Are you happy with what you have?

Very happy with my .85 MP, 50mm Summicron and 90 Elamrit-M. Would like to add a 35 and 24mm when funds allow. Recently returned from Yellowstone and got some nice results from just the 50 and 90.
 
I am very happy with my gear, but sometimes feel guilty I don`t use it enough, or that my skills don`t justify owning it, or maybe
I should just buy a cheap DSLR and get over gear obsession, but when I look at velvia through my projector or on the light box, or the b&w prints on my walls, it makes me forget about all that crap, which is nice, as I spend way too much time thinking about what gear I should get next, or if digital is better ect, ect, 🙄
 
I am quite satisfied with the gear I have and do not lust after anything more than having my equipment working properly. Regrettably, I'm in a barren location regarding kit, so if I'm curious about something different it means purchasing it instead of checking it out at the store.
 
I have just about everything I want or need. Good RF equipment, a dSLR I really like, and a complete darkroom kit. For the last couple of years I've been selling off all the stuff I bought to try and didn't like, so I guess I've been happy for a while.
 
Yep I really like my kit, and enjoy working with what I have - but that doesn't mean I don't want to move forward, to try new things. I like to have many options! This is a creative hobby/profession after all.

I certainly want camera companies to move forward in terms of new technology - and I want the more diverse, relatively smaller companies such as Leica/Voigtlander to keep bringing out successful and exciting new products - whether or not I buy them.

I don't entirely understand the backlash against M9 (x1) threads, the M9 is the system that people have been dreaming about for a long time. I'm unlikely to ever afford one, but I am excited about it regardless. I want it to do well. But admittedly some (boring) threads seem to be there for the sake of it, with the magic keword M9. I would like to read more about the X1 though - it seems like a great little machine in theory.

The existence of the M9 will only benefit the rangefinder market as a whole in my opinion. So in turn I am enthused about the development of new kit (probably Voigtlander!) which is more affordable to me. And so linking to the first paragraph - I like options!
 
A bit OT, forgive me

A bit OT, forgive me

Nate Butler said:
Regrettably, I'm in a barren location regarding kit, so if I'm curious about something different it means purchasing it instead of checking it out at the store.
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WHAT... you are in the most progressive city in the entire State of Maine! Are there no camera stores in Portland? Isn't the drive to Boston just a few hours... or did the roads get longer? 😕

Believe it or not... even here in "the big city" of Los Angeles there are some camera items that one needs to search far and wide for. I think it is a sign of the times that "specialty items" will be increasingly available through mail order than brick and mortar stores. As much as I whine about paying shipping on top of the merchandise price (and sometimes state sales tax) and then having to wait for delivery, there is a certain comfort in being able to go to some of the big webstores and find everything I could ever want or need with no hassle at all.

Sorry about going slightly (or maybe even, totally) off topic for a moment.
 
I really want a 28. I find the 25 is too wide for the rather sparse streets of my town, and the 35 not wide enough. Other than that I'm pretty happy... For 35mm rangefinder anyways. The Mamiya 7ii and Bessa III are both dangerous temptations are the moment.
 
I was having vintage lenses as my main set of lenses, and more recently I added a Heliar 50 3.5 and a Pentax 43 1.9 to the mix. Now, I am content with having both vintage and more modern lenses.

I am very happy with the photo equipment that I have. There still is room for exploration of other equipment though.
 
I'm never satisfied.

Even when i like the individual pieces that i own, the problem is that no single item is 'perfect' or ideal, and so it necessitates other items.

For example, i love the Nikon F6. It does everything i could ever need it to do, and far more. But, it's large. So, i have a Contax G2. Great lenses, great size. AF. But, the viewfinder is too small. So, i have a Nikon FE2. Great size, great viewfinder, great 'experience' in use, but no AF or winder.

I have a Hasselblad 203FE. Maybe the best 6x6 SLR ever made. But, it's heavy-ish, and not really comfortable to carry around.

Canon 5DMkII. Great camera. But, it's digital. Canon 35L, 50L, 85L - amazing lenses, but they're large....

So, i have some of the best stuff ever designed. But, if just one camera were perfect, i wouldn't need the others. Maybe i don't understand the question. Maybe i don't understand the responses. If you're happy with what you have, shouldn't you only need that one thing? Having a few different solutions seems to imply that you're only 'content' with each thing, and that you're happy only with the sum of all those things.

Whatever. I clearly have a character defect. The camera(s) that would make me truly happy don't and can't exist. The same goes for women.... Which is why i'm a very unhappy, lonely person.... With a bunch of cameras.
 
Yes I'm happy and do not really have a burning desire to buy anything new as long as film remains readily available - perhaps the only thing that I might like to try one day is Large Format, but I'm not sure I could afford the running costs!
 
LawrenH said:
I really want a 28. I find the 25 is too wide for the rather sparse streets of my town, and the 35 not wide enough. Other than that I'm pretty happy... For 35mm rangefinder anyways. The Mamiya 7ii and Bessa III are both dangerous temptations are the moment.
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if you haven't shot a mamiya 6,7 or 7II you really must have a go. stunning results!
 
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