Have you ever wanted something really badly then been disappointed when you got it?

[menos]

Just a symptom of GAS of course but sometimes it really stings and you have to ask yourself what the attraction was in the first place as you stare at the object in the cupboard that was the focus of such desire ... until you got it!

I have a few ... these are the ones that come to mind: 😱


Leica M7.

Most old folders I've bought.

Yashica 35 Electro.

Contax llA

Nikon FM3A

Ricoh GR1V


I guess it keeps the classifieds busy ... what are some of yours? 😀

Keith, that FM3a is almost also on my list.
"Almost" because, it was actually the camera, that ignited using film and therefore lead straight to a Leica M6 a few weeks later, leading to mostly shooting RF cameras today.
The FM3a has a cheesy finder, rough film advance and is not really comfortable, to shoot left eyed with manually winding the film.
With the MD-12 though, it is a nice point and shoot.

Other purchases were a Nikon 24 f1.4 AF-S, which is the first item since years, to give me serious buyers remorse, as it sits around completely unused.

I also have a Nikon 300 2.8 VR, which actually would have been a 200/2 VR, if the later would have been available.
The 200 would have been a lot more useful for me, as doubling as a low light and portrait lens. The 300mm is nice for motor sports though, when a 600mm is necessary.

The CV 15mm external plastic finder for the 15 heliar is a part, I really was a big let down - very unusable and soo much worse, than the magnificent Frankenfinder. I could have saved that money.

 

[mutikonka]

Leica IIIG and Rollei 35

Leica IIIG and Rollei 35

I made the mistake of reading and believing all the collector hype. I really wanted a IIIg, and when I got one, I realised it was just a Barnack camera with a big viewfinder. Sold it and got an M2, which is much nicer for using with the 35mm focal length.
Likewise I craved a Rollei 35, loved the idea of that quirky 60s camera. Then when I got my hands on one I realised I'd somehow overlooked the bit about it having no rangefinder and it being zone (ie guesstimate) focusing. My fingers could never find the dials and they don't make the batteries any more and it seemed too fiddly to pull out the lens every time I wanted to grab a quick snapshot. Nothing against Rolleis - I love my Rolleiflex 3.5F. In fact, the Rolleiflex has had the opposite effect - initially sceptical, I'm now a convert.

 

[Ade-oh]

My Olympus OM-3. I started out with OMs and still love them (I have two OM-1s and an OM-4ti) and I thought the OM-3 might be a good replacement for one of the OM-1s. Unfortunately it wasn't. I found the metering too fiddly - it works great in auto mode on the OM-4ti, not in manual mode on the OM-3 - and it suffered from the dreaded battery drain problem. I persevered for about 6 months and then listed it on Ebay where, oddly enough, it was bought by the guy who had sold it to me originally: weird huh? The price was about the same, although I think I made a little on the deal.

 

[vkomu]

Lately, my biggest disappointment has been Nokia.

The old ones were rock solid from a software point of view. The last great one was the first 7610. Great phone. Then, I bought an E50, and now N85.

Both of these phones are too buggy.... I hate to say it (and even though I use OS X, I am not an Apple fan) I may use an iPhone some day.

Now wonder Nokia is in a crisis.

JP

Go get iPhone and you never look back....and not only phone itself but that software...it's amazing!!

 

[Viktor Sebastian]

Voting for Barack Obama.

 

[MaxElmar]

Fuji GA645 - while the lens is quite excellent and the overall package is quite nice, the AF is maybe one step above scale focus. If the shot matters, you have to check it every single time. Then, about half the time you realize the thing is focusing on the background. Refocus, recompose, check the scale against your estimate of true distance. Repeat (sometimes). But the lens is amazing.

 

[wakarimasen]

This thread is a great antidote to GAS!!

 

[damien.murphy]

I've never been disappointed with anything I've bought, from a quality perspective, with most of my disappointing purchases having to do with their limited utility to me.

Many lenses fall into this category for me, with most of the culprits resulting from my naivety in thinking I need a system of lenses and camera equipment for all eventualities. As such, most of my disappointments have been from my early shooting days when I shot Nikon dslr's;

Nikon D200 (too heavy to shoot all day with around my neck)

Nikon 85mm AF-D f1.4 (too long on APS sensor for me)

Tokina 100mm f2.8 (am just not a macro shooter by nature)

Nikon 20mm AF-D f2.8 (either too wide, or not wide enough for me on an APS sensor)

Any digital cameras without a viewfinder (surely there is a special level of hell reserved for camer manufacturers who refuse to put a viewfinder in their cameras. Don't even think of mentioning accessory viewfinders - I will lose almost anything in a hotshoe)

Any beautifully crafted film cameras bought sheerly to 'rescue' them/ because they were being sold at a bargain price. I have since learned to buy what I need, more than what I want. It is a day by day struggle though 🙂