5 Cameras I regret selling - Price doesn’t always go down..
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On my channel you have seen me test and review a lot of cameras. But in order to keep it financially justifiable I have a rule of only owning two cameras at the time. And if I buy one, I must sell one. That means that I often have to sell cameras that I like and that would have been worth more if I would have kept them.
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Hey I actually bought your DP1 from you back in 2019 and it's still alive and well pretty much as it was. If you wanted it back I'm sure something could be arranged as it's just been sat on a shelf recently while I use other cameras. Love your videos as always!
Can I be the transferring point for that DP1? Since seeing it for the first time on this channel I really wanted to try one, but they are way too expensive for a test shootout.
How nice.
Unfortunately, there are no cameras that I wish I did not sell. I still have all 37 of the cameras that I bought.
You soun like me, but I did sell the first camera that I fell in love with ... the Pentax MX.
Oh dear... And here's me thinking that my collection of 14 cameras becoming appallingly excessive.
YES! 👏👏👏
25 or something ( do not know for sure actually) and will never sell any of them. Period😡
I still have my Mamiya C33 and Exacta, both I purchased new in 1966. I did let my Calumet 4x5 view camera go, only because I found a Sinar at a great price and had no use for two view cameras.
Hi Mattias. Grettings from Brisbane, Australia, where your Leica M8.2 is living quite happily with its sibling, an SL2. Yes, this is YOUR camera, the one I bought from Tommy H. The patina hasn't changed, it still works perfectly and I loved using it around Europe while I was working there.
Funnily enough, I actually started looking for an M8 mostly because I'd watched your videos about it. Little did I know that I'd end up buying the exact camera I'd been watching on RUclips. I've had an M240 (which I wish I'd kept), an M10, and an M9M. This M8.2 is the only M I couldn't sell. It's just too beautiful.
Say hi to Sweden for me. I miss the place a lot!
This is awesome to find the story had a good ending!
this is awesome, sounds like the camera is in good hands!
What a small world, i too reside in Brizzy and bought a m8.2 in 2017 because of Mattias, i mean your camera
@@Liveengineer Probably that camera was intended for australians,as there's no shortage of the uttering the word Mate(m8) !
My K1. It haunts me in my dreams. Since having sold it, I look back the images I took with it in awe. Just stupid good image quality.
I may use other cameras at times (I now use Fuji X-E4 for street and discrete) but I don’t think I’ll ever sell my Pentax K-1 and the Limited primes that go with it. AF may not be blinding fast but everything feels right to shoot with and for landscape, architecture and low light the image quality is amazing. If they stop making them I’ll buy the last one and keep it always.
The fact that my original Pentax *istD from 2004 is still going fine also after 17.5 yrs gives me comfort that the K-1 has a long life ahead of it to use into my retirement
Mattias is a victim of his own doing lol. His videos are so good that every old camera he reviewed became expensive.
Love your videos, JayPee, you do great work.
🤣🤣indeed!!
The Fuji X-H1, I really loved the image stabilization in that camera and the beautiful landscape photos I could produce with it. I just couldn’t shoot three different systems anymore. I now only shoot Nikon and Canon.
Fortunately I still have (and shall keep) my X-H!, though I feel the same as you regarding a silver graphite X-T2!
I miss my X100, it was a pain to focus, had wierd glitches on the evf sometimes, was slow, but those files look so much better than all the other fujis I had since then.
I have the opposite problem in that I can't bare to part with any of my cameras so my collection just keeps growing. However, since I moved to the Fuji X system all those old lenses I had stored away have suddenly found a new lease of life. Happy days!
Same here. Can’t bare the thought of selling any of my cameras….
@Mattias Burling the only channel, which has instant notification on RUclips is yours! thank you for this video.. great content. I own 8 different camera bodies: 2 Fuji, 2 sony, 1 nikon, 1 Panasonic, 1 canon, 1 GR2 apart from some antique cameras. I'm unable to let go of any of them. Any comments? :)
I retained my Df and to this date love using it - it’s my work horse at work with a 70-180 zoom, 24-85 and 17-35 2.8. Use a Sony E mount at home and have the best of all worlds
I regret selling my D700 swapping to D600 to this date - D700 was a pro sensor and what a camera !!! I look back at the pics and those were awesome -
Never sell the DF.
