Should I buy another film camera?

[neilt3]

"Should I buy another film camera?

With most people here I think it is can I resist buying another film camera?

I am still looking for the photographic version of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Your already on it .
Unfortunately it's easier to give in and buy more .
Resistance is futile .

 

[Axelwik]

Cameras are cheaper than therapy.

 

[MattKing]

Cameras are cheaper than therapy.

You know that the 12 step program you are attending is dysfunctional when every meeting turns into a camera "show-and-tell" .

 

[4season]

Should the situation arise again, consider buying your "end game" camera! Mine has been:

Canon flagship
Nikon flagship
Leica R
"Barnack" Leica
Leica M
Hasselblad
Rolleiflex
Alpa

Then I discovered the perfect thing, the Kwanon:

There is a minor matter of none being known to exist, but pfft, trouble me not with technicalities.

 

[MFstooges]

Should the situation arise again, consider buying your "end game" camera! Mine has been:

Canon flagship
Nikon flagship
Leica R
"Barnack" Leica
Leica M
Hasselblad
Rolleiflex
Alpa

Then I discovered the perfect thing, the Kwanon:
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There is a minor matter of none being known to exist, but pfft, trouble me not with technicalities.

I've never thought it actually exists. I thought it's just a nickname of some Chinese knock-off knowing that Chinese Goddess of Mercy is known as Guanyin or Kwan Im.

 

[Don_ih]

Then I discovered the perfect thing

Just glue a tuning knob on the front of a Leica II.

 

[eli griggs]

Back when film was inexpensive I would sometimes use 12 exp roll but even when I used 36 exposure roll I processed the film by the end of the day regardless of how many frames I shot. Today with the cost of film and processing I always use 36 exp roll and finish it up before I process. I can wait weeks or even months to finish the roll.

Yes, that works, but the 36 count rollis just a small bulk container, with three (3) sets of 12 frames, a tail and a leader, in place on the film, so you only need to tape a 'new' leader on two (2) strips and two (2) tails on those that need 'em.

You can even keep the unexposed film strips (completed with tails and tongues) in the film can, at home or with a dark bag on location.

You'll also have less to pack in and out, than three (3) separate rolls of film.

Enjoy Summer,
Eli

 

[snusmumriken]

Thanks everyone, I went ahead and got one.

Guess I was too late to save you.

 

[pbromaghin]

Guess I was too late to save you.

Why on god's green earth would you ever want to save someone from buying a camera?

 

[eli griggs]

Why on god's green earth would you ever want to save someone from buying a camera?

Kid needs food and new shoes.

 

[4season]

Kid needs food and new shoes.

You'd be amazed by how much money you can save by cutting food out of your diet!

 

[neilt3]

Kid needs food and new shoes.

So if you buy the camera off him , he can feed his kid .
Have some compassion .
Teach the kid how to grow food and hunt , then all is good .
Be self sufficient.
New shoes ?
Teach him not to be a victim of fashion.
You have to get your priorities right .

 

[guangong]

They're not actually duplicates- each one has a different brassing pattern and is malfunctioning in slightly different ways...

They can still count as duplicates.

 

[Don_ih]

They can still count as duplicates.

The facetious bird sometimes flies overhead.

 

[pamphoto]

Not to mention a Leica!

PS: I would suggest a Linhof instead of a Deardorff...

There is a Leica at the store I borrowed. I seriously considered finding one.... It was so nice to shoot with. the R4.... I can't; I can't; I should not....

 

[pamphoto]

Don't sell or trade away your present kit for a new format, you'll likely regret it.

I suggest you look for a Speed Graphic 4"x5" or, a 5"x7" and shoot that for awhile, using paper negatives when film is too expensive, for day to day shooting, especially in public, where you want folks to stop, watch you and ask questions, giving you the opportunity to shoot portraits, a true objective for your public use of the Graphic.

The trick will be to learn how to set-up the shot quickly for rapid documentary work and, the resulting photographic works.

Folks get impatient quickly, this the need to compose and shoot, in situ, which will sharpen your skills, hopefully getting good, fresh shots most any day.

IMO, it'll be a good "project" and good fun.

Hmmm.... Interesting. I like the idea!

 

[neilt3]

There is a Leica at the store I borrowed. I seriously considered finding one.... It was so nice to shoot with. the R4.... I can't; I can't; I should not....

At the store you borrowed?!
Wow , now that is GAS , you borrowed the whole store ???

 

[pamphoto]

At the store you borrowed?!
Wow , now that is GAS , you borrowed the whole store ???

Hahaha, I guess I could borrow the whole store. But not all at once.

 

[Sirius Glass]

"Should you buy another camera?"

No, buy two of each so that you have a back up for each type of camera in every possible format.

 

[Don_ih]

I guess I could borrow the whole store. But not all at once.

That's called a stick-up.

 

[DNH]

Don't ask me. I have bought another 3 in the last month.

If you think you want another, go for it.

 

[skahde]

Thanks everyone, I went ahead and got one.

Good decision! The F100 was probably the nicest AF-Nikon I had in my hands. Not such a tank like an F5 but nearly as capable. Never handled an F6, though but those are pricey. Now make room in the bag and sell the N90s.