What have you resisted buying in 2010?

[robert blu]

I had temptation but, not yet any digital...
robert

 

[John Lawrence]

In the last two weeks a Rolleicord Vb.

John

 

[p.giannakis]

A rolleiflex - We'll invest the money for a DSLR (my wife's decision...)

 

[jamesdfloyd]

Leica M9 and GW690

 

[Riverman]

Not much unfortunately. 2010 has been gaseous for me, adding an F6 and an M6 to my kit and swapping my Shen Hao for an Ebony. Too much gas.

 

[raydm6]

I succumbed after searching for a few years for this combo:

Mint 1958 button rewind M2 w/ST and the 35 2.8 Summaron-M w/hood. Both CLA'd by Kindermann which included a lens recollimation.

I'm done for awhile 🙂

 

[Keith]

I'm currently resisting the F6 that jonmanjiro has for sale in the classifieds! 😛

 

[thirteen]

Zeiss Planar ZM, Pentax Spotmatic, 50mm Takumar, OM2N, OM3, OM4Ti, Zuiko 85/2, Zuiko 28/2, Zuiko 50/1,4.
Resisted each in turn for a few days ...then inevitably bought them all ... and enjoying every photo op with them.

 

[Viktor Sebastian]

If people stop resisting my CV 12mm I would stop resisting an M2 😀

 

[ottluuk]

I have yet to make a photo gear related purchase this year. The last one was GRD-III in late 2009. Thus I have avoided temptation from any surviving camera made since the very dawn of photography 😀

Will get a Fuji 690 as soon as the pennies roll home, though. Together, we will have the strength to resist any temptation, I hope 😀

 

[Don Parsons]

I've been out of work until a month ago, have another month to go to finish school so resistance was pretty easy. But I have a lot of things I need (want 🙂 ) that I'll slowly acquire over the following year.

1. Panasonic Lx5-new travel camera as traveling is my job.
2. New Printer-B&H has the Epson 2880 on sale for $389 this weekend (including a $300 mail-in rebate.) My 2200 died on me.
3. Canon 24-105 Zoom and Canon 10-22.

I have GAS for:
4. Pentax 67II with 105. I want to go out west and spend some time.
5. Olympus E-30 with 12-60. I hear it's a killer lens. Might do this combo in place of the two Canons above.

 

[Cron]

5DII;
Nikon 9000 scanner;
24/1,4 for Leica M;
iphone4

 

[MatthewThompson]

Been resisting paying silly money for a Fuji Strobe Bracket for the GA. Boggling how much they go for.

 

[helen.HH]

Helen...Given the kind of atmospheric shooting I think you like to do I'm not sure you'd love the Planar. Incredible lens, razor sharp but a little clinical to me. I'd think the C-Sonnar is a better match for you 🙂

Kent

oh Hello Kent. thanx for thinking of Me....🙂
I did have the C Sonnar in the past...LOVELY lens but I was not always Fond of the OOF ...sometimes it appeared a tad too swirley for my Taste
I do Love the planar OOF ...seems quite Creamy though I do Agree perhaps less 'Atmospheric' but there is something STELLAR about it....
I'm still on the Fence...
Cheers- H

 

[nikon_sam]

Zeiss Planar ZM, Pentax Spotmatic, 50mm Takumar, OM2N, OM3, OM4Ti, Zuiko 85/2, Zuiko 28/2, Zuiko 50/1,4.
Resisted each in turn for a few days ...then inevitably bought them all ... and enjoying every photo op with them.

Thanks...I had a good laugh...😛

I bought a Pentax Spotmatic w/50mm 1.4 and do not regret that decision one bit...I also picked up a Tak 35mm 3.5 in Like New condition before I got the Spot body...
I started in photography with a Vivitar 400sl (M42 lenses) so I had a 28mm 2.8, 135mm 2.8 & 200mm 3.5...All are the Vivitar brand name...
I also enjoy every chance I get to shoot with the Pentax...😀

 

[Brian Legge]

I decided last Dec 24th - the day I picked up an F4s and returned to film - to skip upgrading my D70s and to focus on film this year. I went on a huge binge, exploring all sorts of cameras and systems. Basically anything I could find cheap, with 3 notable exceptions.

The result was picking up and shooting everything here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/collections/72157624633077030/

With the exception of the F4s, Bronica SQ and Leica IIIc, I probably spent about $500. Those would bump it up another $600. And a bunch of that will be recovered over the next few months as I continue to sell off what I use the least.

What itches haven't I scratched?
- An enlarger. This will happen in the near future.
- A CLA for the Leica. Last serviced in '61, the slow speeds are off, needs new curtains, rangefinder is hard to see, etc.
- A fast/wide lens for the Leica. I love the look I get out of the Lynx 14 but its just such a monster to carry around compared to the small rangefinders.
- An OM2n w/28mm. Hard to justify given my Nikon investment, but there just isn't anything quite like it.
- A CLE or R3A. I just handled the R3A for the first time a week ago. I'm really impressed by the camera. That with the 40mm/1.4 was delicious.

 

[Eric T]

I have resisted buying film cameras in 2010 as I have been using them less and less. Had I not made that pledge to myself I probably would have bought a Fujifilm GF670 and a Bessa T. Instead, I bought the Canon 5DM2 and a Panasonic GF1.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Things I can't afford.

Cheers,

R.

 

[mel]

Since I found this website this year I have been in a perpetual state of GAS.
Resisted a mint Rollei 2.8F, Wide or Tele!
Resisted 1000 rolls of Rollei Retro 400 film!
Resisted a Fuji GX617!
Resisted a Fujifilm GF670!
Resisted an XPan II with a 30mm aspherical lens!
Resisted a Leica IIIG!
Resisted a Mamiya 7II with a 43mm lens.
WTF didn't I resist in 2010?! 😱
Oh, a Widelux F8 that I am lovin', fits like a glove, is so easy and light to carry, looks more beautiful than jewelry, is a thrill to use and engenders lots of gratitude.
Neither did I resist a Polaroid 110B that is currently being converted to 4x5 with interchangeable lenses, including a Schneider Angulon 90mm f-6.8, Nikkor W 150mm f5.6, and the existing Ysarex 127mm. 😀

 

[noimmunity]

oh Hello Kent. thanx for thinking of Me....🙂
I did have the C Sonnar in the past...LOVELY lens but I was not always Fond of the OOF ...sometimes it appeared a tad too swirley for my Taste
I do Love the planar OOF ...seems quite Creamy though I do Agree perhaps less 'Atmospheric' but there is something STELLAR about it....
I'm still on the Fence...
Cheers- H

Have a look, Helen, at the C/Y mount Planar 50/1.4 ... blows the ZM Planar out of the water!

Back to our regularly scheduled programming, I've resisted selling my M lenses to fund hideous, ultimately unsatisfying digital rigs.

Lust after an M9, but because of the price I don't even have to resist.

Also resisted the X100, which was even easier, since it don't exist yet!