What Gear Do You Crave?

What Gear Do You Crave?

  • Leica M9

    Votes: 182 29.1%

  • Leica Film Body & Lens

    Votes: 130 20.8%

  • Hasselblad Digital body

    Votes: 25 4.0%

  • Hasselblad Film Body & Lens

    Votes: 37 5.9%

  • Nikon D3x or equivalent

    Votes: 12 1.9%

  • Lens for DSLR

    Votes: 16 2.6%

  • Linhof

    Votes: 18 2.9%

  • Rolleiflex

    Votes: 29 4.6%

  • Bessa III

    Votes: 15 2.4%

  • A collectors Item

    Votes: 21 3.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 140 22.4%
  • Total voters
    625
Leica M9 plus couple of Carl Zeiss lenses. I'm using Contax G1 but one day I would like to switch to digital - for convenience. Ideally I would like to see a digital full frame Contax G.
 
I voted for Leica Film Body and Lens

I'd probably use the $10K on a Black .72 Leica MP ($4,595) and my dream Lens the 35/1.4 summilux aspherical ($4,995).
Which totals $9,590

I'd use those to document the streets of my hometown and my favorite place :D (Ortigas Center, Pasig City Philippines :p)

But if I just want to have fun, different models of the Leica III series :D
 
It's DUL edition.
That would be pretty heavy, rather toxic (having your face pressed up against the body all the time & sweat from hands, etc...) and if you got it up to a high enough velocity, pyrophorric! Would make a good bludgeon on the end of a hefty strap. Make sure to get one of those Early Thorium Summicrons for it too! :D

In my opinion, I'd use a Tungsten/Molybdenum alloy for the top, bottom plates and the body casting. It would then be more durable than a standard issue Nikon F2...
Hmmm... Tungsten camera body. (the tools to make it would cost far more than the stamping, cutting, drilling and the material itself!)


ChrisPlatt said:
Depleted uranium Leica

Chris
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Phil, that would likely cost more than $10k... :(:angel:

I'll go for a Pentax 645D with English language menus and manual.
 
To understand this craving we have to go back to the time when I was working for a newspaper and used three manual focus lenses (35mm f/2, 85mm f/1.8, and 180mm f/2.8) on a chrome Nikon SLR to cover 80% of my assignments. I also carried a 35mm chrome Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SLR with a 50mm f/1.4 manual focus Takumar lens as a backup.

I eventually sold the Pentax and the 50 when I bought a second chrome Nikon body and a 50mm f/1.4 manual focus Nikon lens. Much later, I replaced the manual focus lens with an auto focus 50mm f/1.4 Nikon lens and added a small 35mm Nikon autofocus black body SLR. This new equipment can easily do the job the Pentax was doing. Plus, I even have a 35mm rangefinder that can do the job better than the Pentax or the Nikon.

As you can see, I do not really need a 35mm chrome Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SLR with a 50mm f/1.4 lens, but for some unknown reason, I still crave one.
 
FrankS said:
Since we are just dreaming here, I'd say a Hasselblad Super Wide.
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This is also my wish. I checked Hasselblad, thinking of the SWC.
Edit: add a digital back. It is free .... in this thread.
 
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wow!!!

wow!!!

wow!!! what a super neat thread this is.

got started on my own wish list and that started to get fairly long and...

then thought, why not take that $10K and spread it around this thread to buy the most gear possible for the most people? share now, crave later...

breathe, relax and enjoy.
 
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Spyro said:
I crave time.
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Could not agree more!!
However, if lottery comes up this would be my choice. I already have two simpler Focas!:cool:
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