach out to me via Instagram or e-mail.
If you'd like to get in touch or see some early behind the scenes footage, find me on Instagram: / analog_insights
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Really enjoyed this one guys, good to hear Greg's photography journey - would like to see more of these episodes.
I once owned the Pentax MX and I still own a Rolleiflex 3.5f. Hearing Greg speak about his cameras took me back to my own camera purchases and experiences. Thanks for the memories.
Love hearing exceptional photographers talking passionately about their cameras.
Very nice, relaxing video!
My first camera was a 110 camera rebranded by Fisher-Price. I was probably 6 y.o.! Decades later, I inherited my grandfather ‘s M3 with a 50 summilux v2. After a few MF tryouts, a couple of Hasselblads down the road, I’m now working mainly with the M3 for all my documentaries, and my Pentax 67 for all my abstract work..
So nice to hear two well-spoken, and low key (!) gents intelligently discussing cameras. Also enjoyed getting to hear Greg talk about his history with the various cameras - I've enjoyed watching him shooting with you, including his contagious, contented smile, which many of us have when enjoying a camera...or lens...or nailing a really nice moment! I'll look forward to seeing more talks in your new series.
I still have the original Olympus om-1 my parents worked extra hard to buy for me more than forty years ago. About three years ago I took on a project to buy a copy of the same cameras my friends had when we were all in school around 1978. I can remember vividly who had what camera and the fun we would have arguing about whose was better. Thankfully all these cameras are very affordable today with none being over $70 USD. Seeing these cameras on display reminds me of my childhood friends and of the simpler times when we didn’t know too much. I only need to find a Rolleiflex SL35E to complete this project.
Go and have a look on ebay. There are quite a few there.
Thank you for this video, I absolutely enjoyed it. 2 quick stories:
The first camera I ever used was a Kodak Duoflex (I eventually obtained a Rollieflex), that wasn’t the worlds best camera but what my parents could afford. Many great photos.
Second was a camera at our dear friends in a case. It was an SLR that I don’t recall the name or brand, but all I thought was “Gee; what a wonderful and beautiful object.”. I’ve loved cameras and photography ever since. Thank you for spurring some great memories. Dan
Thanks for your comment. Great anecdotes and glad to hear that it spurred some memories. :)
Greg and you and I have the same kindred spirit when it comes to photography. While older than Greg I too wanted to be a photographer, and was equally impressed by Life Magazine. My first camera was a used Contax range finder given to me at age 16, in 1971. I too deviated from my interest in photography, but not by an arduous education in medicine, rather by an arduous education in mathematics. Like Greg my interest never waned. Unlike what one expects when they hear of mathematics combined with art where this is music; I was granted a tin ear for music and kind of mourn the loss. However, nature made up for my deficits by giving me the unlikely skill of being a reasonably good painter in addition to the deductive abilities required for my formal field and honestly I don't know which I have enjoyed the most in my life, art as in photography and pigment on canvass or the art I see in the structure of nature such as in the topology of the complex numbers. I am betting Greg too has this question as a bit of a dilemma to ponder, because I expect he can see a parallel between the art in the structure he photographs and the art in the biological structures he has encountered. It's too bad we all can't meet at a coffee house and share common experiences but this video kind of accomplished the feat remotely and I thank the both of you for making this possible.
R Michael Boyer thank you for your comment. You are right - it is always a challenge to find the right mix between the love to arts (it is also painting and music, not only photography) and the love to my wife and my five kids and the resulting duties for the job. And you would win the betting that I am always looking to catch the art in nature in my photographs.
The idea with a coffee talk is realy seductive but I guess there are a few thousand miles between us. Perhaps we can perform it once with a video chat.
Cheers and best regards, Greg
To R Michael Boyer : those were very nice as well as interesting comments that you made. RS. Canada
So excited to watch this video, nice collections and Greg story on how he started photography. Can’t wait to see Max and Jules camera stories.
Hodinkee’s Talking Watches for photographers. I love it.
This should be series. It was really fun to watch.
It is such a good video that I have listened to it several times. Thank you. RS. Canada
Very enjoyable episode. Great format and interesting to hear the reasons for selecting the cameras
My first camera was a Pentax K1000 I bought new in 1981, I worked a summer holiday job in a brush factory to buy it. I still have the K1000. Back then I knew a professional photographer called Tim Hughes and he advised me to buy the K1000, he taught me a lot about photography and I have one of his books Wheels of Choice.
