Current camera gears

Current camera gears

Photography can be addictive hobby. Besides taking the actual time to do the photo shoot, there are also other considerations like camera body (film or digital), lenses etc to consider. Different lenses for example will have different results. 

After much reading, researching, buying, using, and trading I have finally managed to streamline and form a small collection of what I like and what I need. My key consideration is that the equipment must have potential of appreciation in values so that in the event when I stopped the hobby, I can convert them back to cash without the need to lose money. 

As a result, with the exception of the Sony A7, the rest of the gears are all classic vintage pieces where the quantities are limited, thereby, the resale prices are stable. For the A7, I have bought it at second hand where the depreciation has already been first absorbed by the first buyer.

For now. my key cameras bodies consist of :

1. Leica M3 Black Paint (1963) (plus a Leica 35mm SBLO view finder for 8 elements lens)

2. Olive M3 橄欖 Bundeseigentum  (f1964) 

3. Sony A7 (from 2016)

 My key Lenses are :

1. Leica 50mmm Summricon f/2, V2 Black paint rigid from 1961 (For Leica M3 Black Paint)

2. Leica 50mm f2, V1 Summicron collapsible Radioactive from 1951 (For Leica M3 Olive)

3. Leica 35mm f2, V1 8 elements from 1960 (will need a Leica 35mm SBLO view finder)

4. P. Angeneuix 50mm f1.5

5. P. Angeneuix 50mm f1.8 Type SI

6. Lomo 50mm OKC1

7. Meyer Gorlitz Primoplan 58mm f1.9 lens