Spyderman
Well-known
Hi. My name is Ondrej and I am addicted to buying cameras in auctions. 
Just bought my second Zorki 4 with Jupiter 2/50 and strap lugs for an equivalent of 18 US$. I couldn't resist. Even though I already have one in mint condition. I just want more, more, more...
Anyone have any sugestions on a good doctor to cure my GAS ?
Just bought my second Zorki 4 with Jupiter 2/50 and strap lugs for an equivalent of 18 US$. I couldn't resist. Even though I already have one in mint condition. I just want more, more, more...
Anyone have any sugestions on a good doctor to cure my GAS ?
darkkavenger
Massimiliano Mortillaro
Ahoj Ondrej, vitej mezi nas! Welcome
Let me know if you spot any nice Kiev-5 in Bratislava
Let me know if you spot any nice Kiev-5 in Bratislava
Spyderman
Well-known
Unfortunately I must admit you are right
Actually there is one Kiev in a second hand shop called ProLaika in the centre. I don't know which version is it (I guess 4 with meter). They're asking 1600 SKK, but it looks very shabby - stripped down leatherette. If you want I might go look at it and let you know if it's in good mechanical shape... And don't be affraid, I won't buy it, I'm not interested in Kievs
Juancho
ProbabilisticPhotographer
Last night I saw a TV program about smoke quitting. In this case, about GAS, you should have a plan:
1. Take note every time you buy a camera: day, time and money
2. Next week: delay a few hours or days the impulsive buy.
3. Next week: keep all your cameras in a bag and carry it when you buy a new one.
4. Schedule the "final day", the day when you should stop buying cameras, lenses, filters, bags, etc. The night before, you should take a long trip with your bag, without eating, drinking water and many others (remember the money is for the cameras), and even you should sleep with the cameras.
And finally in one month, you should examinate your blood (wallet maybe) and determine if you are totally cured.
Good Luck
Dr. Juancho
PD: I haven't tried I'm teoric.
1. Take note every time you buy a camera: day, time and money
2. Next week: delay a few hours or days the impulsive buy.
3. Next week: keep all your cameras in a bag and carry it when you buy a new one.
4. Schedule the "final day", the day when you should stop buying cameras, lenses, filters, bags, etc. The night before, you should take a long trip with your bag, without eating, drinking water and many others (remember the money is for the cameras), and even you should sleep with the cameras.
And finally in one month, you should examinate your blood (wallet maybe) and determine if you are totally cured.
Good Luck
Dr. Juancho
PD: I haven't tried I'm teoric.
pesphoto
Veteran
greyhoundman said:A wife.
Have a wedding to plan for in 2 months. Gas, what Gas. Oh, I'll be back in the game someday. -maybe
R
ruben
Guest
greyhoundman said:A wife.
It rather depends upon the type of wife.
Mine, while being quite an assertive woman without any special interest in photography, is fully collaborationist on the issue.
A totally different matter is wether she has the patience to wait for me selecting and exchanging lenses while we are on an overseas trip.
pesphoto
Veteran
luckily, my wife to be is a wedding photographer and actually encourages my habits. even bought me a Bessa R. JUsut trying to save the $$$ tight now so I dont get slammed with huge CC bills after the wedding.
FrankS
Registered User
Cure for GAS:
There is the previously mentioned external control mechanism which is a wife. Consider yourself very fortunate if you are in this situation, even though you may not think it's so great.
Another cure comes through an internal control mechanism. Unfortunately, like immunity to disease, it is slow to develop It must run it's course, and may have a significant impact on your pocketbook. You must simply indulge yoursef, within your financial means of course. Buy any camera that you find interesting so that you build up a level of experience from which to move towards the cure. Eventually, you will come to know which cameras "do it" for you, and which cameras can be sacrificed in order to achieve your goal. Unfortunately for me, this meant Leica and Contax cameras in RFs. If you have bought wisely during your unrestrained GAS phase, you may find yourself able to sell off these cameras (to others still in this preliminary stage of infection) and recoup some of your cash expenditures. Only once you reach this self-understanding of your needs/wants, which can only be reached through personal experience, you are on the path to a cure for GAS.
Forutunately, that's where I am now. This is also perhaps why my relationship with RFF has changed. With all the gear talk, it's way more fun if you are in the midst of a full-blown case of GAS. Once past that, it is more of a distraction. I should be spending more time taking pictures and in the darkroom, catching up on a bunch of film that needs developing and hopefully some frames that should be printed!
There is the previously mentioned external control mechanism which is a wife. Consider yourself very fortunate if you are in this situation, even though you may not think it's so great.
