Oliver Kendl's camera collection: Fujifilm cameras and lenses on black
Workshop · A collector's disease as a diagram

My camera family tree.

More than twenty years, six branches, half a fortune. And in the end every path leads back to the same small camera.

31cameras
24sold
7in the cupboard
1constant
The family tree · 2005 to today

It grows as you scroll.

Every camera a twig, every colour a branch. Solid dots are still in the cupboard, dashed twigs were sold long ago.

2005
2007
Drawing of the Nikon D300
DSLR

NikonD300

2007sold
2009
2011
Drawing of the Nikon D3X
DSLR

NikonD3X

2011sold
2012
Drawing of the Nikon D4
DSLR

NikonD4

2012sold
Drawing of the Fujifilm X-E1
X system

FujifilmX-E1

2012+sold
2013
Drawing of the Fujifilm X-E2
X system

FujifilmX-E2

2013sold
2014
Drawing of the Fujifilm X-T1
X system

FujifilmX-T1

2014sold
2016
Drawing of the Fujifilm X-Pro2
X system

FujifilmX-Pro2

2016sold
2017
Drawing of the Pentax 645Z
Medium format

Pentax645Z

2017sold

The way in. Made medium format tempting in the first place. 51 MP.

2018
Drawing of the Fujifilm X-T3
X system

FujifilmX-T3

2018sold
2019
Drawing of the Fujifilm GFX 100
Medium format

FujifilmGFX 100

2019sold
2020
2021
Drawing of the Fujifilm GFX 100S
Medium format

FujifilmGFX 100S

2021sold
Drawing of the Sony FX3
Sony · Video

SonyFX3

2021in the cupboard

The cine camera for serious video.

2022
Drawing of the Sony A7R V
Sony · Video

SonyA7R V

2022sold
2024
Drawing of the Leica Q2
Leica

LeicaQ2

2024sold

In the cupboard until 2025. Sharp, beautiful, but 28 mm too wide, autofocus terrible.

2025
Drawing of the Leica Q3 43
Leica

LeicaQ3 43

2025in the cupboard

Still has it. Top quality, but 43 mm almost too much again. A permanent candidate for sale.

2026
Fujifilm X100V with a red strap
and in the end it's always …

Fujifilm X100V.

Small enough. Good enough. Discreet enough. The best compact camera is the one you always have with you.

5th generation26 MP35 mmf/2in the bag since 2020
Not built yet: the dream camera

An X100 with a full-frame sensor, 35 mm · f/1.4 · 40 to 50 MP, and it would be perfect. The X100VI? A nice update, but not that leap. So the V stays for now.

From the cupboard
Fujifilm X100V in silver
X100V, the constant
Fujifilm GFX 100 in detail
GFX 100, the sensor
Leica Q from the side
Leica Q, the temptation