You hit the lottery,- what photo gear would buy?

<p>Zorki 4 and a Jupiter 8</p>

<p>Both pre and post war Leicas, some Canon rangefinders from the mid-late 1950's and the corresponding 35, 50 and 90mm lenses...</p>

William Palminteri [Frequent poster] , Sep 17, 2009; 05:37 a.m.

I have all the gear I need.

It's TIME that's irreplaceable.

That can't be bought, for any price.

 

I agree.

 

My largest photographic cost is time. But when it's good, it's really good.

<p>5DII, with<br>

Zoom lenses: 16-35 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8 IS<br>

Prime: 35 1.5, 50 1.2, 85 1.8, 135 2<br>

M9 with 3 lenses<br>

And finally after years of dreaming a MAC.</p>

<p>Hey Kelly, I have a Zorki 4k and a Jupiter 8, you interested?<br>

A Leica MP and M7, 50mm lens and 90mm lens. Lots of film. The great thing about my little dream is, realistically, it could happen. It's no more than £10 000, A very attainable goal. According to life expectancy in this country, I've got about 60 years to make it happen. You'll know when it does because I'll never shut up about it!</p>

<p>I'd like an 8x10 camera, and it would take winning the lottery to get one.</p>

<p>I'd get an M9. I have all the big ugly black cameras I can stand.</p>

<p>And maybe one of those cool digital medium format cameras ... even though it may be big, and heavy.</p>

<p>Hm, good question. I would love an M9 with lenses, but at that price it is not only overpriced but outright unreasonable, and I would not buy it. Most likely, I would end up buying the same camera I'm most likely going to buy anyway, i.e. a D700. I would use the wealth to go a bit farther away than I'm planning in lenses: 14-24, 24-70 and the new 70-200. Plus some primes (what I use most of the time) if Niikon decides to issue a 24 1.4 and 35 1.4. I would also love a new, digital-worth 20 2.8, I would buy it, and a renewed 135 f2. But for what they have right now, all I miss are the three zooms.</p>

<p>I would probably get a higher level printer, a better workstation/monitor, and spend some more in inks and papers. Still, I would not eat very deep in a big lottery hit with just this.</p>

<p>With the rest, I don't know. I love my work and I would not leave it just because I don't need to do it anymore. Which means I would not have much more time to travel than I have now. But I could afford more easily some nice places where I have never been (e.g. antarctica). I would likely invest something, and give something to charity.</p>

<p>All in all, I don't see it would really make a big difference for me. What I'm short of are skills and time, not money.</p>

<p>L.</p>

 

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<p ><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2355301"><em>Luca Sbordone</em></a><em> </em><a href="../member-status-icons"><em><img title="Subscriber" src="http://static.photo.net/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub3.gif" alt="" /></em></a><em>, Sep 21, 2009; 09:05 a.m.</em><br>

<em>What I'm short of are skills and time, not money.</em></p>

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<p>Ah yes, skills.<br>

I find it curious, sad and almost depressing that with all the talk of gear (yes, I know that is the topic), Luca is the first to mention SKILLS, and only the second to point out the value of TIME (I was the first).<br>

Bravo, Luca !</p>

<p>Bill P.</p>

<p>well, since the question was " what would you buy" ..the only possible answer could be gear ; )</p>

<p>time and skill can be bought, even if you need them.</p>

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<p>first and foremost, I'd pay my way into the RIT Imaging and Photo Tech program...<br>

then i'd buy a 1d Mark V & 7d and some lenses - mainly the 24mm L, 35mm L, 85mmL and 200mm f/2. <br>

and a leica M kit. Get my M4 fixed and get a 35mm ASPH, 50 1.4 Summilux, the 90mm f/2, and an M9 ...<br>

and what the hell, a Leaf AFI-II/Rolleiflex Hy6 just to round things off.</p>

<p>But I would be very content with the RIT thing all by itself... Yes, it's not gear, but I ermm... get to use their gear... and get an education so I can get a job to buy my on gear... so it comes full circle, right?</p>

 

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<p ><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=3756020"><em>Michael Ouzounian</em></a><em> </em><a href="/member-status-icons"></a><em>, Sep 21, 2009; 03:25 p.m.</em><br>

<em>first and foremost, I'd pay my way into the RIT Imaging and Photo Tech program...</em></p>

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<p>There ya go !</p>

<p>Bill P.</p>

<p>It ain't about the gear, it's where I would go.</p>

<p>I'd be set up for life if I won the lottery, provided I kept spending a bit more than I make now and not much more, but then again I could pursue my creative work better and have the time to make some money from that too.</p>

<p>I'd probably gradually add to my kit, not rushing into buying everything I thought I'd need at once, ending up getting things I wouldn't use.</p>

<p>On the list would be:</p>

<p>Canon 5D MkII<br>

24mm TS II<br>

24mm 1.4 II<br>

85mm f1.2<br>

15mm fisheye<br>

Perhaps a Leica S2 and set of lenses, or a Hasselblad digital MF system<br>

MF film scanner<br>

Epson 9880 printer or similar<br>

30" Apple Cinema display or similar<br>

A house to live in in the countryside<br>

And I'd make a point of going somewhere new every two months or so.</p>