Decisions, decisions, tsk tsk! But then it's all a game, isn't it - like so many other things in life are, or should be, if we are to stay relatively sane in this definitely INsane age.
Anyway, I'll play. Medium format/35mm, these being my two preferred "side by side" shooting formats.
1. Rolleiflex 3.5E2 kit and Nikkormat FT2 kit. I have both.
Hm! Or maybe -
2.Rolleiflex T kit and Contax G1 kit. Again, I have both.
Huh! Or maybe -
GA645wi and the M3 kit I am currently negotiating to buy, and have reached the 85% stage (5% more and I will then call in an investment to pay for the thing).
Um...! Or then maybe -
Rolleiflex 2.8E2 kit which someone has just offered to sell me at a very attractive price, and either the Nikkormat FT2 kit, the Contax G1 kit,or the soon-to-be-acquired Leica M3 kit, which I still don't half and maybe shouldn't be listing it, but what the heck. The Rollei was a surprise find, via a friend,an elderly Rollei shooter they know in Tasmania has the (somewhat rare) 2.8E2 which he tells me he purchased new circa 1959, and is now selling up to retire to a serviced apartment for the aged, with much less space. It even comes with its original box and wrappings AND the purchase invoice. The price is, well, affordably low. To buy it I will need a small overdraft from my bank, which I'll negotiate on Friday with my branch manager. Six fairly stiff payments or maybe nine less painful payments and that kit will be mine!
So yes, decisions decisions. But isn't life only a series of compromises, after all? And why should I limit myself to only two cameras anyway? So I will make my usual Sagittarian compromise, and buy the two new kits, and somehow make do with all these toys, old and new, in my retirement life.
Yes, it's all a game. Film costs will bankrupt me. Or maybe I'll just play with the unloaded cameras...
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Time for a large glass of good Tasmanian pinot, decision made!
