Chad Hill
@chadhill.bsky.social
Archaeologist, photographer, dilettante.
Primarily posting nerdy analogue photography BS: 110-8x10. Photography = catharsis.
Co-Winner, 2022 #ShittyCameraChallenge - InstantRegret
(Avatar is the dad from the awesome kids book “Pokko and the Drum”)
Primarily posting nerdy analogue photography BS: 110-8x10. Photography = catharsis.
Co-Winner, 2022 #ShittyCameraChallenge - InstantRegret
(Avatar is the dad from the awesome kids book “Pokko and the Drum”)
Amazing college graduation present from my folks was a beautiful used f4. It had already been replaced by the f100/5 but those were too steep. Had some af glass already but also got a Tamron 28-105 2.8 which SEEMED so pro! Fast zoom!! I still ❤️ it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Amazing college graduation present from my folks was a beautiful used f4. It had already been replaced by the f100/5 but those were too steep. Had some af glass already but also got a Tamron 28-105 2.8 which SEEMED so pro! Fast zoom!! I still ❤️ it.
Yup, it’s clear there wasn’t an elegant way to put one there because of how they work.
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yup, it’s clear there wasn’t an elegant way to put one there because of how they work.
No point*, just vibes!
#WindersForLife
(*just for me, most of the time, and actually I reaaaaally love having a vertical release shutter and controls; but I like every cam better with a grip/winder even if they don’t have those. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️)
#WindersForLife
(*just for me, most of the time, and actually I reaaaaally love having a vertical release shutter and controls; but I like every cam better with a grip/winder even if they don’t have those. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️)
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No point*, just vibes!
#WindersForLife
(*just for me, most of the time, and actually I reaaaaally love having a vertical release shutter and controls; but I like every cam better with a grip/winder even if they don’t have those. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️)
#WindersForLife
(*just for me, most of the time, and actually I reaaaaally love having a vertical release shutter and controls; but I like every cam better with a grip/winder even if they don’t have those. 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️)
that cylinder seems like it’s replicating a standard non motor grip; it’s just a little weird you have to reach over it to get to the release!
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
that cylinder seems like it’s replicating a standard non motor grip; it’s just a little weird you have to reach over it to get to the release!
I almost got a 5, a few years ago, but got an f100 instead because it was cheaper, more modular, and I’d shot one new in ‘99!
Surprised you don’t have an f4 in there which is an all time fav.
Surprised you don’t have an f4 in there which is an all time fav.
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I almost got a 5, a few years ago, but got an f100 instead because it was cheaper, more modular, and I’d shot one new in ‘99!
Surprised you don’t have an f4 in there which is an all time fav.
Surprised you don’t have an f4 in there which is an all time fav.
nice.
I guess the knock on the better looking motor m is that it seems weird that the shutter release ISNT on the grip where it would be on most winders.
I guess the knock on the better looking motor m is that it seems weird that the shutter release ISNT on the grip where it would be on most winders.
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
nice.
I guess the knock on the better looking motor m is that it seems weird that the shutter release ISNT on the grip where it would be on most winders.
I guess the knock on the better looking motor m is that it seems weird that the shutter release ISNT on the grip where it would be on most winders.
They are beautiful tools. And their look was so distinctive. Here are the other two I previously converted (both are my father’s original copies from the time).
December 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
They are beautiful tools. And their look was so distinctive. Here are the other two I previously converted (both are my father’s original copies from the time).
+1 for Tidal.
Also vinyl.
Also vinyl.
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
+1 for Tidal.
Also vinyl.
Also vinyl.
Do you have the Winder M or the Motor M for the m6? The former does seem like a lot, even for a diehard #WindersForLife fan. 😅
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Do you have the Winder M or the Motor M for the m6? The former does seem like a lot, even for a diehard #WindersForLife fan. 😅
Nice list!
Funny, the 645 grip is actually removable, right? So I guess it IS gripped, but I have the "n" in which the grip is integrated so it never seemed like a gripped camera to me... BUT oth, I guess, the f5 is clearly gripped even though it is integrated. 🤷♂️😅
I THINK Im up to 10... 🥶🥶
Funny, the 645 grip is actually removable, right? So I guess it IS gripped, but I have the "n" in which the grip is integrated so it never seemed like a gripped camera to me... BUT oth, I guess, the f5 is clearly gripped even though it is integrated. 🤷♂️😅
I THINK Im up to 10... 🥶🥶
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Nice list!
