soon, it will be over

[back alley]

my 100/3.5 lens was shipped out today, from new york. i can only hope it arrives before i actually fly to new york myself.

but what i am referring to is the wait, the anticipation of wondering if today will be the day my parcel will arrive.
as you may know parcels seem to take a few extra weeks when they have my address on them. not really sure why that happens.

anyway, when this lens arrives it will mark the end of my seemingly endless buying on the net.
now, i'm not saying that i will never buy off the net again, but the reality is i have enough gear to do what i want to do photographically.

i do not need faster lenses or sharper lenses or better lenses.
i don't need medium format or 35 mm slr's.
not really needing long lenses or lenses wider than i already have and macro bores the tears out of me.

no, soon i will re engage myself and re initiate my inner drive. i will re set the goal and concentrate on making photos that have impact and that i can show with pride.
soon i will re affirm that it is the photo not the gear, the eye and not the lens...
my focus will be photographs not cameras.

not trying to be huffy here. i'm just getting tired of myself and how i have been acting lately.
i love gear, i really do and i would never look down on those who share this passion.
i just need to re focus on the reason for the gear.

joe

 

[ray_g]

Good for you Joe. I have been thinking along the same lines recently. I need to sell some gear! The problem is, each has a little special "something..."

 

[back alley]

Good for you Joe. I have been thinking along the same lines recently. I need to sell some gear! The problem is, each has a little special "something..."

...and the first thing i catch myself thinking is 'maybe there will something i want'...

there is no hope...


joe

 

[back alley]

Now you're just waiting on a plain brown wrapper.

Bwahahahahahaha

they're the best kind🙂

 

[ray_g]

I agree with ghman...

Bwahahahaha

 

[gc1]

I remembered reading that there was a 'for trade' section. Now, if Joe does not buy stuff, he could still trade stuff. Which means that he would begin to look at other stuff and............. have i raised a thought which i was not supposed to? 😀

 

[FrankS]

Do you have a Rolleiflex, Joe? How about a Hexar AF? Bwahahahaha!

 

[ray_g]

Somewhere out there, Joe, there is a 100/2 whispering... "Joe... Joooooooeeeeeee..."

 

[back alley]

all that support, it feels so ...

remind me again, why do i like you guys?

joe🙂

 

[ray_g]

Because we are all in the same boat? 😉

 

[back alley]

ah, misery loves cameras, er, company.

 

[Natalia]

This is funny, Joe. But I lost all interest in getting more gear lately . I wasn't even trying to. Hmmm... I have no idea why. Maybe, it's the kids _ always wanting my attention ?.. Anyhow, good for you!

 

[back alley]

finally, some real support.

it takes a woman's touch...

joe

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

Joe- come to the dark side, join the empire- Get a FED and see the world through new eyes.

Occasionally blurry ones. But new.

Oh I give up.

 

[back alley]

had a fed. nice cam, felt good but now i have the lll and iv sb.

joe

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

I actually had a brief moment yesterday where I thought that I might sell my Bessa R.

I came home, and there was my new vented lens hood waiting for me. I put it on the I61, put the I61 on the Bessa and I felt better. Less haze, less flare.

 

[jan normandale]

Joe,

buy some film, load the camera, get out there and shoot. No coffee for 2 hours and not before 6 shots (bracketing does not count here). Look at all your shots. What needs to be reshot. Reshoot. When you've covered all the shots you wanted. Find new territory, get in a bus or car and drive to a new pasture. Keep shooting.

You won't have time to buy new equipment. For a while. ;-)

cheers, Jan

 

[ChrisN]

Joe - nice to feel that you have arrived at a new starting point, and gathered the equipment that makes it easier to realise your vision and that you have confidence in. I'm still on that path, with a lot of help from what I'm learning here at RFF; just one more lens (making two keepers) and I'll be ready to say "Enough".

Chris

 

[sjc]

just remember the intense rush of SHOOTING! just as addictive.............. especially when you master all of the nuances of the gear and nail down shots that you would not have otherwise concieved.

 

[taffer]

Bravo Joe, seriously, it's not easy to arrive to this decisive points in ones life/passion, and I'm sure we'll soon be amazed by what your new vision of photography will deliver. Breaking the equipment chains and becoming one with the equipment so there's nothing between your images and you.

Now, if you only had a Hexar AF... 🙄