Dump it !!! .... or maybe chicken out.
Dec 3, 2023 16:19:49 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
I don't have anything that I don't think I'll use again. That's why my cars are parked in the driveway and my garage is full of things I'm sure I'll need someday 
If I can find them.
If I can find them.I feel your pain!!
Dec 3, 2023 16:32:45 #
User ID wrote:
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Mine is me !!! when I quit functioning I won't matter!!!
I don't keep non working tools unless its for parts
Dec 3, 2023 16:43:53 #
User ID wrote:
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Argus C44
Argus Seventy Five (2 of them)
Stereo Realist
Instamatic 104
Polaroid 104
Hawkeye 127
Two Canon ELPH APS-C cameras
Nikon FTn
Nikon F3 with rare pin-registration back for precisely registered multiple exposures and viewfinder reticle for composing multi-image slides
Canon A-1
Bronica ETRSi
Complete B&W darkroom setup including print dryer with ferrotype plates for high-gloss fiber prints
Miscellaneous non-functional flash units (Honeywell 65D, Vivitar 285...)
1999 PowerMac G4-400 with accelerator card, OS 9.2.2, OS X 10.4.11, max RAM, max hard drive, and other goodies
I'm sure I could list a lot of other crap no one would care about... like an original Rat Fink key chain thingy.
Dec 3, 2023 17:00:54 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
User ID wrote:
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The only things I have held on to are my reflectasol's, some cable releases, and some old film canisters. I rarely keep any camera bodies or lenses longer than 4-5 years.
Dec 3, 2023 17:16:52 #
billnikon wrote:
The only things I have held on to are my reflectasol's, some cable releases, and some old film canisters. I rarely keep any camera bodies or lenses longer than 4-5 years.
Ooooooh ... I forgot about my cigar box full of cable releases ! My "good excuse" is my m4/3 Pen-F, which features an authentic threaded vintage cable release socket :-)
When I cash out the Pen-F I should include three pounds of cable releases as a bonus !
Dec 3, 2023 19:19:40 #
That was my first camera in 1962.
I finally, gave it away to a church thrift shop, with a 50mm lens. (I forgot to send it with the 200mm t/p.
I finally, gave it away to a church thrift shop, with a 50mm lens. (I forgot to send it with the 200mm t/p.
Dec 3, 2023 20:12:04 #
User ID wrote:
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Well Pancho, tell Lefty that I have begun gifting my little used gear to kids and possibly to worthy charitable organizations.
Dec 3, 2023 21:38:15 #
I still have a Petri FT, two Pentax K1000 (one is a SE). I also have a few extra lenses and other accessories for them. I should include I have a manual wind regular (double) 8mm movie camera, non functional and cannot find movie film for it. That I keep for sentimental reasons, it was my father's and I lost him 57 years ago.
Dec 4, 2023 05:10:06 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
Waay too much to list it all, so, I'll just mention two Nikon FG's, and two Pentax K1000's, I also have a Nikon FM2n, but I occasionally run a roll of film through it.
Dec 4, 2023 05:33:58 #
When I discovered RRS gear, I went crazy on eBay buying clamps and other hardware. I even put together one of their premium gimbals with parts purchased online. But now I have bins full of heavy (and expensive) hardware.
Dec 4, 2023 06:07:27 #
We have a pristine Retina rangefinder that sits on the living room coffee table. Jammed up years ago, but it looks so cool!
Dec 4, 2023 06:08:45 #
ELNikkor wrote:
We have a pristine Retina rangefinder that sits on the living room coffee table. Jammed up years ago, but it looks so cool!
I also have a Retina IIA in working condition but I never used it yet. So many film cameras so little film.
Dec 4, 2023 06:43:09 #
I have gotten rid of a number of cameras in the past couple of years. I have to redo my inventory to see what I still have left. I think I will post a couple on the UHH.
Dec 4, 2023 07:30:56 #
JamesinSimi wrote:
I graduated from High School in 1960, my parents gave me a Yashica A which I still have and use occasionally..
Wow. I am a James in Simi (Valley). Did you graduate from Simi High School? If so you probably knew my cousin and another friend. Both still alive.
Dec 4, 2023 07:36:37 #
I have my "camera collection" of old film and movie cameras that I just cannot get rid of. I call it a "collection" but my wife says its an accumulation of junk that is no longer used or necessary. I'm sorry dear, but you never know that some day there may be a grand return to film and 8mm movie making, and these will again become necessary.
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