I enjoyed listening to the two of you talking about these analog cameras. I also had the Elmar 50/2.8 on my M2 and it was great wondering around the streets of London and Birmingham with it tucked inside my coat! Wonderful lens and great colour and contrast too. I am still astonished that here we have two German friends talking in perfect English, not German, on TH-cam; put us Brits to shame! Thank you.
t Lim , donˋt worry. I am half ☘️ irish. Cheers and thank you for your kind comment, Greg
What a great channel you guys have. What you do is unique, such a breath of fresh air among the usual English speaking photography channels. Thank you and keep up the excellent work.
Fantastic stories. Seeing life through the lens of a camera quite unique experience.
Thanks! Very interesting stories, I enjoyed hearing them! I think most of us have special cameras that we will never part from
Delightful video, hope you do more in this format ( as well as the usual ones)
I love vids like this talking about peoples lives through their gear. Always very cool and incitefull.
Cool video gentlemen. Greg got a Leica for his 14th Birthday and I got a Kodak Brownie Vecta...still got it 55 years later and it's now part of my extensive collection :-)
love these kind of videos! it's always not the item itself, but the story behind it that makes it interesting
Lovely to learn about these great film cameras and the personal experience that is associated with it.
I could listen to you two talk about cameras and photography all day long. Great episode and beautiful collection. Can’t wait for more!
Great video, as ever and great stories. Thank you for sharing Greg. I always watch your videos and more videos like this would be great.
thank you 😃. We are work8ng on that. Cheers, Greg
As a collector of vintage lenses I often wonder about the creative journey of those dedicated photographers who've used the lens prior to me. This has given me an insight
Greg seems like a lovely and sweet man. Very endearing. But also, a man who's connected to his tools. I like that. All the cameras I've had and used throughout my life were utterly forgettable until last year when I treated myself. :)
It’s crazy I just logged on after dinner to look at one of your previous videos as they’re always great viewing and there is your new video just uploaded. Super video and nice to hear the stories behind the camera. Loving the content.
Very enjoyable and interesting. Stories add so much to things.
Fantastic idea to tell the stories of cameras by meeting their owners. Makes a welcome change from the rather tedious recitation of specifications. Do it again! My own first camera in Ireland was a second-hand Werra 1. I also graduated to a Pentax MX. Both wonderful cameras.
Loved this episode on this new format, well done. Great to hear Greg's insight and photography journey.
I really enjoyed you guys discussing these great camera's and your love for them. Very relaxed atmosphere. Great episode!
I really love this video, and I've watched it several times. Each time I see and hear something new. The cameras are all great in themselves but what, to me, makes this video shine is listening to Greg giving the background story to each of them. This brings the whole thing to life and really gives it meaning. Also, I like the use of humour in several places - particularly when Greg tells of being disappointed at being gifted the Leica!
Great video!
It is so wonderful to see those emotions, that joy which Greg is having not only in relation to his passion but to his cameras also.
One of my favourite episodes out of all of your videos
Thank you. Makes me really happy to read that. Really appreciate your feedback.
Every true photographer loves Pentax. Despite using other cameras.
Johnny Bravo well spoken 👍
The MX and LX are quite well built, and the K1000 is a great choice for beginners!
'Hold a Pentax for a minute and you'll hold it for a lifetime'
Pentax Spotmatic is the one I love even though Nikon SLRs and Leica rangefinders are the ones I primarily use.
I like the format, i think the stories with each camera are great, and I love seeing some of the favorite pictures from each camera.
just the best channel always love the history and the obvious passion you all have in film photography
Great video! Like this format a lot, looking forward to the next one.
Loved hearing Greg's background to some of his cameras! Thanks for the episode guys 😃
So nicely done- I could have listened for hours!
fail to understand how any person could come here and actively dislike this video...
Oh, how lovely! I throughly enjoyed this video!!!
Excellent. Thoroughly enjoy your videos. High quality and very informative.
Niely done! Thank you for the video!
I can relate to all of that.. 💖
... with similar experiences.
Thanks to you both for sharing this.
Great content' Greg love all your cameras' I also love my Leica IIIf silky smooth had it new from the 50ties' never needs firmware updates. Thanks Max
Yes, no firmware updates! Love it. 60 years from now, most things digital will be capable of nothing else but sitting on a shelf. A cla'ed IIIf (as well as these cameras in the video) will still be silky smooth, and I hope there will be film still available.
