Cameras/lens you wish you'd kept...

**jnantz** · 14-Oct-2008, 14:33

i wish i still had a little bitty wollensak 3.5" f12 and 3.5" raptar purple dot.
and this brass 58mm thing that covered a 4x5 sheet with ease ...
as for accessories, i wish i still had my adams desk and my bell sound systems recordaphone ...

oh well, it's just stuff

**Bill_1856** · 14-Oct-2008, 14:55

Loss by home burglary: Leica Stemar set; Rollei 0.7 and 1.5 Mutars.
Loss by gift to best friend: Dual-Range Summicron.
Loss to Camera One (consignment, never paid me): Leica M4 (black Enamel, mint).
Loss to washing machine (roommate): Minox IIIS, black.

**Don Dudenbostel** · 14-Oct-2008, 14:55

Too many to count---

M4 Leica with 50mm 1.2 Noctilux

11x14 B&J

12x20 Korona

12 Series III Dagor

10" triple convertible protar

Libhof Master Technika

Technika 70 with 53 f4 SA, 100 2.8 Planar and 180 Tele Arton

5x7 Deardorff w/ red leather bellows

4x5 baby Deardorff like new

Roundshot

**EuGene Smith** · 14-Oct-2008, 15:00

Wow! A Super Ikonta and Panoram pale by comparison to many of the above . . . I can't complain.

**John Jarosz** · 14-Oct-2008, 15:02

Even though I've gravitated to the big stuff over the years, I can't get rid of my 1966 SWC, I bought it in 1980.

All the other cameras I've sold were not a problem. In their case(s) it was time to move on.

John

**lenser** · 14-Oct-2008, 15:11

Forgot about my complete Kalimar 660 system with all five lenses, bellows and extension tubes as well as the porrofinder that I sold when I got my first Hasse. I still miss that sweet little 120 SLR and it's been 3.5 decades.

**Miguel Curbelo** · 14-Oct-2008, 15:12

Leica M4 and Hexar af.

**cobalt** · 14-Oct-2008, 18:00

Oh yeah...
I... bought a Noct Nikkor 58mm 1.2, in excellent condition, for 350 bucks. I sold it... for about a grand. I've seen them on the auction site for more than double that.

And then there was the 135mm Zeiss planar , 14 inch Commercial Ektar, 4x5 Sinar Norma, 30 film holders, along with two other Ektars and a Schneider, all in excellent working order, that I bought for 400 bucks. I sold it all....ARRRRGH!!!

**John Kasaian** · 14-Oct-2008, 18:02

Originally Posted by BarryS

I fondly remember a lot of cameras and lenses I've sold, but like old girlfriends--I don't necessarily want them back.

I'm looking forward to selling a lot of gear, because it feels like dead weight. I don't have the money or the inclination to be a collector, and I don't want to be an accumulator. Does anyone else feel guilty not using nice gear?

Nice is as nice does

**cobalt** · 14-Oct-2008, 18:08

I really want a brand new, pristine Hasselblad body, standard lens, and film magazine.
I have two, but feel that, since it is my go to system, I should have a pristine one.