How long, before admitting the reality

[eddie]

I'm realizing the same thing about a beautiful Leica M3 kit I've had for a lot less time. Better to sell it and let someone use the equipment than have it collect dust.

yeah but leica has been dropping in value lately. up until recently you could still get money for them.....LF has been cheap for years (big old studio type equipment that is.....brass stuff no!)

The best camera is money in the bank.

+1

Sell it all.

+1

[Robert Hughes]

My friends keep giving me old 620 rollfilm TLR's. How do I get them to stop?

[domaz]

My friends keep giving me old 620 rollfilm TLR's. How do I get them to stop?

Hmm are they giving them to you after you give them cash? Re-rolling 120 film onto 620 reels isn't that bad...

[Brian Ellis]

I don't know exactly how long "how long" is but I'm confident it's less than five years. Sell the stuff.

[ROL]

I own a wonderful kit. Sold off every lens except for three.

You have more than three lenses??? There's the problem.

[Corran]

If I don't use a piece of gear in 9 months to a year it goes away, unless there is a specific case I know I would want it for and it would be hard to replace (not often).

[Steve M Hostetter]

motivate yourself to find a use ! thats all

my thoughts are that there should be plenty of inspiration for that on this forum

[Edward (Halifax,NS)]

I will have to disagree with Brian. I took several years off from taking pictures using any format except p/s digital. I am starting to get back in the swing of things. I have shot several rolls of MF and I am waiting for new 4X5 holders to arrive in the mail. I am glad I did not sell my LF kit and I am looking forward to using my several boxes of frozen Provia 100F.

Edward

[jeroldharter]

Of course you are asking drunks how to stop drinking...

But, I would keep it myself unless I needed money for living expenses. I assume the stuff you have not sold yet is higher quality gera. Right now, LF camera gear is readily available used, at good prices meaning hugely depreciated prices. That will flip at some point as it has done with certain lenses. Some equipment will become rare.

Most everyone goes through phases when they are attracted to various formats for awhile, then move on to another one. I do 67, 4x5, and 8x10. I did give up 35 mm - it seems almost effeminate compared to large format (I'm kidding). But if you have kids buzzing around, roll film makes sense. When they and you get older, LF will make sense.

[Andrew O'Neill]

A year after I purchased the LF camera, there was a 3 year period where I only used my medium format camera and the big camera stayed in the box. It took 3 years to realize that the large format camera is where I should be and haven't looked back since.