lars_bergquist Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share #21 Posted December 4, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) It may be that I have been building up immunity. By steady exposure – just as I have become freakishly non-allergic by spending my childhood among horses, cows, dogs, cats, mice, chicken and various other official and unofficial domestic organisms, in the Age Before Hysterical Sanitation. My Leica glass collection now consists of the 21mm Super-Elmar, a 35mm Summilux ASPH v.2, a 50mm Summilux ASPH, a 90mm Elmarit-M and a 135mm Apo-Telyt-M. I also have a charming 1960 vintage 50mm Elmar 2.8, a 35mm Summicron v.4 and a 90mm Thin Tele-Elmarit that belong with a M4-P I am keeping for sentimental reasons, all of this with 1983 Jubilee engraving, plus a 19mm Distagon and a 25mm Biogon to round off the short end. So I should be pretty safe. The 28mm and 75mm focal lengths I positively hate. But yes, there is a potential point of attack here for the GAS virus. The old man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Holy Moly Posted December 4, 2011 Share #22 Posted December 4, 2011 Why you don't speak about your pictures? This makes more sense than to discuss about dead items as lenses or cameras....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio58 Posted December 4, 2011 Share #23 Posted December 4, 2011 it is probably because the thread is a humorous commentary on the human weakness for stuff. Clearly you have transcended that state :eek: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 4, 2011 Share #24 Posted December 4, 2011 Why you don't speak about your pictures? This makes more sense than to discuss about dead items as lenses or cameras....... I can't afford to buy any pictures. I spent the disposable amount on gear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share #25 Posted December 4, 2011 it is probably because the thread is a humorous commentary on the human weakness for stuff. Clearly you have transcended that state :eek: Yes. There's one thing I am allergic against – smileys. Using them is like hitting somebody on the head with a baseball bat, screaming "this is Humour, stupid!" But admittedly, not doing it is dangerous. The (slightly) disillusioned old man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 4, 2011 Share #26 Posted December 4, 2011 Yes. There's one thing I am allergic against – smileys. Using them is like hitting somebody on the head with a baseball bat, screaming "this is Humour, stupid!" But admittedly, not doing it is dangerous. The (slightly) disillusioned old man (Mine's a foam-rubber baseball bat, Lars.) Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaff Posted December 4, 2011 Share #27 Posted December 4, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) (Mine's a foam-rubber baseball bat, Lars.) Pete. I now know what to give you for Christmas. Falstaff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted December 4, 2011 Share #28 Posted December 4, 2011 Lars.... I have realised I am similarly afflicted.... Having found a Noctilux by accident and basically acquired every lens I could possibly find an excuse to buy I also have that empty feeling.... and a selection of other sequelae: There is no longer any excuse at all for not taking decent photos There are too many lenses to lug about and pondering what to bag up takes forever A realisation that there are some bits of gear that realistically I will never use .... so the time has come to make some hard decisions and return some captive lenses to the wild........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenPatterson Posted December 4, 2011 Share #29 Posted December 4, 2011 .... so the time has come to make some hard decisions and return some captive lenses to the wild........ Cue music by Sting... Free, free...set them free Free, free...set them free Free, free...set them free Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayewing Posted December 4, 2011 Share #30 Posted December 4, 2011 A realisation that there are some bits of gear that realistically I will never use .... so the time has come to make some hard decisions and return some captive lenses to the wild........ Any bargains? I can feel an acute attack of GAS coming on. (I nearly added a smiley but did not want to irritate Lars.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted December 4, 2011 Share #31 Posted December 4, 2011 Well, if the symptoms should unexpectedly reappear, the solution is simple and now proven...just buy some new gear and the symptoms will again disappear. Perfect. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted December 14, 2011 Share #32 Posted December 14, 2011 Gas is terminal and you are simply in remission. The only cure is cash. My son is catching it now and has spent months agonizing over something digital to replace his M3. He finally decided on a Nex 7 so he could continue to use his lenses. Sony assured him his was shipped and it escaped the flood in Thailand right up to three weeks ago, mid November. Then came the bad news. So now back to square one. One day I got a call and he asked me about an M8 being somewhat affordable M solution. He had found one at Tamarkin Camera and wanted my opinion. I thought about it and warned about the possible problems. I then said if he did not order it I would. My Leica remission since 1985 was over. He got one of the stock and I got a second the next day. So now we each have one and we are learning together. Am I lusting for the M9? Not really so far, but you never know. The Nikon escalated from a D200 in 2006 to a D3 with complete set of 1.4 G lenses plus 60 and 105 G micros in 2011. I do wish for an R solution that does not involve Leitax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 14, 2011 Share #33 Posted December 14, 2011 Do not worry that is just a "cabin fever" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_clarke Posted December 14, 2011 Share #34 Posted December 14, 2011 Lars, All this sounds as though its a medical condition! I'm sure its physical and all to to with lower temperatures in the winter. After all, one of the GAS laws - Charles Law - states that pressure increases as the temperature rises. So, when the warmer days of spring and early summer return next year, in turn the pressure will go up and the feeling will return to normal. Be patient... Best wishes, Graeme Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJP Posted December 14, 2011 Share #35 Posted December 14, 2011 GAS will return when the 28/0.95 Noctilux ASPH is announced;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted December 14, 2011 Share #36 Posted December 14, 2011 Like any addiction, GAS is incurable, but it is treatable. For me, shock therapy was effective. My GAS has been in remission ever since I took a look at Leica's recent lens prices. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted December 14, 2011 Share #37 Posted December 14, 2011 There is no longer any excuse at all for not taking decent photos That is a horrid realization, isn't it? M equipment wise, I am in a good place, yet I still want a chrome M4-P and the 21 f/3.4 Super Elmar with a viewfinder. I suppose I don't really "need" either. Such is this love affair called Leica GAS. But then on the other hand - better to have an affair with M cameras than with the wife's best friend. It's a much less costly endeavor, I'd surmise based on observing others who have chosen the latter. ... so the time has come to make some hard decisions and return some captive lenses to the wild ... Abomination!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 14, 2011 Share #38 Posted December 14, 2011 Like any addiction, GAS is incurable, but it is treatable. For me, shock therapy was effective. My GAS has been in remission ever since I took a look at Leica's recent lens prices.But Leica is well aware that these remissions are only temporary... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted December 14, 2011 Share #39 Posted December 14, 2011 GAS will return when the 28/0.95 Noctilux ASPH is announced;) Only if its trailer is announced at the same time. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted December 14, 2011 Share #40 Posted December 14, 2011 The arrival of a 35 Summilux ASPH saw me crest a wave as well. 35 Summicron seems to be sold, MP also about to be liberated, and I'm having serious second thoughts about the Noct I have on order, despite having set aside the cash for it. I have realised that the lenses I am likely to carry (when I get my M9 back) will be the three Summiluxes 35, 50 & 21. The NEX 5n (with electronic view finder) will be stowed somewhere in my bag, and the 75/2, 28/2 and 15/2.8 ZM will be dragged out for special occasions. I rather feel there is no better lens in any focal length I want (except that nagging 0.95), and therefore I am sated. Time to take some pictures! Time, now if only I could buy more of that ... Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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