Your Gear holy grail/silver bullet?
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Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Formally I was a die-hard B&W only film shooter, but Leica made my dream camera when they created the Monochrom, and I have been shooting one for almost two years.
If lightning strikes twice I will also get a Monochrom version of the M-240 (MM-240)when and if it comes out. Already I settled some debt to order one.
Cal
If lightning strikes twice I will also get a Monochrom version of the M-240 (MM-240)when and if it comes out. Already I settled some debt to order one.
Cal
David Hughes
David Hughes
How about a proper camera shop in town? And to think that we had two a decade or so ago...
Regards, David
Regards, David
Livesteamer
Well-known
Take the meter from my Nikon N90 or some other modern Nikon, put it in a Nikon F Photomic head and let me put a modern meter on my Nikon F. Not likely to happen but I can dream. Joe
FrankS
Registered User
Great idea!
oftheherd
Veteran
That.
I really don't need nor luckily, want any more gear at this point. But I desparately need more time to shoot and work in the darkroom.
FrankS
Registered User
Being newly retired, I am blessed with more free time. I'm in need of more energy/motivation to shoot and work in my darkroom.
drew.saunders
Well-known
I don't think there's really any 'holy grail' or 'silver bullet' piece of equipment that would make me a much better photographer, but if a wealthy eccentric were in the mood to buy me a shiny new toy, I wouldn't mind:
An M Monochrom
A Leica 50/0.95
A Cooke PS945.
I think any of those would give me something to play with that none of my existing equipment really offer. True, I can shoot B&W in my M6TTL or convert digitally from my X-E1, but the MM, I think, would still be different enough. I might be wrong, but if anyone really wants to give me one to test that theory...
An M Monochrom
A Leica 50/0.95
A Cooke PS945.
I think any of those would give me something to play with that none of my existing equipment really offer. True, I can shoot B&W in my M6TTL or convert digitally from my X-E1, but the MM, I think, would still be different enough. I might be wrong, but if anyone really wants to give me one to test that theory...
siracusa
Well-known
I'd like a Jupiter 9, a Super Ikonta (any version), and if I could justify getting another 35mm body, an Oly XA (why did I sell my last one?) and a Leica I. None of these are a holy grail to me, but they are the things I lust after when GAS strikes.
gerikson
Established
Nikkor 28mm f/1.4 for me.
jordan.dickinson
Jordan Dickinson
Thought it was a Leica Monochrom, but I just had the opportunity and the funds, but decided against it after thinking about why I sold my M9...
Didn't shoot the M9 enough, so how was I going to suddenly shoot an MM more?
I think what I really want is a full darkroom with space for printing/developing and a separate station for wet plate collodion work. I've had makeshift versions of a darkroom before, but it was always about as half-assed as could be...time to upgrade to a real space one of these days...
Didn't shoot the M9 enough, so how was I going to suddenly shoot an MM more?
I think what I really want is a full darkroom with space for printing/developing and a separate station for wet plate collodion work. I've had makeshift versions of a darkroom before, but it was always about as half-assed as could be...time to upgrade to a real space one of these days...
GaryLH
Veteran
Being newly retired, I am blessed with more free time. I'm in need of more energy/motivation to shoot and work in my darkroom.
I am also now retired.. My wife would kill me .. 😛 .. I have too keep all the windows open in the bathroom just to develop b&w negs. She hates the smell 🙁
But the main problem..just too lazy..these days..
Gary
mdarnton
Well-known
In my experience, people who lack talent never are aware of that, so I can't imagine one wishing for it.
kaiwasoyokaze
Half Frame Goodness
my holy grail is to retire to the mountains and countryside of Kangwando province in Korea.
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
Shoot for the Moon, A Hasselblad H5D
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Frank, I don't worry about silver bullets but I am saving up for tbe Zeiss 18mm lens for myM4.
I used and quite liked the CV 21 for a few years, decided that I wanted to go wider and tried the CV 15mm. That lens was too wide for me. So, I want to give the 18 a go. Maybe I don"t really want wider than 21 but I need to find out.
As for cameras, I would love to try a Contaflex TLR but I need to hit the lottery first!🙂
I used and quite liked the CV 21 for a few years, decided that I wanted to go wider and tried the CV 15mm. That lens was too wide for me. So, I want to give the 18 a go. Maybe I don"t really want wider than 21 but I need to find out.
As for cameras, I would love to try a Contaflex TLR but I need to hit the lottery first!🙂
kxl
Social Documentary
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
At some point this year I just got all my silver bullets: a Leica M4 and (yet) another lens... followed by another lens.
Now, since I returned to do my own developing and managed to "restore" one of my computers by adding RAM memory to it, the next thing is to scan the stuff...
Working on it. 🙂
Now, since I returned to do my own developing and managed to "restore" one of my computers by adding RAM memory to it, the next thing is to scan the stuff...
Working on it. 🙂
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
telenous
Well-known
My first Leica felt like a Holy Grail once. It would give me photos I couldn't get otherwise, or so I thought anyway. Still using it every day but I feel there's a lot of gear out there now that could do what it does. And, just roaming around, there's so much exciting photography, out of any sort of gear, any sort of process. So, I am not enthralled any more, but, in a strange way, I am also liberated from the desire to try the latest and the greatest.
Two ways to look at this right now...The Holy Grail is a fairy tale, and that's all there is to it...Or, alternatively, the Holy Grail was just meant to be the cup you drink from to quench your thirst, day after day after day. If the former, I bought once into a myth. If the latter, I already hold what I need in my hands.
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Two ways to look at this right now...The Holy Grail is a fairy tale, and that's all there is to it...Or, alternatively, the Holy Grail was just meant to be the cup you drink from to quench your thirst, day after day after day. If the former, I bought once into a myth. If the latter, I already hold what I need in my hands.
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