Help Me.... Addicted to Nikon film gear!

pentax4ever · Mar 10, 2011

Ok, I decided to give up buying camera gear for Lent. Last night I deleted my AuctionSieve watch list. I'm hunkered down in my den clutching a ME Super and whimpering a little. It's going to be a long 40 days. Pray for me.

Sirius Glass · Mar 10, 2011

pentax4ever said:
Ok, I decided to give up buying camera gear for Lent. Last night I deleted my AuctionSieve watch list. I'm hunkered down in my den clutching a ME Super and whimpering a little. It's going to be a long 40 days. Pray for me.

Give up giving up camera buying for Lent. Give into your GAS and the enjoyment will last years longer than the holiday!

:devil:

Steve

2F/2F · Mar 10, 2011

I guess if you are having to give up your camera buying for lentils, you probably should be......

Les Sarile · Mar 10, 2011

pentax4ever said:
Ok, I decided to give up buying camera gear for Lent. It's going to be a long 40 days.

Excellent! One less bidder for the next 40 days. I hope there are more folks like you who are doing the same ;-)

Particle Accelerator · Mar 11, 2011

I'm changing my name to KEH, just to see what shows up in the mailbox.

John_Nikon_F · Mar 12, 2011

NAS is an evil temptress... To see what I mean, just look at all my posts in the "Your LATEST 35mm SLR Acquisition" thread.

-J

Pumalite · Mar 12, 2011

Are you crazy?. G.A.S. is an important syndrome. People that have it should be proud and take it to its ultimate consequences.

perkeleellinen · Mar 12, 2011

I'm currently trying to persuade myself that I don't need the Nikkor 18/3.5.

vpwphoto · Mar 12, 2011

I got some stuff still in Nikon Boxes from 1962 to show you!!!

dnjl · Mar 12, 2011

vpwphoto said:
I got some stuff still in Nikon Boxes from 1962 to show you!!!

You're evil

lxdude · Mar 12, 2011

Pumalite said:
Are you crazy?. G.A.S. is an important syndrome. People that have it should be proud and take it to its ultimate consequences.

Obvious proof that it's an evil temptress!

pentax4ever · Mar 12, 2011

Sirius Glass said:
Give up giving up camera buying for Lent. Give into your GAS and the enjoyment will last years longer than the holiday!

:devil:

Steve

Yes, this is truly The Support Group From Hell...

artonpaper · Mar 12, 2011

Back in the 80s I had a Nikon FTN, that I loved. I met a young woman in bar one night, and end of story, she left in the morning with my camera bag. Nikon, two lenses, Luna Pro F, and a 50 mm Leica lens. I guess she expected a tip.

Sirius Glass · Mar 13, 2011

It sounds like she liked the FTN more than she liked you.

brucemuir · Mar 13, 2011

artonpaper said:
Back in the 80s I had a Nikon FTN, that I loved. I met a young woman in bar one night, and end of story, she left in the morning with my camera bag. Nikon, two lenses, Luna Pro F, and a 50 mm Leica lens. I guess she expected a tip.

Hopefully she didn't LEAVE anything for you to remember her by

Pumalite · Mar 13, 2011

Fungus survives on metal less than 3 HRS unless there are other secretions

lxdude · Mar 13, 2011

eeeeewwww

Sirius Glass · Mar 13, 2011

There goes the five second rule!

kivis · Jun 5, 2011

Nikon F, "the Original" with the no meter prism, the special Pete Smith modified dual position rangefinder like shutter button and the non AI Nikkor 50mm/ 1.4 with metal hood. Just got this jewel.

Sirius Glass · Jun 5, 2011

djacobox372 said:
My addiction was so bad a year ago I had over twenty nikon bodies. But I'm in recovery and have widdled it down to just a short list of my favorites.

F
F2as
F3hp +md4
F4s
F5
F100 + grip
FE
FE2
D700 (don't hate me apug!)

The only nikon body I really would like to add would be the F6 (to complete my "F" collection). But they still cost too much.

We won't go into how many lenses I have. :-0

For help with your addiction, contact John_Nikon_F and buy his equipment.

Steve

fstop · Jun 5, 2011

Sirius Glass said:
Give up giving up camera buying for Lent. Give into your GAS and the enjoyment will last years longer than the holiday!

:devil:

Steve

I gave up religion for lent.

I have the worst luck with Nikon.

Check this out.

I found a FM that came with a bunch of good stuff.Seller said it wasn't working,bought it, I found another FM for parts on CL.
So the FM and the parts FM come the same day.
Turns out the parts FM was actually a FE.So I go find another FM for parts. While waiting for the parts camera I mess around with the FE its easily a KEH EX grade just has some dry lube to fix.
The FM has dry lube issue too,fixed that in 10 minutes.great condition
So the parts FM comes in,well took all of 5 minutes to fix that one too.Not bad condition.

So then I scored on a FA cheap, EX+ except the asa dial has a dent,works fine but hard to turn, so I hit ebay and find a FA for parts that the seller says has meter issues, apparently they aren't familiar with the FAs mode of operation, the fixed shutter speed until the film counter is on frame 1 and the cybernetic override fools people.
That comes in and works perfect, good condition just some strap rash above lugs.
So now I have 3 FAs and still have to find another for parts.

Help Me.... Addicted to Nikon film gear!

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