I am currently helping my father to sort through his photographic collection, getting it all catalogued and finding new homes for much of it. We keep finding more boxes, but currently the collection stands at 233 cameras, 69 lenses, 3 tripods, 14 cases, 28 flash guns and 48 other items! We haven’t even got to the collection of light meters yet.
I’ve set up a new microsite for the collection at collection.guyjbrown.com.
A few of the interesting finds are illustrated below. There are some very nice folding cameras, lots of vintage Kodak equipment and some fascinating Russian cameras. The Zorki cameras are built like tanks but have very nice lenses, such as the Helios 44M and Jupiter-8, that are based on early Zeiss designs. I’ve been having some fun with using those on a mirrorless camera.