Great advice - I won’t
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I sold 2 hasselblad xpan cameras i had but needed to creat cash flow for my business when digital took hold . They where my favorite cameras of all time .
I’m a terrible camera hoarder. Every camera I own I can place it to a time and place in my life. I applaud your ability to let go. Love your channel love your videos Matthias thank you.
Great video Mattias. For me it is the Panasonic GX85 as I really loved the stills and clean video it produced but I had to sell it because I needed funds for a big long term trip I was doing. A few years went by but in my heart I never forgot that camera and to my joy a few weeks ago I came across someone selling an as new body for a great price. So I'm happy to say that I'll be ready for that next big trip with one of my favourite cameras.
I bought a Mamiya M645 Super with the 80/2.8, film back, AE finder, and auto winder for about $400 in 2017. I sold it the next year for about $450. The kit is probably $1000 today.
An M5, sold for 50% profit after a few rolls of film. I'd have to give x4 the price to buy a clean M5 now. Also a genuinely mint plain prism Nikon F, good luck finding another one of those. The only digital camera I formed any attachment to is the X-Pro1. Used less now but great output. Newer doesn't always mean better.
I let my Pentax K-10D go to a friend. I have the K-3 and K-1 mkii (amazing images) but I must say the K-10D had great image quality.
I have bought and sold a Leica Q2 5 times. I love the idea of it, but never bonded with the 28mm focal length. Yet, someday I will have another.
My biggest regret was selling my LEICA M9-Monochrome in mint condition, and with a replaced sensor, so it was simply perfect. I did make a very decent profit, but I am still thinking about it, and will probably at some point get one again. 😅
I've never regretted selling equipment but when I bought my first dslr (a Canon 600d) I was seriously looking at a Pentax kr. As much as I love my Canon gear, I have always considered Pentax to be a "proper" camera brand and I do regret not giving them a whirl.
They sure has the best user interface of all, but their classic AF sensor has not been the best, pretty lousy in fact. it never worked to have it in AF-C mode, as it always lost its focus, while my Nikons (FX, DX and CX) are always used in AF-C mode.
The worst user interface I have ever come across was what plagued Sony cameras for years. I think they now are OK, but for instance the NEXT line's was a total mess!
Till now i still regret selling my olympus pen F. I got fooled by the hype that small sensors are inferior. It was the perfect street sweeper. Not to mention all the film simulation combinations you can make with it. It was just a joy to use.
I agree. I wanted a smaller camera for traveling and bought the Pen F. My Nikon full frames are now seldom used
Hello, I fully agree on the Pentax Kp... I bought one new (the silver one) two years ago with additional battery grip for €799. I will never sell it, especially since I paired it with a HD DA 20-40 Ltd! When I see the prices today for used one, I regret I did not buy a second body at that time. Another body I am a big fan is the Pentax K200D. It is a fantastic body, well build, WR and producing amazing pictures. It is relatively easy to find for a ridiculous price (arounf $100) with less than 20.000 shutter counts.
I sold my first camera, a Nikon F to buy my first digital camera, Canon PowerShot G1 in 2000. I regretted that decision until 2021 when I scored a mint, fully restored and operational Nikon F for less than 300USD. The first was from 1967 and the new one is from 1972.
Burning question: why impose a self-defeating rule (like the 2-camera rule) on yourself if you are only going to regret it later? But okay, it is a conversation starter 📢
I think to some people it makes sense just not to have things they know they won't use often. I have 2 film cameras and 2 Canon DSLRs, along with an RX-100. I have not shot anything with them in about 6 months, just haven't had the time to. But I wouldn't sell them off or give them away because I can't part with things. However if Mattias was in my position where he doesn't think he will use a camera for a long time then he would rather sell it than it be wasted. Which I understand.
