I wish I'd never sold my...

My only real regret would be selling (trading-in) my beautiful 1976 280Z for a Nissan Pick-up Truck...I needed the truck for work and wanted to put a decent down payment on it...
Had I really done the math on it I would have kept the car and I don't mean the money math...I bought that car in 1980 or 81 so it wasn't that old...every thing worked and the dash was perfect...I even installed a 5 speed tranny in it...sweet...
I get a little sick thinking about that deal...

As far as camera gear goes...I haven't sold all that much and haven't missed anything I have...
 
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When I stopped photographing in the late 1980's, a friend kept bugging me about buying my gear. I had AE-1, AT-1, Canon FD 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, 300mm lenses and a FD 2X converter. Finally one day I mentally added up what I had paid for everything, somewhere around $2,000 and threw that price at him. He immediately whipped out his checkbook and wrote me a check, telling me to bring him the equipment in a few days.

Months later I realized the yen had really strengthened vs. the dollar and I had sold him almost $3,000 worth of gear for the about $2,000 I paid for it.

I don't want to even think about the cherry 1932 Ford V-8 coupe I left with my brother when I went away to college in 1960's.

So I got smart and did not sell my original IBM-XT, monochrome monitor, etc. I still have the DOS 2.1 install disks and full documentation. And 25 years later, it is still not worth any more than the 286, 386 & 486 systems I threw away.
 
Rolleiflex 3.5E Planar with Maxwell screen.
Sold it because I hadn't used it in a while, and got the idea in my head that I'd shoot more MF if it were more easily portable. So I sold it and bought a Bessa II 6x9 with Heliar lens. The Bessa is a nice camera, but it's no Rolleiflex. And clean Rolleis with Planars and screen upgrades are at least 50% more money now.
I guess if I really wanted it that badly, and were able to convince myself I'd really justify it with good usage, I'd pay up -- just wish I didn't have to make that choice.

Ari
 
A few months back, I sold off my black repaint M3 and a couple of lenses to fund the down payment on our house. Though I regretted it, I knew it had to be done. M3s will come and go.

Last week, I got a killer deal on a M3 + Summilux, for less than what I sold my M3+lens. The balance is restored :D
 
An m6 titanium my dad bought me for my 18th birthday present whilst on holiday to New York with the whole family. I really wish I didn't sell it, it was a beautiful camera.
 
A Bronica SQA and 80/f2.8 Zenzanon, the which could turn out some lovely results.

Also a Rollei 3003 with a 50/1.4 Rollei HFT Planar and a 28/2.8 MC Rolleinar (I'm a sucker for oddball gadgets).
 
This question is easy although I already made up for my loss now. I once sold my Contax Distagon 35/1.4 because I felt it was too heavy to carry; then I regretted it and bought another one two years later when I saved enough from work. Even now when I mostly shoot with RFs, it is still with the Distagon in my hand that I shoot with confidence and comfort. Love it for everything....travel, portraits, landscapes..color, b/w....I would NEVER sell it again :D
 
My Laverda Mirage 1200 a Kawasaki Mach 3 and maybe my first Canon Ftb camera

Sold for money or to trade up, my Laverda was left with 'friends' when I had to come back to NZ and the *******s sold it and kept the money ... karma will get them I'm sure.
 
jonmanjiro said:
Your "friends" sold your Laverda??? Sh*t :eek: I don't think I could wait for karma to even the score in that case!!!
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If i still lived in the same country as they do well it might get ugly, stealing a mans motorcycle is punishable by death stealing a Laverda is eternal damnation if you are lucky
The bike was not perfect but it was perfect for me ... loud, fast and very anti social with dodgy electrics ... expensive now :-(
 
I sold a Canon 28/2.8 LTM when I bought the elmarit asph. Wanted it back though, and bought a nicer one later. Sold a Canon 50/1.4 LTM to try someting else (not sure what it was really), regretted it, now have a nicer one. So that's all working out fine in the end :)

I regret selling a Rolleiflex T. It was a great kit, but I really wanted to try a Hasselblad. Well, I totally didn't like the Blad, so, that was a wast of time even though I made a bit of money out of it. But I haven't gotten around to replacing it. I guess if the need arises I'll put in the effort, but for now I seem to get by without one.
 
Sell..?

Sell..?

Sell? A camera? Are you mad? I haven't used the Speed Graphic in 15 years. And the Rollei, and the folders, and....couldn't possibly. Keep 'em locked away in the filing cabinets and take 'em out and carress them from time to time, but sell? An insane thought!
 
Bought and sold a lot of Leica gear. Greatest regret was selling my M7, for money for tuition for uni, damn my poverty. Fantastic camera that won't be able to afford for a while... Replaced it with an M6 when had some funds but miss the M7.

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I'd be interested in hearing about giving and receiving, rather than just selling and buying.

In my first year of elementary school, my family was planning a move across town that would necessitate a change of schools for me. Before I left the school, I gave my favorite toy to a girl named Siggy, one of my best friends there. The teachers found out and were very concerned. They offered to intercede to help me get it back. But I insisted on giving it away.

Later, as I grew up, loss of innocence and fear of not being liked left me confused by the meaning of personal material possessions, and I temporarily forgot that what matters most are the human relations behind all these things, not the things themselves. And it is precisely because all things are in some way related to other people, many of whom I may not even know personally (I don't know all the people involved in bringing energy to my apartment, but I am concerned about all those connections), that I find I can no longer see them just simply as "things".
 
rivierej said:
Bought and sold a lot of Leica gear. Greatest regret was selling my M7, for money for tuition for uni, damn my poverty. Fantastic camera that won't be able to afford for a while... Replaced it with an M6 when had some funds but miss the M7.

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On the positive (?) side the M7 is one Leica along with their digitals that will keep dropping in value I'd suspect.

I think someone mentioned in thread recently that Sherry Krauter described the M7 as 'a disaster waiting to happen' ... or something along those lines! :eek:
 
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