Good morning, all;
Yes, I know that in in A. A. (Acquisition Anonymous, and its competition group, CA, Cameras Anonymous), there is the rule about "cross talking," but since we do have some time before the end of the meeting, I figure it is OK to warp the rules a bit.
Rosey, thank you for bringing up this important topic for an open and honest discussion among all of us.
And, before I really get going here, I will say that one method I have found helpful (but also embarrassing), is to make an inventory list of the things you have, and to take it with you when you visit a local camera pusher's store, or a swap meet, or a garage sale, or . . .
Yes, I have found that it reduces most of the embarrassing incidents of over-duplication.
And, my own inventory list is over 80 pages long right now.
Fotch, my Nikon F can use the old 21mm lens and the 8mm lens. It has MLU, but you do lose one frame on the film when you do it. The F2 and later will do MLU without the loss of a frame on the roll.
Pioneer in Elko; Yes, sir. You have identified a serious problem. And at times it does seem that the most logical, cost and time investment effective way to do it is to just get another one. I think that the CRW syndrome is more prevalent than many of us really would like to admit. (That is the "Can't Remember Where" Syndrome.)
Blockend; Sir, I want to suggest that the logic you proposed may be reversed. When you have more cameras, then you can clearly justify getting a bulk loader and buying 100 foot long rolls and "rolling your own" with the notable saving in cost per roll of film that this will provide. So, the argument that the cost of the cameras being greater than the cost of the film may not be valid. (See, we can rationalize anything!!)
And, finally for Serius Glass; Steve, thank you for making known to the huddled masses found here that nirvana really is attainable. Yes, while there are just two (2) more Minolta ROKKOR lenses I would like to find, at this time I do have lenses in 21 of the 26 different focal lengths that the manually focusing ROKKOR lenses were made in. Yes, it is comforting to know that I really do have probably the optimum lens available here for taking just about any photograph I can envision. Yes, this is truly bliss. While it did take several years to reach this point in achieving this state, it is possible to do it, and, as you have indicated, being truly satiated is very satisfying.
I had an offer the be given a film Cannon SLR and lenses but turned it down. I felt that I would not use it much, and didn't want to have to invest into another 35mm lens system that would not work with my current (D)SLRs.
