if i had the means...

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i would buy myself a bessa r4 and a cv 25…a nice small film kit for those rare days when film seems the thing to do.

i would buy myself a new epson rd1x and a rollei 40/2.8 sonnar lens…i love the rf experience with a real rf camera…i love the rollei 40, love sonnar and love the pov of the 40 on the rd1…

and if i were really flush i'd buy 2 leica monochrom bodies, one for me and one to loan out to others who want to give it a try…and 2 m lenses, 35 & 50 but not sure which ones…

just me, thinking about buying a lottery ticket…;)
 
I would buy a perfect working example of a Zeiss Contarex Bullseye with a few good prime lenses... Might need to win the lottery though to keep it working.
 
...I'd buy me an old, but dependable sedan & like Robert Frank & Lee Freidlander would drive about the US & photograph America.
 
I think I would pay someone to put Sony A7 sensor in a Nikon S3 body.

No LCD, Wifi connection to an iPad/Phone to change ASA, always shoot raw.

Then pick up a few old and new nikkors.

And be happy.

B2
 
A Leica monochrome would do the trick for me. That one together with my M4-2 or M4-P, 35 and 50 mm Summicron lenses should work perfectly. :) Then I only would need some time to visit the places I always wanted to visit and take some photos ...
 
While I certainly don't have the means to do anything I want, but then again I don't find myself wishing to own more things through lack of means to acquire them. I have just about everything I have wanted already.

If I had the means, I would retire. And then enjoy using the cameras I have, spending my time otherwise traveling, visiting friends, and producing photo books. In a couple of years, I should be ably to realize that dream.

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