who is done? and how do you know?

[Stephanie Brim]

No, I love it. But I'm going to eventually want a portrait lens that's sharper wide open...thus a 90 'cron or Elmarit. That won't be for quite a while, though. I won't be letting go of my J-3 or J-12 either...just adding to them.

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

I have fits of "camera fever" but usually they pass in a couple of days. I've got a new (to me) LC-A on it's way to replace my old one but aside from that I'm content.

. . . At least until they make a fast, fixed lens 35mm (equiv.) digi P&S with sensible controls for under $400. Water/shock proof like those new Olympus ones would be nice. Basically, a digital version of a cross between a Contax T2 and Stylus Epic. Is that too much to ask?

 

[FrankS]

Stephanie, you've made me a very proud Papa! (I think my eyes are tearing up.) 🙂

 

[back alley]

please, no sobbing on my thread...🙂

 

[rover]

I am only 40, I am far from done.

 

[KM-25]

I am only 40, I am far from done.

LOL! Strange that anyone would relate age to the acquisition of camera gear. I have been using Leica for exactly one week. I guess I am a new born, ha-ha!

Ahhh...living and working as a photographer high in the Colorado Rockies. What a perfect place for a Lieca!


........................wink, wink!

P.S. What is the going rate on a good used 50mm 1.4 Summilux Aspheric?

 

[jan normandale]

Joe, "when you're dead you're done! Until then you're not done!"
Mangled quote from Big Boy Caprice/ Al Pacino in Dick Tracy

 

[Crasis]

No more buying another camera and lens until I can use my current camera subconsciously. Heh.

I'm not good enough with my current gear to go out getting more.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Crasis... that's a good condition. Alas... I've managed to use my Leicas in my sleep. In fact, I photograph in my dreams! 😱

So, no more Leica stuff for me. 🙁

 

[ghost]

the main indicator of not being done is thinking about what to get all the time, so i'd say you're done when you don't think about it unless you have to.

 

[SteveM_NJ]

I don't post much, but I visit and read every day. Just the same as my continual searching and studying of gear, even if that search does not end in a purchase... Learning about equipment never stops, so in that I can say I am Never Done.

 

[Talisker]

Done? Noooo - I want a 617 panoramic of some ilk!

 

[sbug]

Done. *


*Done unless I come into hideous sums of cash. I’m happy with what I have and what I want is currently quite unaffordable. I have a Nikon S3 with 35/50/105 lenses, a Canonet QL17 G-III and a Yashica GS. Once I solve the light leak on the Yashica, it’s up for sale. However, if the hideous amount of cash showed up I’d love the following:
Nikon SP body.
Leica M8 and glass in focal lengths equivalent to my current Nikon setup.
Nikon digital SLR (D80 would be fine) and an assortment of nice glass.
Since this is all theoretical and unlikely anyhow 😉, a Nikon S-mount digital rangefinder.

**Everything I've stated above is subject to change at a moments notice. 🙂

 

[robin a]

I never have a shortage of GAS,always looking.Theres a Zorki 3m out there somewhere with my name on it.

 

[MCTuomey]

done. rf gear's set with two bodies, one metered and one not. an elmar that stays on the m4, with a 90 that goes along for the ride in a little bag with a twinmate meter. hangs by the door. a fast 35, 50, and 75 with the other body in a second bag.

digi stuff is a couple of generations old and suits me real well (as film-like as digi can be)

clam-happy i am

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Stephanie, you've made me a very proud Papa! (I think my eyes are tearing up.) 🙂

Always trying to make my elders proud. 😉

I can't say, though, that I won't take after you and have my house filled with 50mm lenses. I like 50mm lenses. They're pretty. They're the perfect focal length. The come in all sizes and shapes and speeds...my precious...

Ahem. Yes. Back to how I said I wasn't going to buy anything else...

 

[rover]

Strange that anyone would relate age to the acquisition of camera gear.

It is a defense against GAS as well as acceptance of the condition. I have a long time to go, no need to feel the need to stop something I enjoy, and no rush to get everything at once. A little here, a little there, just enough to keep me interested.

 

[picturetaker]

I am done when a) my wife takes my credit card or b) I have to transfer all the money in my PayPal account to her bank account or c) I have no more room on my shelves, kitchen table or counter.

 

[ErnestoJL]

I thought I was done (related to gear), but it was just a case of lying to myself as I´m aware Í won´t be done until I get all the Contax stuff I want.

And once I got all this, what´s next?

Ernesto

 

[Silva Lining]

Done? - I dont even have crispy edges!