Thank you for sharing Greg's experiences, I always enjoy listening to like-minded people... especially photographer's
Always loved the Pentax brand .
Have always enjoyed this chanel. Great conversation on great cameras. The 3f is a great camera to learn on and really a life time camera. Well all these cameras are. Enjoyed the stories of Greg!
I really like your episodes. Always interesting and super calm.
I love your channel (especially this video!). Congratulations on the work, greetings from Brazil!
Thank you so much for your kind feedback. Highly appreciated.
A fantastic episode, most enjoyable.
Awesome. Absolutely love Greg's personal connection to the cameras. So often we are reminded that the camera is a tool. However, it is that amazing connection between camera, person and place that creates such an incredible intimacy. I still have my first camera, the Nikon FG, and the FA that followed it shortly after with the full compliment of lenses. I was young and saved a long time. I have been blessed over the years and enjoy a number of cameras that have found a place on my shelf and in my heart: Leica MP, Hasselblad 503CX, Contax IIIa. Each of these is special and idiosyncratic in their own way and possessing of their own ability to transcend. Cheers and thanks for the great broadcast.--lt
Wonderful collection of cameras and even better stories on how you cam to own them!
Love your Videos, Taking Classic Cameras, and using them... Thank you
I loved this episode! The stories create such a wonderful ambience as I listen to them. I especially liked the first and last ones! I wonder if I will have any such stories to tell in this age of online shopping after some research and watching camera reviews...
I really enjoyed a photo equipment episode! It's nice to hear of other people's collections. I can never have too many cameras , my collection will shock people LOL.
a very nice selection of cameras. 👌
Very enjoyable and instructive. I did it the other way round as I had a 1935 Leica II with f2 Summar but just couldn't get on with the viewfinder so, in 1962, I traded it for a new Pentax S3. At the time I considered a used low-mileage M3 but, having stuck with Pentax ever since, have no regrets. I tell myself that they are all just light-tight boxes!
There must be a part two about the Hasselblad results.
Great video as always and thank you for sharing.
😁Pentax MX was my first SLR bought the same year as you... still love it, best little camera ever 🥰
Enjoyed the interview tremendously. Came here for the Kowa, since I have one and there’s very little info on TH-cam about it and instead enjoyed a well done interview. Thank you.
wow wonderful expose on Greg's photo journey and sentiments.
My first camera is still in my collection: my father's Minolta SR-T 101. He had purchased it with an MC Rokkor-PF 58mm f/1.4 and eventually added an older non-automatic Rokkor 35mm f3.5 as well as a 135mm f/2.8 by the discount Focal brand. Though I almost always shoot digitally nowadays on my Lumix GX8, each of those SR-mount lenses has had many excursions via adapters. If anyone else out there uses their vintage glass in such a way I highly recommend purchasing a macro-helicoid adapter, btw! They are a truly enjoyable tool, and ignoring the minimum focusing distance of all your compatible lenses feels like pure freedom at times.
Really enjoy this series.
Loved this episode - great format
Loved it. I have an MX, it's a fun camera. thanks for sharing.
Wonderfully made and a pleasure to watch and listen to. @Max, these light coloured glasses suit you very much..
Wonderful. Such excellent videos from you sir.
Fantastic episode. Thanks to Analog Insights and to Grab for sharing. I have a story about a little camera that's living in (and out) of my daily bag since more than 20 years. But it's another story.
I love it, thank you so much.
Excellent episode
Love the camera designs.
Nice episode, enjoy it very much. And “ I was disposing...” certainly make me laughing 😂 same as my III f in 70s and I wanted a SLR badly that time
Great and informative!
This was great! I loved listening to you. My first was also a Leica III (a C I think... Very similar to the f of course). And my 3rd was a Pentax MX.
Arild Edvard Båsmo Hope you still have the MX, dude. Wish you always fun and good luck with this excellent camera,
Cheers, Greg
Excellent!
Great video. Really enjoyed it.
Every true photographer loves Minolta. Despite using other cameras.
Great. Thank you very much.
I like this format too.
This story is amazing. Period!
Really nice video. Like your videos a lot !
The Kowa deals. I am jealous.
I had a very similar start. At the age of 13 I begun with my father's Rectaflex ( Angénieux lenses) then I bought a Spotmatic for the lightmeter and the ease of use, then Takumar lenses, then an old Rolleiflex Tessar 3.5.