Edit: the rule seems self defeating to me too, but this is just my 2c.
Agreed. I’m a cyclist and just like photographers we have that saying that says the number of bikes (or cameras) you need = N + 1 there N = the number of bikes (or cameras) you currently have.
Some people prefer a minimalist philosophy, and don't like owning things they only use once in a while, if at all. In my case, I keep everything I buy, but I make sure that I really want it, and that it fits a desired purpose. My needs don't change much, so I tend to replace something if it stops working. Having said that, there's only so many mail order brides you can bring over before immigration gets suspicious. Wait, were we talking about cameras?
He said mainly for financial reasons
I go back and forth between minimalist and owning it all. Viscous cycle
I wish I never sold my Fuji XPro 1 with the Minolta MD 45mm. Looking back at those colours I now see what people mean by organic film like colours.
Nikon D40x with an old 16-35mm F2.8 zoom. My first digital camera. For some unknown reason, the landscape shots had this quality, I really liked. A consumer cropped sensor camera, and the full frame zoom lens with the squeaky focusing motor, that together created an eccentric experience.
Was soooo close to buy the KP used for 400 Euro, but I passed on it, cant really get over that stupid decsion.
Nikon D80 with the 'crappy' CCD sensor that was actually insanely nice in the right lighting conditions. You just can't put filmic tones and grain like that on in post production. Also a Pentax fan with their weird 1/6000 shutter and cool colours - always feel like they are trying to give you more for your money and a real nice piece of imaging equipment.
My first few Pentax lenses had CCDs, slow but nice colors. Nowadays the Nikon 1 V1 gives just that feeling, and its noise is so Tri-X! And the colors are just great. The lenses are mostly mechanically dubious, but the 0-30 PD, the 6.7-13 and the 70-300 CX are just great. Optically all the N1 lenses are very good, or better, but sadly a design flaw makes most of them flaw.prone!
I rather have a different issue. I have an old unpopular camera (Sony a5000) which I will have to sell to fund any new camera, which I hate to do already.
It has an APSC sensor and e-mount has now grown a lot but it would be sad to let it go for cheap. & then again I will need the funding to get a different camera. 😣
Lustigt. Köpte precis en Df igen efter att ha sålt en för något år sedan. Just för bildkvaliteten :) Av samma skäl kommer jag aldrig sälja min a7s som med Voigtländer 40mm är smått magisk.
I regret selling the Canon AE1 program I got for Christmas in 1982 (I was 16) -- took a ton of photos, then got a T-90 (which works great and i love dearly)-- Love your channel dearly Mattias, you are amazing --- and that dog of yours--- a beauty! btw! LOVEEE that Pentax MX-1 --- got it from Japan off of ebay, best camera ever! Cheers to you!
The problem with getting an exceptional deal on a camera or lens is it perverts your expectations for the future. The only one I regret letting go was my Hasselblad 500cm. Money was tight back in the early 90s, and although I can now afford one even with today’s prices, I refuse to buy another in this market. I’ll wait until some hipster needs IPA money and then pounce.
I wish I never sold my Lumix GX8. I was chasing IQ and didn't realize how awesome a camera it was. I wish I had it back.
I miss my Leica x1. Absolute rotter to auto focus but every one of the keepers has a real charm to the image.
I don't have a Nikon at the moment and miss them. Agree about the DF. Nice list!
My main regret was parting with my Olympus OMD-EM1 Mk.II just over a year ago. I regretted it almost immediately. I have just repurchased a used copy and I’m really happy I did.
It has the best ergonomics I’ve experienced in a mirrorless camera and is on a level with Canon’s 5D series. Likewise, the colours in the Olympus are fantastic.
I do regret selling my 5D Mk.I and Mk.IV too, more so the Mk.I surprisingly. The colours that camera offered were simply fantastic, especially for portraits.
