If I won the lottery, which camera?
Jun 6, 2016 20:50:46 #
pj81156
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
My wife said that if I won the lottery I would go crazy trying to decide what camera to buy. I said it would be easy--a Nikon F6. Best camera I have ever seen and I could afford to shoot all the film I wanted.
Jun 6, 2016 21:24:30 #
Leica M262 with 28mm, 35mm and maybe a 90mm lens to take on one of those Viking River Cruises.
Jun 6, 2016 21:31:45 #
Jun 6, 2016 22:00:15 #
pj81156 wrote:
My wife said that if I won the lottery I would go crazy trying to decide what camera to buy. I said it would be easy--a Nikon F6. Best camera I have ever seen and I could afford to shoot all the film I wanted.
How much did you win?
Just think, you could buy them all, then just give the ones away, that you don't want, to your friends on the UHH forum.
Good luck my friend,
Marion
Jun 6, 2016 22:02:16 #
5D Mark III, battery grip, and a few L lenses to go with it.
Jun 6, 2016 22:08:53 #
Jun 6, 2016 22:47:15 #
pj81156
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
Well, I'm likely to get beat up on this, but I have had wonderful results with J.C. Penny, Dejur and all kinds of Vivitar lenses. Frequently zoom lenses. When I started buying high end Nikon lenses, I saw no difference in sharpness. I use a tripod a lot, rarely need to shoot wide open and depend more on my technique than on the name on the lens. However, if I won the lottery I probably would buy the best Nikon lenses to put on my F6.
Jun 7, 2016 00:44:10 #
pj81156 wrote:
If I won the lottery, which camera?
You are not going to win so what is the point of this?
Jun 7, 2016 05:20:57 #
Rongnongno wrote:
You are not going to win so what is the point of this?
Uhh...to have fun talking about it?
Jun 7, 2016 05:25:41 #
I would buy a Leica M2 and a 35mm chron, a Nikon F3 with a good 35mm lens, a Hasselblad 500 CM with Zeiss 80mm lens and loads of Tri-x, Portra, and Fuji 400h film until my fridge was bursting. I'd also clean up my darkroom and get myself some more space to work in, and no skimp on paper. :)
Jun 7, 2016 05:31:36 #
pj81156 wrote:
My wife said that if I won the lottery I would go crazy trying to decide what camera to buy. I said it would be easy--a Nikon F6. Best camera I have ever seen and I could afford to shoot all the film I wanted.
Digital Hasselblad with a number of lenses. $500,000 should do.
For completeness sake:
For medium format film, used Hasselblad and Rolleiflex would do.
I already have the 35mm film camera works for me, my Pentax K2 DMD.
DSLR, Pentax K-1 (FX) and Pentax K-3 (DX).
Jun 7, 2016 05:34:43 #
rpavich wrote:
I would buy a Leica M2 and a 35mm chron, a Nikon F3 with a good 35mm lens, a Hasselblad 500 CM with Zeiss 80mm lens and loads of Tri-x, Portra, and Fuji 400h film until my fridge was bursting. I'd also clean up my darkroom and get myself some more space to work in, and no skimp on paper. :)
They are practically giving film Hasselblad 500 C/M cameras away. The lenses are what retain value and cost a fortune.
I'd need a time machine to go back and get loads of Kodachrome and Plus-X film.
Jun 7, 2016 05:43:35 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
pj81156 wrote:
My wife said that if I won the lottery I would go crazy trying to decide what camera to buy. I said it would be easy--a Nikon F6. Best camera I have ever seen and I could afford to shoot all the film I wanted.
Nikon D500 with the 600mm f4. Birds of prey, BEWARE, there is a new sheriff in town.
Jun 7, 2016 05:44:00 #
Probably a Leica something or the other and some Leica or zeiss glass. And a sherpa to lug around for me.
Jun 7, 2016 05:55:06 #
A Nikon D810, a Hasselblad with an array of lenses, a monster all terrain vehicle to go anywhere for landscape shots, and an assistant to carry all my stuff!😀
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