First camera I ever picked up was an old box brownie my uncle gave me when I was about 5 years old. I also used his old, beaten up Rolleiflex as well, but it was broken and really needed repair. He also has an M3, of which I don't know what happened to it. His own kids weren't into photography, so I don't know what they did with it. . Next film camera I bought for myself was a little Minolta Riva point n shoot, in 1990. The camera shop I was in had all these great looking Pentax, Nikon, Olympus and Canon cameras on display, but unfortunately I had spent quite a deal of money in the week and could only afford the Riva, at the time. I still have the Riva. Haven't shot any film in it for a long time and so I'll have to look over it and see if it still works. In the meantime, digital came along and I ended up with a Nikon D3000, which my brother bought me, just after they first came out. However a year or two before that, I had purchased a little Canon A460 Powershot, which I still use. Funnily enough, some of my best pictures were taken with that little camera!!! Since then, I have owned several digital DSLR's and point n shoots and have, in the last few years or so, gotten back into film. I've now got quite a collection of cameras and have bought a few fairly recently, including a second Minolta SRT Super body (a black one) to go with my black and silver body I bought in 2018. I also have a Russian Fed 5B rangefinder that has the Leica M39 mount and I've been buying lenses for that recently. I managed to pick that camera up unused, brand new. It's a 1992 model. Also picked up a little Olympus Trip 35 recently. Will be using that for street pics. Got a couple of Holgas, including a pinhole panoramic version, and a Lubitel 166B. Eventually, I want to get myself either a Bronica or Hasselblad, maybe one of the Fuji "Texas Leicas" or a Mamiya 6/7, and a good large format camera. A Wista or possibly the Intrepid, as I want to get into large format photography. As for a dream camera, I'd love to own a Hasselblad Xpan/ Fuji TX1. However, that's "second mortgage" territory and I doubt that will happen :) Mind you, the best one I've seen lately was a Hasselblad 903 SWC that was made for NASA, in almost mint condition (CLA'd and such), up for sale on ebay for US$26000. I'd say that went to a collector.
All these five cameras are great. With the exception of the Kowa I've used them all. Anyway the Leica IIIf is stellar and probably one of the most beautiful 35mm cameras ever made. I plan to make a "Ten Leica Fotos" video using mine. Stay tuned and keep up the good work. Congrats for your work!
Loved the stories behind Greg’s camera purchases. Great collection and by all accounts the tip of the Camera Iceberg ! Thanks for sharing. Any chance of a follow up video just focussing on the Pentax collection .... or some of it !
I seem to have similar taste. Pentax SLRs (especially the MX) and a iiif. Lovely video!
A great new format. It makes me think about my first camera which was actually a horrible Kodak Pocket Instamatic that I got when I was 6. But despite that camera being a constant source of disappointment I absolutely got obsessed about photography forever. Thankfully :) ... I also agree with the comment further below: Every photographer loves Pentax!! This MX is a great example why!
I identify with most of the cameras that you have reviewed over the last few years. I have bought several after these reviews! Recently I have discovered the Retina series from 1954 to 1960 - the 1b, 11c and 111c. I have recently acquired the latter after reading an excellent review by the Film Photography Channel. These cameras are superb pieces of German engineering and I believe that you would also appreciate their mechanical excellence.
The first camera I shot film with was my father's Minolta SRT 101, I have it in my possession now. A little beaten, the light meter not alwaysnaccurate but I have found a way to use the lens on my Fujifilm digital cameranwith an adaptor which gives a second life to those super nice Rokkor lens.
Very interesting. I started with a Diana camera years ago. Very simple, all plastic - but it was still a camera.
Great video
It was very nice to watch last Summer...perhaps you should do an Interview with Jules, Max.
So nice to hear proper money being mentioned. I miss the Deutsche Mark!
Nice one! I’ve always wanted to hear more about Greg’s cameras, great stories. But how much did he end up paying for the Hasselblad? We all want to know!
50 Marks
Patrik Flores, before speculations bloom too much - itˋs been less than half of the at that time regular price.
Cheers, Greg
I don’t remember if you had a review of Konica Autoflex. I liked the optics of this unit. If something, make a video on Konica Autoflex.
Volvo as his first car, then longing for a Hasselblad camera. This touches my swedish heart ... :)
I was wondering when someone will do a 'talking cameras' style series.