Ergonomics is a spec to reply consider. A camera can have all the features in the world, bur if its awful to handle.. won't be a pretty picture :)
I maxed out at 36 cameras and have cut back to 12, selling Leica M, M9P, M7, Nikons, Canons and Fujifilms among others. But the one I regret parting with most is a Lumix GX1 and many wonderful compact super-sharp MFT lenses. I've kind of replaced it a with a Ricoh GII which is great but I miss those lenses even more than the body. Long live MFT.
Hahaha I felt bad for having 6 cameras. I am an amateur comparatively.
@@johnglue1744 Haha. Thanks, John. I guess it's a personal decision so there's no right or wrong. I'll have a purge soon based on keeping only what I use. That would be 2 or 3.
@@plannerliness6 I get it. I see a camera I like and it's difficult not to pull the trigger on the buy lol. I need to clear out some old stuff too.
And here I am scrambling to FB Marketplace to look for the Df and KP 😂
i work in a camera shop and there are loads of cameras we look back on and wish we hadn't sold, Leica M6 titanium we sold for £2000, black Contax G2 with all the lenses in the walnut display box, the Nikon Df we sold new for £899 because it was 5 years old by that point, a new in box Hasselblad SWC/m, a Nikon S2 with a limited edition voigtlander 50mm. There's always going to be those ones that got away but you never realise how much you'll regret seeing them go
Sadly I still haven't bought one photography gear so close to my heart I would regret selling it.
I wouldn't sell my d90 though, but not for being a great camera, ut it has affection value.
I missed my canon 5D very much and I’m really happy, that I just found a new one with loose mirror for 20€. Quickly fixed and now back in use, I really love it. 😄
I just bought a Pentax k10d with a battery grip for as much as 50 euro - these old pentax CCDs had amazing colors! I still have a k3II, great controls, beautiful image quality despite its age, but that k10d had something special... btw, I still have k200d with a battery grip, this thing stuffed with 8xAA 2500mah eneloops cant be killed, everytime I turn it on, it reads full charge, even after a year sitting in the bag - best backup camera I've ever had, only wish it had more on-body controls
I regretted selling my Panasonic GX8, so I bought another one in nice condition. Like a lot of commenters here, I mostly keep my cameras.
My wife loves her!
I have the Pentax K-70, love it and will never part with it! Even if one day I decide to get another camera.
Still lots of quality glass to be found for the K mount makes it a keeper.
I bought an old Fuji x100 back in January, it was my first Fuji camera and my return to photography. Sadly, I have to sell it due to financial troubles. so sad to see it go but at least the guy who bought it knows its value and is in good hands.
Picked up a second hand Df on eBay a few years ago. Soon decided it was one camera I was going to hang onto, along with my trusty FM.
the rule of only 2 - are you a sith lord by any chance?
Haven't even watched the video yet, assuming its spectacular as always. On an unrelated note, my dad just bought his first used camera yesterday! After years of telling him to, showing him your videos and whatnot, he bought an old ~1975 Nikoormat FT-N film camera. I Thought some of you might find that cool. I am very proud that he took the dive and he is already looking for more!
I'm happy to read this. I'm trying to get my dad a well kept Minolta AF-S. They're not expensive but still a little difficult to get a good condition one here in Dubai with absolutely all the bells and whistles it used to come with. I found some options on eBay but shipping was a hurdle. We used to have this baby back when we were kids. And while I wouldn't want him to deal with the trouble of buying and developing film in a digital age and with him being nearly 70yrs, that's something I'll figure out soon once our family are able to move in together again. (Adulting, some unfavorable issues back in India and the fact that my older brother has moved to Canada.) But for sure that thing would make us time travel just by the very presence of it in our hands
Awesome! I know many people bemoan the increasing value of film cameras, but I'm just happy that so many people are interested in it. If the increase in popularity means that an AE-1 is $150 instead of $50, so be it.
(Now I need to get back to shooting more film, I have like 7 film bodies that all need a workout!)
Old school is cool new school. Film is fun. Always that surprise of wondering if you captured the shot!!
