Cameras/lenses that you sold, missed, and re-bought the same model

[FrankS]

These are my re-buys:

Leica M2
Leica llla
Leica CL (more than twice)
Hasselblad 500cm
Perkeo ll folder
Nikon F
Canon F1n
Hexar AF (more than twice) but have no more
Rollei 35 S and T
Canon RF 50f1.8
Canon RF 28f3.5

 

[daveleo]

I have had (4) Nikon 24mm/f2.8's and (6) 50mm/f1.8's (I still have 3 of them in various configurations).

 

[Vickko]

Just about all the cameras I have, but these stand out, typically for reasons of "hard to find" and "more expensive the second or third time around":


Black paint Nikon F
Nikon F2 titanium
Rolleiflex 2.8f
Leica M5

 

[Harry Lime]

Summilux-M 1.4/50 (pre-ASPH)

 

[Shac]

Frank - Mine is a bit more embarrassing (despite the fact that I tend to avoid selling bodies in the 1st place. For lenses - it's a bit different story - while I have sold and re- bought, the larger problem is that I buy more than I need or that I sell!!

Leica M4
Leica IIIc
Hasselblad 500c/m
Leica reflex (model irrelevant)
Nikon F2
Nikon F3

Nikkor 105/2.5 Sonnar version
Nikkor 24/2.8
Nikkor 35/2
Nikkor 28-70 3.5-5.6
Nikkor 75-150
Nikkor W 180 mm f5.6 Copal 1 (4x5)
Kodak Ektar 203mm f7.7 Supermatic (4x5)

90/2.8 Tele-elmarit
35 Summicrom
Telyt 400/6.8

No doubt forgotten some

 

[ruby.monkey]

Just one: a Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 Nokton that I traded away - along with the R3A it wore - for a Pentax 645N. Didn't feel the need to replace the body, but I have another Nokton to adorn my M3.

 

[Greyscale]

Yashica Yashinon DX 50/1.7 and Nikon "E" series 50/1.8. Yashica TL Electro X, Olympus XA and XA3, Leica Mini Zoom, Minolta Hi-Matic E, Nikon L35AF, Nikon Lite Touch, Nikon EM, Nikon FM, Contax 167(MT or MA).

For some reason, Canon FD 50/1.8 lenses seem to collect like dust bunnies in the corners of my room.

 

[benlees]

I've never re-bought anything...yet. Looking for a nice Autocord.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Sold my Bronica S2 then bought an ECTL. I never regarded it as an upgrade, just a replacement.

I'm on my third Graflex 4x5.

I've sold a bunch of Spotmatic bodies with 50mm f/1.4 or f/2 lenses but always seem to be drawn back to them for some reason (I learned to shoot with a Spotmatic when I was a kid so it's probably the sentimentality.)

I expect that one of these days I'll be getting another Konica Hexar (AF) 'cause I always have regretted selling it.

I know that I'll buy another Nikon S2 one day.

As for lenses, I've owned two Super Angulons (and one day I'll probably get another,) a bunch of 105mm f/2.5 Nikkors in RF and F mounts, two 180mm f/2.8 ED Nikkors, maybe three 200mm f/4 Ai/s Nikkors, three 50mm Summicron Ms, and countless fixed lens rangefinders.

Phil Forrest

 

[Mackinaw]

The only camera that I've bought and sold, bought and sold, and bought......has been a Leica M3. This one I'll keep forever.

Jim B.

 

[sevres_babylone]

Sold my 150mm for my Mamiya 7 when I needed money to buy a lens to go with the Epson R-D1. Bought one again from a local seller on this site.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Only a Canon F-1n and a Canon 50mm 1.4 FD lens, and unfortunately the ones I re-bought weren't in nearly the same condition as the ones I sold fifteen years earlier.

Best,
-Tim

 

[-Nash-]

I've re-purchased Olympus OM 1\2\3s, Nikon Fs, fixed lens RF cameras and Leica II\III bodies.

I tend to sell the gear off when I see something I really want to try out (I sold quite a bit of stuff to have the opportunity to play around with a Canon 7S w/50mm f/0.95). But if the camera does not 'click' with me I tend to sell them off and the process begins anew.

Although recently its slowed down. I think the only thing left for me to try out is a Leica M...