crazy man!

You might be the only person I know of who is crazier than I am for getting and selling gear. I agree with most folks here that a bit of prudence is in order if you aren't going into retirement. S
 
Joe, perhaps the catchy thread title has put people in a psychoanalytic mood. ;)

I would be the last person who can relate to your situation. I have a wife, two kids, and a huge mortgage. But I also find time and funds for myself here and there. (Having cute photo models helps!) So maybe you shouldn't read any further but here is my advice: Do what you and your bank account agree is right for you. I personally would be drooling all over the RX1 if it had a viewfinder. I think it's a landmark camera.

Cheers,
Rob
 
If it were me, I wouldn't.

No offense but you asked the question...how can you be mad at the people who answered it honestly? :)
 
robbeiflex said:
Joe, perhaps the catchy thread title has put people in a psychoanalytic mood. ;)

I would be the last person who can relate to your situation. I have a wife, two kids, and a huge mortgage. But I also find time and funds for myself here and there. (Having cute photo models helps!) So maybe you shouldn't read any further but here is my advice: Do what you and your bank account agree is right for you. I personally would be drooling all over the RX1 if it had a viewfinder. I think it's a landmark camera.

Cheers,
Rob
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ah...never thought about the title!
 
For me ... if Joe wants to get the RX1 that's fine. Only he knows if he can afford it and in his position I'd be going for it. Life's too short and too fragile not to have something that can make a tough situation bearable at this stage.

A past heart attack and now being dependent on medication tells me it's the right decision. :)
 
I would be going fo it as well Joe. Happy or sad never worked for me either. For me the emotion I look for is passion, and photography is what I am passionate about and that is both taking photos and acquiring gear. I had a play with RX1 the other day and found it too small for me, felt like a little toy. Amazing that there is a FF sensor in a body so small.
What i did but though was a Zeiss 15/2.8 in nikon mount, got a Leitax A mount adaptor and slapped it on My Sony A99 and have been a pig in sh*t ever since. So my advice is buy away.
 
back alley said:
i don't understand what happiness has to do with it in the first place...really.
because some folks think i need my head examined or that i'm depressed it ties in to happiness?

let me say this...i don't believe in happy...other than a few microbursts of it during my life i have experienced the world from a calm and steady place. i don't think in terms of happy or sad...tho if i did i would vote for sad as the more common emotion!
i like toys...no surprise in that! eh?
i think i deserve to play with as many of them, before i die, as i can.
my only dependent is my dog...who eats regularly (venison btw) gets groomed regularly, gets to poop and play as much as he likes and he has never been scolded or hit or made to feel lees about himself...i offer him a charmed life and he rewards me with unconditional love and makes me laugh every day! my point is neither he nor i am suffering.
i lost my job...i hated that place and didn't leave because i just never got off my ass to do something about it...they pushed me into my own future and i have this very large smile on my face! i feel healthier by the minute...
life is good and a little fear is fine too!
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Joe, I think you're quite right. I was commenting on something taken from my own viewpoint. In reality, my own viewpoint has nothing to do with it, and only your own views matter.

For what it's worth, I apologise for trying to read your mind. My own view of what happiness is and how it's achieved is clearly different to yours, and it's my own failing for not realising that.

Anyway, sometimes losing a job can be the best thing that happens to you, and I envy you your dog. I live in an apartment which is not really dog-friendly, and hope to remedy that in the next place I live.

Cheers

Garry
 
thegman said:
Joe, I think you're quite right. I was commenting on something taken from my own viewpoint. In reality, my own viewpoint has nothing to do with it, and only your own views matter.

For what it's worth, I apologise for trying to read your mind. My own view of what happiness is and how it's achieved is clearly different to yours, and it's my own failing for not realising that.

Anyway, sometimes losing a job can be the best thing that happens to you, and I envy you your dog. I live in an apartment which is not really dog-friendly, and hope to remedy that in the next place I live.

Cheers

Garry
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garry, i feel dreadful...i didn't mean to have or start in others such soul searching...we ar different and that's a great thing!
no apologies needed at all on my part.
 
Keith said:
For me ... if Joe wants to get the RX1 that's fine. Only he knows if he can afford it and in his position I'd be going for it. Life's too short and too fragile not to have something that can make a tough situation bearable at this stage.

A past heart attack and now being dependent on medication tells me it's the right decision. :)
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k-man is back!!
great to see you...
 
back alley said:
garry, i feel dreadful...i didn't mean to have or start in others such soul searching...we ar different and that's a great thing!
no apologies needed at all on my part.
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Not at all, I just mean to say that it's easy for me to say "don't buy cameras, they won't make you happy", but reality, I only know what works for me, and nobody else.
 
Holy cow, I had the wrong camera in mind!

I'd be tempted to wait for the Fuji X100S, as a lot of others have said.
 
Yay for a visit To NY !!
Though i do believe one is Better off living in Canada re: health care system, quality of Life
I would probably move to the other coast if i lived in Canada...;)
 
I can't think of anything more artistically invigorating than going to NYC and shooting and seeing Helen!

I don't know why I don't do it myself.
 
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