Awesome, my first camera was a previously owned Nikkormat EL in 1978; still have it; would never sell it. I am still with Nikon (added a Fujifilm XF series camera and lens recently). I would love to own the Df
That's really cool. I also still have my Nikkormat FT2 from the late 1960's which I bought used in about 1980. Rock solid and everything on it still works great. I take it out about twice a year just to keep it in good shape. Your FTN is still a great camera.
I have owned many cameras, but probably the only one I regret selling is the first ever Micro 4/3 I bought, the Panasonic Lumix GX8.
My wife loves her, and it has been flawless all these years!
I had the Fuji x70 with the wide converter. Sold it for 300 euros. Now i cannot buy it back the same combo for less than 500 euros. Also the Pentax k30, i miss the image quality. I sold my Sigma DP Quattro for 500 euro 6 months ago and after that i bought it new for 700 euro 1 month ago. Lot of stories and lot of regreats.
I have had 3 Nikon d600 they are great, but I recently got a high mileage d4s and can say I will never let it go despite being battle worn.
For me the one that “got away” was a good copy of the pentax 645 FA 33-55mm, I loved how portable that lens was compared to what I replaced it with - the 28-45mm DFA which weights a metric ton
I love my KP (started shooting on an ist Ds) it's so good. A few weeks after launch, I scored a killer deal on a K3 III but I still find myself going back to my KP for my "smaller" shoots. I also recently got a GR III and that's been my "always on me" camera. I considered selling my KP but I had the fear that I'd be in the same boat as you with sellers remorse. I may sell my ist Ds, but I'm too sentimental, I can't sell the camera that got me in the game and I find myself still shooting with it!
Pentax was great. I has a K10 that stopped taking pictures so I sent it in. A couple of months and a couple hundred dollars later it was fixed and shoots as well as new
I won’t sell my Pentax *istD - it was my first DSLR in 2004 and after 17.5 yrs it’s still working perfectly so I take it out a few times each year for a shoot with Limited primes just for some fun. I wonder how long it can keep going.
I shoot with K5 and K50. Wanted to buy KP, but I was disappointed with the grip, I love Pentax big grip, but the KP interchangeable grips find really strange.
@@shred3005 It's so much fun! I've been slowly improving as a photographer over the years so, like you, I'll break out the ist every now and again just to see what I can capture with it. It's like stepping behind the wheel of a classic sports car and carving up a canyon road or a tight race track.
@@vaclavkucera2813 Have you tried the "Large" grip with the battery grip installed? I swear that feels amazing. After buying the battery grip for my K3 III, I decided to get rid of the battery grip for my KP because I like the compact size. I can put my KP with a telephoto lens in the glovebox of my Porsche and take it anywhere.
In my opinion I think this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of digital cameras appreciating/holding their value. As DSLRs are steadily discontinued, the best of the breed will probably be sought after for the foreseeable future. Maybe mirrorless is objectively better, but there's something unique about the DSLR shooting experience I think people will still crave. I know I sometimes prefer looking at the real world rather than a screen when I shoot.
Just my two cents, great video!
The 5D IV with C-Log (if you can find a new one) has gone up $300 since early 2021.
@@FlatWaterFilms Interesting! I've had a D800 (5D3 equivalent) since mid 2018, and while it hasn't gone up yet, it's only lost about $100-200 of value in 3.5 years, and it seems to have almost completely leveled off. I suspect the same is true for many well regarded high end bodies.
@@jasonandrews7355 Yesterday I did a shoot with both the 90D and 5D IV. The 90D felt cheap compared to the 5D. It's one fantastic camera, but there's a reason the 5D costs more than double.
@@FlatWaterFilms sold off my 5DM4 for a Leica SL2. Miss my old gal.
I find the EVF on my X-T20 close enough to the real world
A Yashica D bought it defected for 25 euros and the repair cost came at a 150 euro's. Back then a good one was 100 euro's. Nowadays its easily 200 euro's or higher. And I still grave shooting square 6x6. I'll make due with the 6x4.5 format though.
