TKH
Well-known
Shortly After the first Golf war around 1991 a friend picked me up a very old Omega Speedmaster watch on the grey market in Bagdad. It gets a service in Switzerland, I learned that it was build 1968 and delivered to Hongkong. It. was a pre moon Speedmaster with a rare 321 machine inside.
I wore the watch for Ten years. Than Omega wanted for a check and clean 800 bucks and I sold it for 1.000 bucks on eBay.
I miss it...
I wore the watch for Ten years. Than Omega wanted for a check and clean 800 bucks and I sold it for 1.000 bucks on eBay.
I miss it...
someonenameddavid
Well-known
i'm with you Auld Bob... have 3 graphics and a 2x3 Busch Pressman and 2 super Ikontas and a trio of pentaxes and a brace of Nikons and a Foton and Leicas.....
wife says sell one,,,,,, need to find someone who wants a Foton and has a IIIF RD ST
David
Steveh
Well-known
Great car story Godfrey, thank you. I'm glad I asked!
mllanos1111
Well-known
My Mint Nikon F6 and My Krell KSA 50 amp
2WK
Rangefinder User
That was a fun read, thanks Godfrey. I could almost smell that car!
2WK
Rangefinder User
Oh, and I guess I sold an Om2s with 50 macro and motor drive that I miss. 
raid
Dad Photographer
My J-3 that was ltm adapted and optimized for my use.
It was very sharp.
It was very sharp.
cosmonaut
Well-known
My RX-1. I don't have the extra funds to replace it.
daveleo
what?
@ Godfrey - what a cool story !
My most recent regret is selling my Panasonic LX3. That sent me to an X10 that I traded for a lens that induced me to put a few other lenses up for sale. One thing leads to another I guess.
My most recent regret is selling my Panasonic LX3. That sent me to an X10 that I traded for a lens that induced me to put a few other lenses up for sale. One thing leads to another I guess.
mdx
Member
Contax RX and Carl-Zeiss lenses, especially 85mm/1:1.4
sparrow6224
Well-known
Godfrey -- beautifully told. I'd love to share your story with a few friends of mine, old car heads who don't merely collect them but actually drive them. Would that be all right?
Do you write professionally?
On the topic at hand: I've bought and sold several IIIf's and Canon P's and Nikon S2's and Contax IIa's. But I'm currently equipped with all of those, because whenever the regret starts I start plotting to re-acquire... I'm unemployed now so those days might be over. Indeed right now I'm plotting to sell off a huge amount, really clean house, which suits my current mood and my current pocketbook. Whenever I think, oh no I can't part with THAT, I think in turn, hell, you can always get another one sometime if it means so much to you. On the other hand: I decided this 3 weeks ago and haven't sold anything yet.
I do miss the FM3A I sold here a couple of months ago.....
Do you write professionally?
On the topic at hand: I've bought and sold several IIIf's and Canon P's and Nikon S2's and Contax IIa's. But I'm currently equipped with all of those, because whenever the regret starts I start plotting to re-acquire... I'm unemployed now so those days might be over. Indeed right now I'm plotting to sell off a huge amount, really clean house, which suits my current mood and my current pocketbook. Whenever I think, oh no I can't part with THAT, I think in turn, hell, you can always get another one sometime if it means so much to you. On the other hand: I decided this 3 weeks ago and haven't sold anything yet.
I do miss the FM3A I sold here a couple of months ago.....
nobbylon
Veteran
My first M6ttl only because I used it on a Himalaya trip.
An An F2AS I sold a few years ago and off topic a BMW R100S I sold in 1986
I like the Lambo story Godfrey, reminded me of time spent with a quattrovalve Countach. The sound of those V12's is truly an experience.
An An F2AS I sold a few years ago and off topic a BMW R100S I sold in 1986
I like the Lambo story Godfrey, reminded me of time spent with a quattrovalve Countach. The sound of those V12's is truly an experience.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Thanks for all the compliments on my Lambo piece.
Yes, I'm a technical writer today ... but I started writing and self-publishing stories when I was in high school, what seems like eons ago. Before the photo of me and the Lambo was made. Now I (slowly) concentrate my creative writing on photo books, when I'm not written out by work.
G
lxmike
M2 fan.
Considering selling all my pentax kit will regret it but not shooting as much film at the moment
Kenj8246
Well-known
'79 Vette.
enero
Killer of Threads
Leica M6 TTL Millennium.
I sold it cause I couldnt get myself to use it, it was just too perfectly new and spotless. I tried for about a year to replace it with a user, but couldnt find any reasonably priced ones. Finally just gave up and moved on with a Japanese market M6TTL.
I sold it cause I couldnt get myself to use it, it was just too perfectly new and spotless. I tried for about a year to replace it with a user, but couldnt find any reasonably priced ones. Finally just gave up and moved on with a Japanese market M6TTL.
andy_v
Established
Zuiko OM 35-70/3.6
The greatest compact zoom in the most usable range. But I could not predict how good OM lenses could be on sony a7((
The greatest compact zoom in the most usable range. But I could not predict how good OM lenses could be on sony a7((
stevencrichton
Established
I'd have to go with my books.
In a quite brutal set of requirements in moving from Scotland to London when I took at job at the Tate, I went from a 5 bedroom house with a double garage to a single room shared with my then girlfriend. I got down to 10 packing boxes and a single drawer unit!
Although I ditched cars, 5 skips of the history of my life and paired down to what I could I miss my books the most. Countless hours spent either staring at an image, absorbing knowledge in the best way man has yet to invent aside from 1 on 1 interaction.
Even the physical sight of them is very underrated now. You can select with complete control. They are ergonomically very good .. cause no eye strain and never crash ( well set aside fire and water damage )
Needless to say I didn't last long in the city, when I was allowed to continue working remotely. Now I live a very spartan life. Although, the upside is I can enjoy the merits of 2 wheels under power rather with my slightly less than exhilarating self propulsion unit pushing me forward.
Steven
In a quite brutal set of requirements in moving from Scotland to London when I took at job at the Tate, I went from a 5 bedroom house with a double garage to a single room shared with my then girlfriend. I got down to 10 packing boxes and a single drawer unit!
Although I ditched cars, 5 skips of the history of my life and paired down to what I could I miss my books the most. Countless hours spent either staring at an image, absorbing knowledge in the best way man has yet to invent aside from 1 on 1 interaction.
Even the physical sight of them is very underrated now. You can select with complete control. They are ergonomically very good .. cause no eye strain and never crash ( well set aside fire and water damage )
Needless to say I didn't last long in the city, when I was allowed to continue working remotely. Now I live a very spartan life. Although, the upside is I can enjoy the merits of 2 wheels under power rather with my slightly less than exhilarating self propulsion unit pushing me forward.
Steven
JonWNC
Established
Chevette or Corvette?
I regret, sorta, selling my super clean Nikon F2. Something about it that I keep thinking about, not sure why.
SonC
Established
The same thing happened to me! My Minolta CLE was stolen and I used the insurance money to buy my first Leica M6. Several years went by, and I was able to find another CLE at a good price and I snapped it up.
It only took a little while to realize that I disliked some things about the camera. I was able to sell it at the same price I bought it though.