What do you MOST regret buying?

[CameraQuest]

What were your must have photo dreams,

that got you wishing for your money back?

 

[Rick Waldroup]

A Nikon F4

 

[darya151]

An Olympus em5 - don't like the UI, and after 4 years, it's still driving me nuts!

 

[maddoc]

Leica MP ...

 

[Pioneer]

My Leica Monochrom.

Turned out I am not as much of a digital B&W fan as I thought I would be. :bang:

 

[Rayt]

Any digital camera

 

[ruby.monkey]

I don't think I've ever regretted a purchase. Even the pieces-of-sh*t were enjoyable in their own ways.

 

[Huss]

Contax RTS then RTS2. Dreamt of them when I was a kid. Bought what seemed like really nice examples used. Both became dead electronic bricks in short order.

 

[Doug]

A Tokina 500mm mirror lens in Olympus OM mount, at a camera show in 2001. I didn't have an OM mount camera, but assumed the mount was interchangeable. I was soon disabused of that and found an OM-G body, compounding the error even further with 50 and 135mm lenses. Not that it's a bad kit, I just did not need another mount system.

 

[randolph45]

more like out of control

more like out of control

My regrets are based on buying more cameras than I can possibly use. One inherited Canon L1 led to 3 more Canon rangefinders ,2 Leicas, 1 Contax G1 kit , Epson RD1 another Nikon F (my first SLR) and 2 Canon eos 1, Canon 30d, Canon 1Ds and Mirrorless Eos m.HELP!!!!
I must be turning into a collector😱

 

[redsky]

That's easy, a Sony A7R.

 

[aizan]

a de vere 4x5 enlarger. it's just taking up space, having given up trying to find the accessories i need to use it.

 

[Ronald_H]

Yashica T4, because it almost never focused where I wanted it to.

Nikon D200. Sure, I used it hard for years, but the sensor was mediocre when it came out and downright obsolete soon after. Also the auto focus did not agree with me.

Sigma 18-55 el-cheapo DX lens. A true dog, terrible in the corners.

 

[jarski]

Digital, Canon G1X first version. Good large sensor and nice lens, but horribly slow autofocus. At the time I was watching Fuji improving their firmware gradually and providing updates while Canon did absolutely nothing.

Film, mid-range Canon FD bodies. Plastic parts flimsy and overall feel of camera unconvincing. FD-mount is awkward if compared to Nikon, no wonder Canon dismissed it in favour of EF-mount. Bought those out of curiosity and sold soon after.

 

[narsuitus]

"What do you MOST regret buying?"

"What were your must have photo dreams,

that got you wishing for your money back?"

I would love to get my money back for my first SLR, a Miranda Sensorex, because it was not dependable. However, I do not regret buying it because it formed my appreciation for more dependable photographic equipment.

I would love to get my money back for my first zoom lens, a Nikon 43-86mm f/3.5, because it had horrible image quality. However, I do not regret buying it because it formed my appreciation for the much improved zooms that came decades later.

I most regret selling, not buying, my two dream Nikon F2 Titanium bodies.

 

[majid]

Canon 5DmkIII, as an upgrade to my 5DmkII. Just a couple of months later, they come up with the 6D, that has better ISO performance and built-in WiFi and GPS. In any case, with hindsight I should have ditched Canon then, since they are clearly resting on their laurels and uninterested in improving their increasingly uncompetitive sensors.

 

[Pablito]

Konica Hexar RF, Konica Hexar

 

[mfogiel]

Several Nikon lenses that turned out to be just blah..., Nokton 50/1.1 from the head bartender before anyone actually reviewed it, Pen F half frame cameras, Leica R bodies.

 

[p.giannakis]

A Pentax MX. I enjoyed shooting the first couple of films but it developed a problem with the mirror and eventually - after a couple of trips for repair - i ended up selling it. It was nice while it worked though...

 

[shimokita]

color temp meter... only because the seller tried to stick me with a non-functioning meter... regardless of the resolution I came away a bad taste.