Back in the dark ages, I found a Rolleiflex TLR (the nicest model) in a pile of stuff at a construction site that was going to be discarded. It became my primary camera. Instead of selling it, I donated it to the camera club that had helped me get started into real photography. Even though the gesture may have been honorable, I wish I had kept it now.
My dad had one of those. I sadly ruined it when I took it to Texel where there is a lot of sand! It didn't like that at all! I was young and didn't really understand its value!
I learned my lesson on lenses. Some I got new and let go and now regret it. The Pentax 85mm A* 1.4 comes to mind.
I did start photography on an Olympus EM10 MK2. Sold it for a new camera. Then bought again because it is a lovely little camera. I love the look of this tiny SLR like camera.
My wife loves hers!
And just when I hoped that DP1 might start dropping in price Mattias releases new video...
I’m glad to see you say that about the KP because it’s partly because of you that I’m planning on trying one. Been looking for a dslr to pair with my micro 4/3 Olympus and I wanted something special. Always loved my Pentax Q so their KP or K1 seemed like a perfect fit for me.
Go for kp yo won’t regret it. I hace it it and did the opposite to you, I bought he em5 miii to replace my Pentax because of the weight saving but I can’t completely be 100% satisfied with image quality from m4/3 when I compare it to my kp images, there are something about them that I can’t describe with words and keep me from selling it and from stopping using it and going full committed with m4/3
Pentax K5 and Olympus E-P5.
I still have my Olympus PEN E-P5. It's an amazing little camera and has become my favorite and the one I use the most. I don't think I would ever sell it at any price.
The Olympus E-M10 mk II. I had an original E-M5 too, so when I bought an E-M5 mk II, I decided one had to go. I agonized over the decision for a week an finally I sold the E-M10.2 on the basis of batteries logistics. What a mistake! In the end I disliked the 5.2, which on paper is better spec'ed, but is neither here nor there in reality, sandwiched between the 10 simplicity and the 1 complexity. In the end, the 5.2 to me picks the worst of both.
I regretted my bad decision instantly. Since then I've owned some E-M1s, both original and mk II, great cameras but no replacement for the nimble 10.
Finally I caved in recently and bought back a 10.2 at a very fair price. I feared a bit of a let down after 5 years, but no. It wasn't nostalgia, the 10.2 is really as good as I remembered it was.
Nikon FM2 and the Nikon D500. Former stolen, latter sold. Big regrets.
My black paint Leica M6 Millennium Edition in beautiful condition. I bought it for $2500, and sold it for $2800. They're now in the $6k-$7k price range and not in all that great of condition for that price.
In 2000 I traded my M6 ttl kit and a couple lenses for the new 3.1mp Canon dslr. You can now buy that same dslr for $15.
@@aerialfilm1 😂
@@aerialfilm1 - Ouch!
@@aerialfilm1 LOL! Seriously though even the Digilux 2 holds a good deal of its value today. Amazing. Worth it? Maybe. But those old DSLRs are definitely not.
I still regret selling my Pentax KP. I was able to get a brand new one with 50mm f/1.8 SMC for $500 CAD and sold it to try an A7R III. Sigh.
I always miss my old cameras, for the good times I've had and moments I captured. Being a "grown up" I don't have as much time for photography, and it really feels nostalgic when I think of it.
When you get to my age you've got all the time in the world!
@@ErikssonTord_2 I guess I just need a bit more patience 😅
I really miss the Nikon Df for its sublime image quality but remember the terrible grip and was bummed by low light AF due to lack of a focus assist light. Ended up trading it in for a D750 which has served me well.
You could get a D600/610, as it uses the same electronics, but the controls are definitely crappier!
I too miss my KP! It did not owe me anything, though I’ve not seen one go as cheaply as mine went when I sold it. I also sold my APS-c Ltd glass at the same time, but have since acquired the excellent 43 and 77 Ltd lenses, which I’m sure are small enough to go nicely on a KP (should I ever replace mine)!
Fuji X10 for me.
Pocketable, optic viewfinder, manual controls, amazing IQ.
