If you were given $12k to spend on photography aka the GAS thread

[BobYIL]

I have the cameras, film too.. with $12K in pocket, just to do this, as much as I could do...:

(Watch slideshow, an amazing journey..)
http://prentis.smugmug.com/Travel/Around-the-world-in-66-days-in/7766239_ZR73Km#!i=502360892&k=rBSai

 

[gavinlg]

m9 + 35mm asph f2 both second hand. Spend the rest on travel.

 

[Keith]

I think I'd buy another ten OMDs!

 

[Keith]

Or maybe I'd get an M9M and a decent blender! :angel:

 

[BobYIL]

Or maybe I'd get an M9M and a decent blender! :angel:

Keith, would this blender travel with you too?

 

[hanzo]

Voigtlander 17.5 M43 mount.. and spend the rest on travel
or just buy a rolex )

 

[andreios]

Mamiya 7 with two or three lenses. LOTS of film, paper and a BIG freezer. And a couple of tons of gas for my car to travel round europe...

 

[ricnak]

I'd use the money to employ a nanny to look after my kids so that I could go out when the light is right.

 

[texchappy]

Gladly!
Get the money from texchappay and you're welcome...

Checks in the mail. BTW, it's post-dated for 2052.

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

Oh, well, if it's not 'cheating,' i'd change my reply, as well.

Travel: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru.
Hasselblad 203FE + 80mm.
Fuji XPro1 + 35mm.

 

[shadowfox]

$12K ?

I'd build a real darkroom, stock up, and start introducing B&W printing to our younger generation.

The look in their faces when they see their first prints would be a reward unto itself.

 

[raid]

1. Hasselblad SWC
2. Money set aside for a good film scanner and developing cost of MF film
3. Traveling within the USA.

Start a "photography bank account" with the rest for harder times.

 

[bgb]

I still haven't worked out who is stupid enough to give me $12,000 to spend on photography.
Maybe if i saved some rich dudes life and he offered to buy me the camera of my dreams i could imagine asking for an M9.
I guess it's a bit like asking someone what they would do if the won the lottery ... did you win the lottery texchappy? are you trying to find out which of us is worthy? very sneaky

 

[texchappy]

I still haven't worked out who is stupid enough to give me $12,000 to spend on photography.
Maybe if i saved some rich dudes life and he offered to buy me the camera of my dreams i could imagine asking for an M9.
I guess it's a bit like asking someone what they would do if the won the lottery ... did you win the lottery texchappy? are you trying to find out which of us is worthy? very sneaky

Yeah, that's the ticket, that's what I'm doing (he answered as he googled the name and image of a recent lottery winner).

 

[bgb]

Some of my friends and I have had the "what would you do if you won lotto?" discussion ... results in a lot of tall tales and wild thinking.
I always wish for an M9 and spending the days taking photos and drinking coffee in Paris with Scarlett Johansson.
Somebody slap me now !!!

 

[jayavant]

Chamonix 20x24 and a decent lens for it.

And a pack horse to carry it.

 

[helen.HH]

Hmmmmm....probably be content with what I have Film wise
Buy MORE FILM !
As for Digi Buy a Ricoh Grd IV !

Head to Japan & China...shoot, shoot, shoot
And on my way Home stop in Canada...shoot ,shoot shoot

 

[Leica All Day]

Hmmmmm....probably be content with what I have Film wise
Buy MORE FILM !
As for Digi Buy a Ricoh Grd IV !

Head to Japan & China...shoot, shoot, shoot
And on my way Home stop in Canada...shoot ,shoot shoot

Please visit me in Bangkok

Cheers, michael

 

[back alley]

Some of my friends and I have had the "what would you do if you won lotto?" discussion ... results in a lot of tall tales and wild thinking.
I always wish for an M9 and spending the days taking photos and drinking coffee in Paris with Scarlett Johansson.
Somebody slap me now !!!

this is an excellent idea!!!

 

[Chrisrw]

Mostly film. A used M6, lens, more film, better scanner, more Tri-x, used freezer for said film. Plane ticket to Paris.