I shoot with the cameras I collect. These are a mix of 35mm and medium format Soviet, German and Japanese cameras from the 1930s to the present day. I started buying Soviet cameras when I lived in Kyiv and I’ve been adding to my collection of film analogue cameras ever since. I wrote a bit about collecting Soviet cameras in this blog post.

Currently my collection comprises the following – click on an image to read about that camera and see sample images taken with it:

SLRs

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2018 Canon 5D mkiv (Japan)

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2014 Canon 70D (Japan)

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1978 Zenit E (USSR)
1978 Zenit E (USSR)

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1975 Pentax Spotmatic F (Japan)

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1969 Kiev 10 (USSR)

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1988 Zenit 12 FotoSnaiper (USSR)

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1990 Kiev 19 (USSR)

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1980 Kiev 15 (USSR)

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1981 Zenit TTL (USSR)

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1975 Praktica Super TL (DDR)

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PrakticaFX3-5
1958 Praktica FX 3

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Praktica BCA
1986 Praktica BCA

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Exakta VX1000
1969 Ihagee Exakta VX1000

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Medium and Large Format

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1963 Mamiya C3 (Japan)

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1991 Kiev 60 (USSR)

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2015 Arax 88 CM-MLU (Ukraine)

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1930 Ihagee Fotoklapp Duplex (Germany)

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1931 Fotokor 1 (USSR)

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1959 Moskva 5 (USSR)

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1956 Adox Golf (GDR)

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1957 Flexaret IV (Czechoslovakia)

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Rangefinders and Oddballs

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1977 FED Mikron (USSR)

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1966 FED 3 (USSR)

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1974 FED 5C (USSR)

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1967 FED 2 (USSR)

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1968 Zorki 4 (USSR)

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1979 Smena 8M (USSR)

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1981 Kiev 30
1981 Kiev 30

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1970 Horizon (USSR)

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1965 FED 4 (USSR)

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1955 Kiev II
1955 Kiev II

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1965 Kiev 4
1965 Kiev 4

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1958 Zorki 2s
1958 Zorki 2s

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