Rick Waldroup
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This may be the most painful thing I have ever written. After much hand wringing, sleepless nights, head bashing, I have decided to sell everything I own that is film related and go digital. Guys and gals, we are talking about Bessa rangefinders, other rangefinders, nice lenses, film, paper, darkroom equipment, just about every damn thing you can think of that is related to film- some of the stuff I've owned more than 25 years. I let my wife put the stuff up for sale on ebay and so far, to my dismay, the response has been overwhelming. The stuff is selling like hotcakes. I am so damn depressed, I won't even look at the auctions. My wife is handling that, not without a certain amount of glee, I must admit. And we are not through yet. Right now, there are 18 auctions up with more to come. Will the agony ever end?
I actually put an ad up here on the forum trying to trade my Bessas for a Contax G system in one last ditch effort to keep the digital demon away. My eyesight is failing- I thought maybe an autofocus system would be the trick. But I had no takers. I have owned a Nikon D2H for about a year and the more I kept playing with it, the more I liked it. It was like a mistress that you just can't give up. After no one took me up on my offer for the trade- I thought, hell, why not go all the way and make the change.
With the money I make off the ebay deals, I am buying another D2H body, a nice zoom, a really good film scanner, some software, lord knows where it will end. I have not been without a rangefinder camera in over 30 years. I am already starting to feel naked. So I am saying goodbye to this wonderful forum that I have been a member of for a couple of years. Here's looking at you, guys! Thanks for everything.
I actually put an ad up here on the forum trying to trade my Bessas for a Contax G system in one last ditch effort to keep the digital demon away. My eyesight is failing- I thought maybe an autofocus system would be the trick. But I had no takers. I have owned a Nikon D2H for about a year and the more I kept playing with it, the more I liked it. It was like a mistress that you just can't give up. After no one took me up on my offer for the trade- I thought, hell, why not go all the way and make the change.
With the money I make off the ebay deals, I am buying another D2H body, a nice zoom, a really good film scanner, some software, lord knows where it will end. I have not been without a rangefinder camera in over 30 years. I am already starting to feel naked. So I am saying goodbye to this wonderful forum that I have been a member of for a couple of years. Here's looking at you, guys! Thanks for everything.
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