Talking Cameras: Greg's Favorites

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.

[CamBrowne]

Hodinkee’s Talking Watches for photographers. I love it.

[richardsimms]

It is such a good video that I have listened to it several times. Thank you. RS. Canada

[BriteTap]

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.

[SteveMorton]

One of my favourite episodes out of all of your videos

[danbuchman]

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

[joelbenguigui]

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..

[dianeswift]

Love hearing exceptional photographers talking passionately about their cameras.

[migalito]

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.

[jonmnelson]

I could listen to you two talk about cameras and photography all day long. Great episode and beautiful collection. Can’t wait for more!

[jinzhanghsu]

love these kind of videos! it's always not the item itself, but the story behind it that makes it interesting

[deepblack]

I love vids like this talking about peoples lives through their gear. Always very cool and incitefull.

[funbichons]

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.

[steveember]

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.

[ucevrim]

This should be series. It was really fun to watch.

[simonlong]

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.

[kayteacher]

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. :)

[fgj]

Lovely to learn about these great film cameras and the personal experience that is associated with it.

[TL-xwfh]

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 YouTube; put us Brits to shame! Thank you.

[MrKnockton]

Very enjoyable episode. Great format and interesting to hear the reasons for selecting the cameras

[aerialfilm]

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.