March Challenge: Photo and no equipment buying

[GeneW]

Gene: I hope that I have not introduced a "Reality TV" type thread. I don't like reality TV because it takes people away from important things in life! Oh well ... maybe the more serious people here will forgive me.

Not at all -- I'm just being lighthearted. I applaud the concept of buying less and shooting more, and some day I'm going to try it! 😀

Gene

 

[peterc]

Peter, what camera store is that? Aurora? Toronto?

Newmarket actually. Fotoworks at Mulock and Bayview.
He keeps tempting me with cool stuff. 😀

Peter

 

[FrankS]

Ah, yes. Brian. I know the place.

 

[peterc]

Ah, yes. Brian. I know the place.

You frequent the place on occasion I presume?
He has some Maco ASA 25 film if you're looking for some really slow stuff to play with.

Peter

 

[Alec]

Raid,

A [Konica-] Minolta Dynax [Maxxum] 7D does not count, does it?

When I saw last week a like-new demo unit with a 1-year warranty (by whom? go figure!) for about one quarter of the introductory price, I couldn't resist.
I explained my better half (the rational one) that return on investment would be 6 months. And I am taking lots of pictures (some of them acceptable) with my existing Minolta AF mount lenses.

So it's ok, right? 😉

 

[al1966]

KM digital sound choice, the AS rocks, now we want to see it in an rf at a good price.

 

[reagan]

oh my, temptation has reared it's ugly head...

12 days ~ no GAS

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Yeah, definitely out.

Falcon Miniature, Petri 7 Half, 13x18 plate camera (large format...YAY!). Yeah...I'm WAY out.

I'm selling things, too, though...does that make everything okay? 😀

 

[DougK]

I saw this cute little Olympus Infinity Twin on eBay I just had to bid on... so if I win it, I'm out.

I'm torn between wanting the camera and hoping I lose the auction; what an odd feeling. 🙂

 

[PeterL]

I'm allowed ! I'm an exception ! Really !

I'm allowed ! I'm an exception ! Really !

I've been caught bidding on a Summar on yaBe in the last few days, but the "don't buy in march" doesn't count for me, honestly !

Over 15 years ago, I got into photography with an Olympus OM-1, a 50/f1.8, a 35-70 and 75-150 zoom and a 300mm. I got rid of everything except the 50 and 75-150 when I got my OM-3 with an 28/f2.8. Then I got a bit of a buying spree around the millenium change (P&S, OM-4Ti, 50/f1.4, 90/f2, 200/f4, 1.7x frontconvertor). Of those, I mainly use OM-4Ti+28-50-90, though I would take the 200 on holidays with a lot of nature. I didn't add to my gear until this februari when I got my Zorki with the Industar-22.

In total, I spent less than €2000 on equipment. I've collected plenty of reward points by not buying stuff in the past years, really, I deserve a present ! I think I will even be able to refrain bidding on a Leica iii if it has a Summar attached 😉

As for the second part of the bid, I've started taking more "boring" pictures a few months ago. I noticed I got the tendency to try to find something to see and take a picture of that. Tourist reflex, I guess. I'm happily taking pictures of just about anything that I see nowadays & I'll see where I get. I had the nagging frustration of not shooting enough, and the Zorki is the perfect carry-everywhere camera to solve that problem.

Peter.

 

[reagan]

My left-click BIN finger is startin' to twitch.

14 days ~ no GAS

 

[DougK]

I'm out. I'd love to say the spirit was strong and the flesh weak, but I can't.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Raid didn't make it past a couple of days.

I never signed on to this.

face it, we're hopeless...

 

[kmack]

<smug mode="on">
Purchase free for -- 48 -- days
</smug mode="off">
Do I get a pin or something?

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Okay. read the Signature. Bessa R, three R2's, IIIf, and two M4's?

 

[kmack]

Okay. read the Signature. Bessa R, three R2's, IIIf, and two M4's?

<smug mode="caught me"/>
Well... a Bessa R, a Fed 2, a Kiev 2 and a Konica Auto S2, a IIIF, Zorki 4 and a Kiev 4 🙂

but nothing in the last 48 day's...honest.

I don't know though Donald's post in the classifieds has me twitching, a Zorki 1 would be a good addition to the stable. Then it could be: A One and Some twos and a III and a Four.

 

[reagan]

"I don't know though Donald's post in the classifieds has me twitching..."

Me too. My knee is literally bouncing under my desk. Those 1s need a home. No Zorki should be orphaned. 🙁

Still...
18 days ~ no GAS

 

[rover]

Am I out when I take delivery of an item or when I send payment for it?

 

[R Alan]

The forbidden fruit at the neighbors yard sale today was a Pentax k1000 for $15. I almost resisted until she threw in the Vivitar 2800.

Roy

 

[raid]

I am trying to be strong here; no more camera stuff until April arrives. To tell you the truth, I don't have anything on my mind for buying right now. One day, I may get another 50mm lens in LTM.