What have you just NOT bought!

[daveleo]

I have not purchased the XE-1 body that has been burning in my head (I could sell the Nikon and some lenses to cover this),
nor a good Apple computer & monitor that I need with some good 16-bit software editor and calibration tools.

 

[CliveC]

Clive, why are you passing on the VF-2? I've resisted for quite a while, in the hope that a used Fuji X-e1 will come my way for not much more than a new VF-2. Then the X-e1 (with m-adapter) will become my VF!

~Rif

It seems hard to justify paying nearly $200 for something that's optional (and so small!) when I can pick up top-of-the-line film cameras for that much. Heck, the EOS-M is only $299!

 

[jsrockit]

I haven't had the need to buy anything lately. There's nothing I want to buy in the camera world. It's a good feeling.

 

[Godfrey]

I chose to buy a Leicaflex SL kit rather than an Olympus E-P5 or Sony NEX 6. Why? Because I already have the GXR-M, and when I acquire a Leica M(240) in a year or two, I want the longer R lenses for it. The GXR is more than just sufficient until then.

I didn't buy another Hasselblad lens either. Because the SWC, the 500CM + 80 + 150 are enough.

I didn't buy a couple of Guggenheim Museum mugs either, but I just might order them on line as I think they're cool looking.

I didn't buy the James Turrell book at the Guggenheim, but I might just order that on line too.

I didn't rent a car while on this trip. I borrowed an old Mercedes 350SLD (or something like that) from a friend. I love it, driving it feels like piloting a medium sized yacht and the 350 Turbo Diesel sounds like a watercraft engine too. My brother wants to record it for backdrop sound in his latest video production.

There is an infinity of things I didn't buy.

G

 

[someonenameddavid]

I was in Best Buy purchasing a computer for my daughter and saw an open box Fuji x10 for $166... showed it to "She-who-must-be-obeyed" and went hmmmm. Didnt buy it, but have now stored up "self control credits" for the future....

David

 

[helen.HH]

Oh Dear...LOTS
And I BLAME RFF & Flickriver for giving Me the 'feverish' Mind

Xpro1 , XE1 with its 35 1.4
Leicaflex 1 or 2 with a 60 2.8 Elmarit R macro
Nikon F3 with a 28 2.8 ais

But then I come to my Senses,
There is only so much Time I can Shoot
I have Gear...great gear in fact
So Use what I have...Life is Good !!

 

[Nigel Meaby]

Helen, I think we all need to come to our senses and get tempted by some of the lovely equipment for sale in the classifieds currently. No more thoughts of not buying.....Buy, Buy, Buy, I say!! 😀

 

[MichaelW]

I've resisted a Horizon panoramic camera at a good price. It would be fun but I could see myself shooting a few rolls and then forgetting about it. I need to clear out some of the current gear that is not being used first. I also resisted a Mamiya C220 for the same reason - good camera, fun, not sure how much I would use it.

 

[furbs]

In the last month, I:

- sold my D600
- returned a 50 Cron v4
- continued my yearslong streak of resisting Fuji X digitals

Stay strong, men!

 

[Atto]

in the last weeks I passed-up a bronica s-qa and hassy 500c, but I've been tempted with a 501c that I look forward to this week. A temptation than three, not bad.

 

[John E Earley]

I passed up a very good deal on an F2 and several lenses that I wanted mainly because I've already gone over my equipment budget for the month and need to spend on film.

 

[Kent]

I resisted an M2 several times. Damn me! 😉

 

[Spanik]

A pentax K-01. Yeah, I know. It was a yellow one as well 😀

 

[squareshooter]

I did not buy another Bilora Bella 44. Perhaps two of these is enough.

 

[nikon_sam]

That's a coincidence, I bought a 35mm 2.5 FL on a whim a few days back (awaiting delivery). I know very little about the lens other than the fact that it's slightly faster than my 3.5 and I like the 35mm focal length.

What are you looking to get out of that lens, if I may ask?

Clive...

If this FL lens is of the same vintage quality that is in the 100mm 3.5 FL lens I just traded for...I'll be thrilled...
I have the 50mm 1.4 SSC (thrift shop find $50) and really wanted a wide angle for the A-1...I like the 35mm FOV...
I am also new to Canons so I'm learning...the two lenses I currently have are very good...

 

[froyd]

The Nokton 50 1.5 currently in the classifieds looked awfully tempting, but I already had a line on the little Skopar 50 2.5, that I've been hunting down for a little while, so the Nokton had to wait. Might just bypass it and go for an M-Nokton at some point.

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

Didn't buy a Contax RX on ebay.

I've had one before, and really liked it. But, i'm currently sitting on a completely underused set of three 35mm SLRs: EOS3, F100, FE2.

 

[TXForester]

A TLR and a Pentax 67, but I can't guarantee how long I can hold off. 🙂

 

[L Collins]

I didn't buy a mint black Leicaflex SL2 with Summicron 50.

It really bugged me that I missed out on a good deal....so to compensate I bought a nice M2 with 50 Elmar for essentially the price of the lens. Is that wrong?

 

[Kenj8246]

Missed out on a really nice Nikkormat FT2 on the auction site.