Another cure comes through an internal control mechanism. Unfortunately, like immunity to disease, it is slow to develop It must run it's course, and may have a significant impact on your pocketbook. You must simply indulge yoursef, within your financial means of course. Buy any camera that you find interesting so that you build up a level of experience from which to move towards the cure. Eventually, you will come to know which cameras "do it" for you, and which cameras can be sacrificed in order to achieve your goal. Unfortunately for me, this meant Leica and Contax cameras in RFs. If you have bought wisely during your unrestrained GAS phase, you may find yourself able to sell off these cameras (to others still in this preliminary stage of infection) and recoup some of your cash expenditures. Only once you reach this self-understanding of your needs/wants, which can only be reached through personal experience, you are on the path to a cure for GAS.
Forutunately, that's where I am now. This is also perhaps why my relationship with RFF has changed. With all the gear talk, it's way more fun if you are in the midst of a full-blown case of GAS. Once past that, it is more of a distraction. I should be spending more time taking pictures and in the darkroom, catching up on a bunch of film that needs developing and hopefully some frames that should be printed!
pesphoto
Veteran
FrankS said:
perfectly stated Frank.
pedro.m.reis
Newbie but eager to learn
greyhoundman said:A wife.
A wife is not enough ... You have to actually tell your wife how much you are spending in camera gear
pesphoto
Veteran
Michiel said:
Not so easy sometimes, especially when you work in front of one and this stuff is what gets you thru the day. Reading this forum and other sites causes severe GAS buildup
fidget
Lemon magnet
TELL HER????pedro.m.reis said:You have to actually tell your wife how much you are spending
What, even when you've intercepted the postman so she doesn't even know? ( not that I stoop to these shameful levels) On the other hand, once she got used to them arriving, at a cost of only £10-£20, she didn't worry too much, it became a sort of joke. That's when you can REALLY let loose and buy something (that will work) expensive, she may think that all camras stuff is as cheap as these. Te-he-he.
Please help me
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Fidget, that was my case. When I started down the RF path, all my cameras were below $100 and she came to believe all my cameras were quite inexpensive... even my Leicas.
The look in her eyes when she heard the price of a used M3 from a camera store employee was just priceless...
So far, she thinks I'll snap out of my photography habit some day. Little does she know that I'm not alone.
The look in her eyes when she heard the price of a used M3 from a camera store employee was just priceless...
So far, she thinks I'll snap out of my photography habit some day. Little does she know that I'm not alone.
C
ch1
Guest
SolaresLarrave said:.....So far, she thinks I'll snap out of my photography habit some day. Little does she know that I'm not alone.
Yes, RFF is a group of enabler/additcts. A GAS support group m/l.
reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
Have you completely gone off your nut? What in the Wide-World-of-Sports would I go and do a totally imbecilic thing like that for? Sleeping in the garage on cardboard boxes with the lawnmower as a pillow is just not that comfortable. . . anymore.pedro.m.reis said:A wife is not enough ... You have to actually tell your wife how much you are spending in camera gear
Spyderman, no worries. The cure for GAS is easy and there's no need for a Dr. It's only a temporary condition. Once you own every last camera and every last lens in the universe, GAS pretty much goes away on it's own.
thanatos
Hagakure with perfume
Sometimes a wife is not enough.
Thanatos: Hey, I saw a Contax G2 system at the local camera exchange for 1250 GBP.
La Thanatos: Why don't you get it?
Thanatos: wibble wibble wibble. Ok then.
Thanatos: Hey, I saw a Contax G2 system at the local camera exchange for 1250 GBP.
La Thanatos: Why don't you get it?
Thanatos: wibble wibble wibble. Ok then.
Spyderman
Well-known
Funny thread I LOL all the time
Thanks for the support. Now that I know I'm not alone I feel much better. So good that maybe I should go look at some auctions... oh there's a FED-3b for 8 US$, and a FED-5B for 2 US$... (but still 8 days till the end, so I think it'll go up)
I LOL all the time Thanks for the support. Now that I know I'm not alone I feel much better. So good that maybe I should go look at some auctions... oh there's a FED-3b for 8 US$, and a FED-5B for 2 US$...
(but still 8 days till the end, so I think it'll go up)lushd
Donald
This is most interesting - most of us find the significant other an important stakeholder in our decision making. Now while we are getting on productively acquiring important collections of broken stuff, WHAT ARE THEY UP TO? I think this approval/disapproval is a distraction technique. Any ideas?
pedro.m.reis
Newbie but eager to learn
Well ... ive asked mine "how much those 3 bottles of skin care products costed?". She replyed that "one costed €200 but will last all summer!!, the other €75 and the third was a gift from the seller"... gift? yeah right.... But, after this litle talk i'm going to get some new gear this month
lushd said:
lushd
Donald
See - I knew it. How many know what a bottle of OIl of Olay costs? And why did they change the name from Oil of Ulay?
Personally, while I have been learning to load a steel developing tank, I find I will soon be the proud master of a new kitchen, garden gate and loft extension. Costs a lot more than a few old Zorkis!
Personally, while I have been learning to load a steel developing tank, I find I will soon be the proud master of a new kitchen, garden gate and loft extension. Costs a lot more than a few old Zorkis!