What Gear Do You Crave?

[existrandom]

i voted "other"

i gave hard thoughts, but too bad 10K is far from enough... what i crave most at this time of my life is a small apartment flat of my own, i can call it my home, 10K is not even close for the mortgage's first instalment

back to the topic: if 10K is given to me and i can only spend it on camera gear...

2 canon lenses 25/3.5, 50/1.5

2 leica lenses: 35 summilux pre-ASPH, 21/3.4 Super Angulon

a M2, preferably repaint black

the remainder, if any, would goes for film stock

 

[efirmage]

For years it has been the M9.

Now I am thinking an NEX 7 and a 21mm Zeiss lens to go with it. 😀

 

[paulfish4570]

a wet darkroom as i have no room for printing; in lieu of that, a quality inkjet printer, tons of black ink and archival paper ...

 

[leicashot]

I crave going back to the days where everyone had to shoot film, and lazy photographers were deterred by the 'work' in creating good pictures

 

[sahe69]

An M9(P) would be nice but I don't really have a huge crave for it. Oh yes, also a Hasselblad (Imacon) scanner and a Hassie V series digital back would be nice too. But then again, I will probably survive even if I don't get them.

 

[p.giannakis]

A Minolta AF 50 f/1.4 at the moment to go with my new Dynax 9xi....

 

[karlori]

Nothing 😱 I am completely happy now... :angel:

 

[paultreacy]

I crave an ME or even an M8 black.

 

[Vince Lupo]

Right now an Alpa 10d with a Kern Macro Switar lens, but for the moment it's out of reach.

 

[t.s.k.]

It's been three years since I posted in this thread and I'd be lying if I wasn't surprised at the results of a couple poll entries.
You can now put me in the "I crave nothing" camp for the time being.
Let's see where the next three years takes me.

 

[sanmich]

A Leica 28mm last generation.
The cron is out of reach. The Elmarit...maybe...

 

[Balto]

mamiya 7 II

 

[anttipantti]

r-d1 or M8.

 

[johannielscom]

Three years ago I was wishing for a Horseman VH-R. And an Imacon scanner.

Now I have all but done away with MF and have teamed up with two Ricoh GXR's with M-mount modules. Using my well-loved LTM lenses on them.

Nowadays I'd wish for:

• Elmar 3.5/35mm nickel 'heavy cam'
• Summar 2.0/50mm nickel
• Hektor 2.5/50mm nickel
• Hektor 1.9/73mm nickel
• Elmar 4.0/90mm nickel 'fat Elmar'
• Elmar 6,3/105mm nickel 'berg-Elmar'
• UC-Hexanon 2.0/35mm
• assorted nickel accessories and bakelite Leica caps

But before that, I need to wish for winning the lottery! 😛

 

[Rodchenko]

I crave an Olympus 35SP with a working meter. So about £150 to sort mine should be about enough.

I wouldn't mind an M9 with a 35mm & 85mm, with a ZIZM body for film, mind.

 

[mdarnton]

I said M9, but only because the M240 isn't on the list. But basically I'm OK with what I have.

 

[mugent]

With $10k, I'd get....

Sigma DP2M
Fuji GF670
Fuji GF670W
A great film scanner
Spend any leftover on travelling.

 

[thegman]

With $10k, I'd get...

4x5 range finder like those from polaroidconversions.com
Alpa 12TC
GF670

Spend the rest travelling.

 

[Sunti]

The item I crave the most and which I've been trying to find for the last 2 years and never found is not an optical instrument. It's small and should cost no more than a couple of bucks.

It's the Fuji 120 film holder. You can see a sample of it here in the lower right of picture.

These damn things are impossible to find!

I'm not Bellamy or benefit in anyway from his sale, but found that he's in process of making the 120 film box.

 

[Sunti]

^ here's the link http://japancamerahunter.com/2012/09/japan-camera-hunter-film-cases/#more-5992