Expensive Lenses and Soul Searching

**Richard K.** · 14-Apr-2010, 17:33

OK after spending almost $10,000 (but that's unusual!) on lenses this past year (12 months, not since January!!) and that discussion on the 550 XXL, I've decided to not buy any more lenses (not even at that Brassie seminar next week in NYC) or order any cameras from Hugo, for quite a while!

Hmmm there is that a la George Harrison Rickenbacker 12 string Fire-Glo on eBay... I mean how else is one to get that CHANG in the opening chord of A Hard Day's Night?!?

Woah! Sorry, OK OK, I've snapped out of it...no lenses, no guitars!!

OK, while I'm becalming myself in this self-imposed moratorium on spending, how many lenses have YOU bought the past 12 months? Plan to? Is it a regular expense? Do tell all, some of us need guilt assuagement!

**ic-racer** · 14-Apr-2010, 18:20

Actually I have not bought ANY guitars lately. But I capped it off when I hit 28. By not getting any more guitars I am allowed to get up to 28 LF lenses of equal value

(Or so I told my wife).

**lilmsmaggie** · 14-Apr-2010, 18:31

Let's see ... last time I bought a guitar was in 1976. Now lenses, that's a horse of a different color. In the past year, I've bought 4 lenses:

50mm 1.8 for my Canon ELAN 7

And Three used LF lenses:

90mm 6.8 Grandagon-N
135mm 5.6 APO-Sironar-S
210mm 5.6 APO-Sironar-S

I'm toying with the idea of maybe a 65mm Grandagon-N, or a Schenider Tele-Xenar Compact 350mm. Or maybe the idea is toying with me

Is this a regular expense? Nope. I'm new to LF, so I have acquired a case of GAS.
Hopefully, the symptoms will pass quickly; otherwise this may become habit forming.

**Morca** · 14-Apr-2010, 18:36

None that didn't come with the cameras they're mounted on.

**lilmsmaggie** · 14-Apr-2010, 18:48

Originally Posted by Richard K.

or order any cameras from Hugo, for quite a while!

Is that anything like a Hugoectomy?

jp · 14-Apr-2010, 19:03

I don't have it that bad.. Let see...

Kodak ektar 203 mm (for my speed graphic) <$200
Fuji 150w 5.6 (for a gowland aerial) <$200
Schneider symmar-s 300 5.6 (for my 8x10 B&J) $200
Voigtlander ultron 40 sl-2 (for my f4s/d300/d50/d100-ir) <$400
nikon 18-55 AFS (for my d100-ir) $100ish
el-nikkor 135 (for my cb7 enlarger) $150ish?
schneider componon-s 80/4 (for my chromega-b enlarger) $150ish

**Chris Strobel** · 14-Apr-2010, 19:26

I'm planning on some new lenses for my eyeglasses soon, does that count?

**jnantz** · 14-Apr-2010, 20:05

i bought a cyclone #5 box camera that had a lens attached to it ..
other than that ... i haven't bought a LF lens in a few years ...

**Richard K.** · 14-Apr-2010, 20:14

Originally Posted by ic-racer

Actually I have not bought ANY guitars lately. But I capped it off when I hit 28. By not getting any more guitars I am allowed to get up to 28 LF lenses of equal value

(Or so I told my wife).

28 guitars!?!?!? WOW! Which 5 or so do you like best?

**urs0polar** · 14-Apr-2010, 21:39

Originally Posted by Richard K.

OK after spending almost $10,000 (but that's unusual!) on lenses this past year (12 months, not since January!!) and that discussion on the 550 XXL, I've decided to not buy any more lenses (not even at that Brassie seminar next week in NYC) or order any cameras from Hugo, for quite a while!

What Brassie seminar in NYC next week? Not that I need anything (haha), but it might be cool to stop by... where does one find out about these things?