Hello my name is Colin....

i also agree - he have great photos - he deserve to have not this much but hundreds of cameras and lenses. keep up the great work colin!!
 
Don't worry Paul. It's just consumerist willy waving.
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Not really. It's an expression of someone's love for something that gives them a lot of pleasure and is a means for creative expression. And these aren't shelf queens - these are, for the most part, tools that get out there and are used by Colin.

Plus, the total value of everything pictured is a small fraction of the cost a car, something with far more negative implications for the greater good.
 
Haha... I think you have reached a plateau... now you probably should start narrowing back your focus again.. I have basically decided to shoot only with Zeiss lenses, or lenses that are at least as good - admittedly, apart from some rare exception, like the Schneider Variogon 140/280/5,6 for the Hassy or the Nikkor 45/2.8P for the 35mm, or, partly, the Nokton 35/1.2, I have not yet found a lens that I truly admire, beyond Zeiss... So I have simplified my gear: Zeiss lenses for the rangefinders, Zeiss lenses for the(D)SLR, Zeiss lenses for MF. Sometimes I am in a fit to buy a Rolleiflex F with the 75/3.5 Planar, but so far I have resisted on the grounds of not using my Hassy gear enough... And when I get a fit to buy a Linhof with some Rodenstock glass, I tell myself to better grab one of my cameras and get out shooting... Narrow your focus, and just use what you like best , and give away or sell the rest... Take care.
 
It seems a rather a modest collection. I'd be embarrassed to put up all the stuff I've aquired from Ebay over the last few years.

Since discovering rangefinders I've vowed to sell most of the 35mm SLR gear and 10 went this weekend. I'd love to get down to one camera one lens but it'll never happen I love different formats and different cameras thats the great thing about photography its all good the technical, the artistic and that bubbling noise in the dark room.
 
modest...i can show you modest........

Yammerman said:
It seems a rather a modest collection. I'd be embarrassed to put up all the stuff I've aquired from Ebay over the last few years.

Since discovering rangefinders I've vowed to sell most of the 35mm SLR gear and 10 went this weekend. I'd love to get down to one camera one lens but it'll never happen I love different formats and different cameras thats the great thing about photography its all good the technical, the artistic and that bubbling noise in the dark room.
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Nh3 said:
Travel is a great antidote to gear acquisition and I thank the old and wise photographer who told me about it.
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And I thank you for sharing this.
I've just started to simplify my kit and planning trips today by chance and after reading this I feel I'm on the good way.

Btw. Colin, really nice collection.
 
Paul- Which Canon 50mm F1.4 are you after? I just repaired an FD 50/1.4 SSC series lens. Aperture blades "were" gummed up.
 
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Nh3 said:
The other day I almost bought a Nikon F5 for $500. But then it occurred to me that I can go to Cuba for a few days with that money.

Travel is a great antidote to gear acquisition and I thank the old and wise photographer who told me about it.
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Nh3, looking at your 'join up date' you're at a disadvantage. If you had been here for a year and a half you would know that Colin is an American from the west coast who has chosen to live in China. That's more than the holiday that you are suggesting he take.

Hope this helps.
 
sockeyed said:
Not only is that a nice collection, that's a really nice photograph of the collection. Now I know what to do next rainy saturday.

BTW, what camera did you use to take the picture? ;-)
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I am second to this question. Let me guess: Zorki 4?
 
jan normandale said:
Nh3, looking at your 'join up date' you're at a disadvantage. If you had been here for a year and a half you would know that Colin is an American from the west coast who has chosen to live in China. That's more than the holiday that you are suggesting he take.

Hope this helps.
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It didn't even occurred to me that I needed to know a brief biography of every member before I address them. And also just because the OT is a visitor in where ever he is it does not mean he cannot visit places close-by.

At least I did not call his display of gear collection "willy waving", which is the funniest thing I have read in this forum so far. 😀
 
Nh3 said:
It didn't even occurred to me that I needed to know a brief biography of every member before I address them. And also just because the OT is a visitor in where ever he is it does not mean he cannot visit places close-by.

At least I did not call his display of gear collection "willy waving", which is the funniest thing I have read in this forum so far. 😀
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If you check his photo stream you will see he is travelling also.... have a nice day.
 
I don't see a problem 😀

Nice collection.

Is it just me, or is there a bit of flare just right of center?
 
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