I sold my Ricoh GR II, but after 1,5 years I bought another one. Saving for the GRIIIx now.
And I will never sell my Canon 5D mark I. I still use it for professional shoots.
I don't have any regrets so far. But I'm pretty sure I would regret selling any of the four cameras I own now; two digital and two film. These cameras have all become too sentimental. The cameras - Nikon S3, Fujifilm X30, Nikon D3, Nikon F Photomic FTN. I'm tempted sometimes to sell the D3, but I know I would regret it.
Sony A7S. Bought it second hand ar a camera store and later managed to sell it with profit to fund my a7III but still regret having sold it even though the a7III has much better functionality.
Had a mint copy of a 28-70 Angenieux that I should have never sold. Miss its look greatly.
one of the only camera that I have ever sold was the first Fuji X100. I sold it because at the time I had no use for it, but that's a decision that I came to sorely regret. I bought it for 2021 and with the X100V hype craze I was able to sell it for 500 (and I was one of the cheapest listings online). The next year after selling it were simply filled with attempts to replace it as an ECD cameras (as I found myself in need of one again).
I went from the Fuji X-T1, to the Lumix LX100 and LX5... none of them were really able to replace the feel of the X100 and its OVF which I really liked and almost exclusively used. I refused to buy another X100 as there was still problems that drove me crazy with it (histrogram metering and the god awful AF performance using the OVF vs EVF or back screen), and the price didn't come down at all.
I was extremely lucky to find someone selling an X100S for 300€ + a ton of extras (inclusing a leather case, leather straps, dual charger, 6 batteries, original box, rope strap + original strap... counting everything in I might have had the camera for a little over 150€) with the caveat that it was sold for parts : the previous owner could not turn the camera on as the switch was stuck, and same thing for the shutter button. It was a huge gamble on my part but with a little of rubbing alcohol and dental floss to remove most of the gunk, and some carefully applied WD40 for lubirification, it works like new now ! The X100S not only fixes all the problems I had with the original (low res EVF, innacurate AF using the OVF, hard to used histogram metering in manual mode), but it's also in black which is my preference over the silver paint of those few first X100 cameras that looked like plastic toys.
I'm definitely not letting that one go and will use it until it breaks. I have no reason to upgrade to any of the newer models.
I would‘nt have wild
- my Contax Kyocera lenses
- Super Pilot prewar SLR
- Samsung EX1
- Fujifilm X20
- Yashica FX D
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For me it was the Fujifilm xe1. Loved the form factor. Both it for 120 usd now I cant find a decent one at 200 usd
I bought a like new Hasselblad xpan with 45/4 with center filter with all the boxes for 1000€ in a store, tested it with few rolls with great result and sold it a month later 1500€ like new. My buyer used it for a command then sold it back the same price. I should have brought it back today they reach 4000€. My regretted camera. I keep my Leica M4P, my Leuca IIIA my widelux 1500 my RB67pro my Hasselblad H3dII...
I wish I hung onto my Ricoh GR2. The GR3 that I bought with the money is objectively a better camera but simply doesn’t fit in my hand as well as the the GR2. The difference is massive. The GR4 should return to the GR2 form factor and use the extra space for a pop up viewfinder in my view.
Why is there so much hate for the Nikon Df that you love?
Because the internet photography world consists of mostly non-photographers that collects spec sheets 😁
I regret selling my Nikon FM2n, that I purchased new in the late 80s. I also regret selling my Pentax gear (K5 & K-01) and all my Limited primes (21, 31, 43, 77). Why??? Why did I do it???
I still wish I kept my sigma fp. Sometimes I miss myinolta cle and actually my Rolleiflex 35s. And I think I find myself missing my sony zv-1 hahaha stupid handy little camera. Surprisingly I don't miss my beautiful all black x100v with both lens adaptors at all!
My Fuji X-T1. I replaced it with the X-T2. LOVe the X-T2, but the X-T1's photos had something a little extra. Also, not a sold camera, but I lost an X-E1. that first gen x-trans was gold! Nowadays if i look to re-buy, they are about double the price :(
My D500 when I switched to Fuji. Now longer working in sports, so I got the X-Pro2 for street and family/travel. I love my Fuji gear. But the D500 is still my pfp for a reason.