Funny, the 645 grip is actually removable, right? So I guess it IS gripped, but I have the "n" in which the grip is integrated so it never seemed like a gripped camera to me... BUT oth, I guess, the f5 is clearly gripped even though it is integrated. 🤷♂️😅
I THINK Im up to 10... 🥶🥶
Funny, the 645 grip is actually removable, right? So I guess it IS gripped, but I have the "n" in which the grip is integrated so it never seemed like a gripped camera to me... BUT oth, I guess, the f5 is clearly gripped even though it is integrated. 🤷♂️😅
I THINK Im up to 10... 🥶🥶
That green SP is also, hands down, the nicest looking camera I own.
(For at least the next 24 hours! 🥶🥶🥶😱)
(For at least the next 24 hours! 🥶🥶🥶😱)
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
That green SP is also, hands down, the nicest looking camera I own.
(For at least the next 24 hours! 🥶🥶🥶😱)
(For at least the next 24 hours! 🥶🥶🥶😱)
Nooooo, I actually didn’t mean to accuse either of these cameras of being low end! I was just adding beautiful gripped cameras to illustrate how bad ass they are.
(In my head I was specifically thinking of, like, the mz-m I posted elsewhere. 😅
I love the SP. no duels. 😂
(In my head I was specifically thinking of, like, the mz-m I posted elsewhere. 😅
I love the SP. no duels. 😂
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Nooooo, I actually didn’t mean to accuse either of these cameras of being low end! I was just adding beautiful gripped cameras to illustrate how bad ass they are.
(In my head I was specifically thinking of, like, the mz-m I posted elsewhere. 😅
I love the SP. no duels. 😂
(In my head I was specifically thinking of, like, the mz-m I posted elsewhere. 😅
I love the SP. no duels. 😂
I mean, you can FOCUS. You're living the (box camera) dream!
3 clearly marked modern apertures! Wow! 😅
3 clearly marked modern apertures! Wow! 😅
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I mean, you can FOCUS. You're living the (box camera) dream!
3 clearly marked modern apertures! Wow! 😅
3 clearly marked modern apertures! Wow! 😅
yes ha ha ha yes.gif
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
yes ha ha ha yes.gif
Wise editor, you are.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Wise editor, you are.
I dont think thats an important consideration. 😅
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December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I dont think thats an important consideration. 😅
Love my k1, shoulda included it in this lineup, but it’s so much bigger!
Can’t recommend the Super Programs enough. Such great, unloved, tiny cameras.
Can’t recommend the Super Programs enough. Such great, unloved, tiny cameras.
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Love my k1, shoulda included it in this lineup, but it’s so much bigger!
Can’t recommend the Super Programs enough. Such great, unloved, tiny cameras.
Can’t recommend the Super Programs enough. Such great, unloved, tiny cameras.
Shorten your sentences.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Shorten your sentences.
Wait, I didn’t mean to imply an F2 was a lower end camera! 😅🤦♂️🤦♂️
December 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Wait, I didn’t mean to imply an F2 was a lower end camera! 😅🤦♂️🤦♂️
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Oh, we switched to tidal and have been quite happy with it. 🤷♂️
And using it in a bunch of different ways, but primarily through our dining room stereo on a WiiM.
And using it in a bunch of different ways, but primarily through our dining room stereo on a WiiM.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Oh, we switched to tidal and have been quite happy with it. 🤷♂️
And using it in a bunch of different ways, but primarily through our dining room stereo on a WiiM.
And using it in a bunch of different ways, but primarily through our dining room stereo on a WiiM.
❤️
I thought about trying to take a photo of all my gripped bodies and, um, decided it would be too hard to line them all up. 😅 This is just the Ks from a while ago. 😅🙀😬
#WindersForLife #JustTheKs
I thought about trying to take a photo of all my gripped bodies and, um, decided it would be too hard to line them all up. 😅 This is just the Ks from a while ago. 😅🙀😬
#WindersForLife #JustTheKs
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
❤️
I thought about trying to take a photo of all my gripped bodies and, um, decided it would be too hard to line them all up. 😅 This is just the Ks from a while ago. 😅🙀😬
#WindersForLife #JustTheKs
I thought about trying to take a photo of all my gripped bodies and, um, decided it would be too hard to line them all up. 😅 This is just the Ks from a while ago. 😅🙀😬
#WindersForLife #JustTheKs