What do you MOST regret buying?

[rulnacco]

Fuji X100s. Nice camera, and maybe I'll fall in love with it again one day. But it's really not as useful for how I'd intended to employ it as my DSLR is, and for what it is good at, I prefer using my M6.

 

[Spanik]

X-Pro1. Can't imagine it is made by the same company that made the GX680, G690 or G617.

 

[Grubriella]

Mamiya Universal... It's too big, so I never use it...
I should've saved up a bit more for a hasselblad...

 

[RichardPhoto]

No contest --> Sony A7R


I was using an M8+M6 at the time and hated the ISO performance of the M8. I thought it'd be easier to add a Sony A7R instead of upgrade the M8. In theory this was OK as lenses could be swapped between all three and the A7R has great low light performance.

The camera lasted a week. It was awful. Image quality is very good but I genuinely question whether any actual photographers were involved with designing the interface of the A7. Every single little button and digital option gets in the way of picture taking with that thing. It's like a bad PC with a lens on it.

In the end I've sold the M6+M8 and bought an M-E which gets the marginal ISO performance I wanted for general photography. Some of the cash from the A7 sale went to buy a Ricoh GR. Great camera which will do the high-iso stuff just fine and doubles as an amazingly compact pocket camera.

These modern cameras are awful in terms of user-interface. Now I understand why I always see photographers constantly checking the back of their cameras and adjusting things. Not for me thanks - just give me the shutter dial, aperture ring, and manual focus, thanks!

 

[Hogarth Ferguson]

Leica M3
Fuji Xe1 and lenses

 

[goamules]

None, because I learned from all. And the cheap ones I didn't like like the Argus brick, cost less than a roll of film and developing it. The expensive ones like the Canon VT can be resold for what I have in them, mostly. I don't mind learning what I don't like, if it doesn't cost money. I knew not to buy the used M9 I was offered, when their prices were going down, and I don't buy brand new cameras when they are first out. Either way, if you don't like them, you wasted money.

 

[johannielscom]

Leica M8. With the funky IR-issues and ditto filters. Slow mechanical shutter re-cocking compared to a DSLR. Limited DR. Had it for four months and traded it away for an 0.85 M6 and cash.

Sold a perfectly fine Nikon D300 kit with great lenses to fund that M8, what a mistake.

 

[edge100]

Leica M-E.

Great camera, but FAR too expensive for what I was using it for.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

My drama is with Elmar-m 50 E39. Purchased to realize what I don't need 50mm anymore.
Can't sell it even under lowest price...

 

[Ruhayat]

A Rolleiflex 2.8e. On the plus side it made me realise that I just don't like using a TLR. On the down side it was an expensive lesson -- I should have started out by buying a cheap Yashicamat.

 

[jnclde]

Sony A7ii on release date. It felt like I was bringing a small computer to my eye and not a photographic tool.

 

[Michael I.]

I cant think of a (working) camera i didn't love, if i could afford all of them (and not feel guilty they are not used enough) I would have kept all I tried, even the ones I didn't connect to as much as I do to my "main users". I never bought a digital camera though.

 

[willie_901]

All the M4/3 stuff I bought.

The IQ was just not there (at that that time) and the aspect ratio reminds me of old-fashioned TVs from my mis-spent youth.

 

[Michel154]

Sony RX1 i did not think i would missed a viewfinder and did not want to spend more for the EVF

 

[Timmyjoe]

Hasselblad 500CM. Spent way too much money on that camera and lenses and accessories to finally realize that I just don't shoot that way.

And my FM2n. Whenever I use it without the MD-12, it's too small for my hands and hits on one of my knuckles.

 

[bmattock]

Nothing comes to mind, although I have had my share of disappointing purchases. None of it made me regret to the extent that I can remember it now.

 

[Dpingr1]

Omega cold light head for my D6 enlarger. I know lots of people who really love them, but the look just wasn't for me. However -- it wasn't too expensive. When you don't spend much money, it's hard to be very disappointed.

 

[Dante_Stella]

Lomo Bellair 6x12. Possibly the worst $200 camera ever made.

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[Kent]

Nothing, really.

If I bought something and found out that I did not like it, I sold it again. Often with a small but never with debastating loss. Sometimes I even made a small profit.

Those cams and lenses which were kind of disappointing were rather cheap:

- The Nikon D1 was partly broken, but I paid almost nothing for it.
- The Sigma SD9 and SD10 were not really thrilling, but I sold them for about the same I paid for them.

I have never regretted buying the more expensive items.

 

[madNbad]

Volvo S-80. Always felt like driving a rental car.