My old DSLR Nikon 8008s film camera…Loved every minute I spent with it! 😭 Well ahead of its time!
Hi @Mattias, i was looking to buy Leica M8, i just noticed you mentioned your M8.2. was it regular M8.2 or some special edition? Which one you recommend to buy?
My mint in special edition box Bessa R3A 250 Jahre + 50mm F2. It has tripled in price. I also sold the 75mm lens. Sharp sharp sharp and more expensive now. (Yup regret selling my DP1 too)
There is one camera I wish I still had. I didn't sell it, it was stolen! Insurance company were very good indeed for new for old replacement, but the camera in question was no longer made and I got a different model that was closest to it. The camera I miss a lot? It is the Pentax K-01, aka the Brick. Totally left field and odd to look at, but using the lovely little DA Limiteds and small Pentax primes, it was a gem of a camera. Sadly today the second hand price is 2-3x the price I bought it new.
Hi Mattias, would you like to buy my Pentax KP, barely used (probably only 20 shutter count) with medium size grip body only. I’m not using it since no one sells Pentax lens here 😢
This is why I decided to never sell a camera… Once I buy, Its forever!
No X-Pro 1? I was convinced it would snag the top spot in this list. Still have mine and though it sees little use I can't find any camera that gives me the same look.
I shouldn't have sold my sigma sd quattro h, they are starting to become really rare... I guess I just wasn't ready for it, when I got it back then.
A five-camera rule is much more reasonable for someone who loves photography as a hobby and a ten-camera rule is not ridiculous for someone who generates income from them. Stop selling all your cameras! You needed to hear that. I can't sell any of my firearms out of fear of seller's remorse. Modern digital cameras are getting so good that even they don't lose their quality. I would sell my old ones with poor specs if I had any older than several years, but my new ones take such great pictures that I will probably keep them as long as they still work.
My Fuji x100F
I almost sold it but I'm glad I kept it.
I sold my X100F for an X-T3 at the time....Still regret that one! I'm sure that X100V is nice, but my F just had soul!
@@satejonetsu I've used the x100F and it's nice but I still prefer the x100F. I even like the tilt screen. A lot of people were complaining Fuji added a tilting screen but it's nice to have. One of my biggest issues with the x100V is that they got rid of the D-pad and replaced it with swipes on the screen. That means you lose five buttons. I also don't use the swipe features I just turn them off because of accidental touches I have to dig into the menus to do stuff.
Hey Mattias another great video. Since I’m relatively new to camera gear and photography there is no camera that I sold and wish I still had, however, I reached out to you a few months ago. You recommend the Pentax MX-1 and Olympus Stylus-1. I just bought the Stylus-1 for $ 300 Canadian and I love it. Thanks!!!
85mm and 35mm Pentax F2 M lenses would be nice with My Pentax K1 as full frame new lenses are just so expensive. I did keep My old auto focus full frame lenses so I have a start but new full frame lenses are super expensive.
This didn’t happen to me, simply cause I don’t have that 2 cameras rules, i will definitely keep my fuji xt20 and nikon FM2 , also may be the case with canon 6 D,
Same on the m6 ttl .85. Sold in 2016 for my honeymoon in favor of my m8. Oops. Just bought an m7. Love it so much more than the m6. Won’t make that mistake again
I really miss my Panasonic 25mm Summilux for the original 4/3 Systems absolutely beautiful lens I also miss my Fujifilm S5 Nikon mount dslr
I found an rx100vI for 250 bucks when it was still pretty new, and I sold it because I wasn't using it at the time and wanted a new lens. I wish I had of kept it I'll never one for a deal like that again and whenever I think about buying a new one I always think about the price I got the one I sold for and it holds me back
Rolleiflex 2.8 twin lens!! Should never have sold it. Paid $ 300.00 and something in early 1970's.