Keith
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What is it with this place ... have we become some sort of agony aunt?
Which Nikon SLR to sell? F, F2A, F3?
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JonWNC
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In another thread you mentioned that the M7 had already been listed (I presume on ebay), and that the Nikons were next. Sounds to me like the decision has made.
Personally, if it were me, I would keep the Nikon that made me the happiest, and everything else could go.
Personally, if it were me, I would keep the Nikon that made me the happiest, and everything else could go.
Alpsman
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I would sell the F3. Why? Because it needs a battery & has a LCD-Display. I prefer mechanical cameras. Besides, the F & the F2 uses the same focusingscreens.
John E Earley
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shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Exactly this.
Her resentment towards photography is most likely just a symptom of a deeper feeling.
Your first step should be finding out what *really* bugs her. If it takes you to start by selling your F3 and use the money to take her out to a nice dinner, then do it.
After all there is a lot of F, F2, and F3s out there, but there is only one her.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Robert Lai
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Shadowfox, you seem to have the most sensible solution in your second to last post (above).
The main point seems to be that when I was young and stupid, I put things above people - namely my girlfriend/spouse. She tried to put up with that, but it's finally gotten to her. Now that I'm older (but still stupid), it has finally dawned on me that things are replacable, but people are not. We've had several deaths in the family recently which drive home that point.
Yes, the M7 is for sale on ebay. So far it hasn't sold yet 😀
However, I think the F3 with motor drive, data back, NiCd packs etc will probably follow in the near future.
The main point seems to be that when I was young and stupid, I put things above people - namely my girlfriend/spouse. She tried to put up with that, but it's finally gotten to her. Now that I'm older (but still stupid), it has finally dawned on me that things are replacable, but people are not. We've had several deaths in the family recently which drive home that point.
Yes, the M7 is for sale on ebay. So far it hasn't sold yet 😀
However, I think the F3 with motor drive, data back, NiCd packs etc will probably follow in the near future.
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
You have hit the nail on the head here.
This expunging of photography from your life is not about photography at all but about something far deeper.
I don't have a wife. Had a fiance once and have had a bunch of long-term girlfriends. My photography never drove them away. We all had issues which needed to be resolved.
Things CAN be replaced but one can only live one's life for someone else for so long. I did that with the fiancee years and years ago and I found myself with no friends, no hobbies and pure resentment for her. I resented myself even more for allowing such control to be given to someone else.
Selling your gear is something you should do for yourself, not someone else.
I'm a different person though and I'm admittedly quite selfish but photography is my life. Photography is what I do and if any person said I'd have to choose between photography and them, I'd stand up, pick my passion for the craft and hope they respected me more for sticking to my guns but if not, they would be free to go of their own accord.
The cameras are only a symptom, they are not the problem.
Phil Forrest
wakarimasen
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One thing to remember: marriage - when it works - is a partnership, with understanding and accommodation on both sides. It sounds like this is what needs addressing, rather than which cameras are retained.
steveyork
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Keep the one you use the most.
Cold
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Thing is...make sure if you are selling, that it's not in vain.
While I won't presume to know anything about your particular situation beyond what you're sharing, I'd suspect that the cameras are just the material currency of a desire on her part to completely remove photography from your life. Treating this as an acceptable behavior is likely only to reinforce her notion that she can change you into whatever she thinks you should be.
So after you sell off every bit of photo gear you own...what's next? Your racquetball hobby taking too much of your time and attention from her? Gotta go. Your record collection remind her of your old girlfriends? To eBay with the lot of it.
Obviously, you've made up your mind, but for me, this would be a line in the sand moment. If you refuse completely to sell anything, it'll likely start an argument...but if your refusing to sell is blowing things out of proportion, how is her demanding a sale not the same thing?
While I won't presume to know anything about your particular situation beyond what you're sharing, I'd suspect that the cameras are just the material currency of a desire on her part to completely remove photography from your life. Treating this as an acceptable behavior is likely only to reinforce her notion that she can change you into whatever she thinks you should be.
So after you sell off every bit of photo gear you own...what's next? Your racquetball hobby taking too much of your time and attention from her? Gotta go. Your record collection remind her of your old girlfriends? To eBay with the lot of it.
Obviously, you've made up your mind, but for me, this would be a line in the sand moment. If you refuse completely to sell anything, it'll likely start an argument...but if your refusing to sell is blowing things out of proportion, how is her demanding a sale not the same thing?
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