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08-24-2003, 05:18 PM
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The object of my lust...What is yours?
Right now the top thing on my wishlist is a Fuji Finepix S2. After speaking with my instructor about med format vs digital, and with what I plan on doing in the pro photo world, the S2 has become my new object of lust. The good thing is that I can justify the purchase as a business expense once I'm done with school.
What are the objects of your lust besides a new G5?8)
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
from Jabberwocky, excerpt from Alice through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll |
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08-24-2003, 05:19 PM
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A woman I canīt have
 Yes call me shallow but thats the truth.
"I reject your reality and substitute it with my own" - President Bush
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08-24-2003, 05:21 PM
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Now is this really unrequited lust??? or is it love?
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
from Jabberwocky, excerpt from Alice through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll |
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08-25-2003, 12:48 AM
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I really don't care for cars but I think this one would be alright for tooling around town.
 Realistically, I just want an iPod. |
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08-25-2003, 01:24 AM
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08-25-2003, 01:27 AM
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I was all set to say Catherine Zeta-Jones when I saw this topic 8)
As far as objects of GADGET lust... an iPod a digital camera a G5 PowerBook .....Oh and a charcoal grey, fully loaded BMW M5 (sigh) I can dream can't I?
Computer: MacBook Pro 15.4", 2 GHz Core Duo, 1 GB RAM, 100 GB HD, SuperDrive, OS X 10.4.6
Internet: Verizon DSL (3.0 Mbps/768 Kbps), Westell 2200 DSL Modem, Netgear RP614v.2 Router, AirPort Express "Science like Nature must also be tamed, with a view towards its preservation." -Rush, Natural Science |
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08-25-2003, 02:13 AM
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Elijah Wood.
Oh, and a G5 PowerBook, should one ever exist. And Elijah Wood. |
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08-25-2003, 02:44 AM
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A Leica M6
 I've been wanting one of these for so long...
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08-25-2003, 02:50 AM
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No offence Wotan, but the M6 is a dud.
Totally stuffed without batteries.. All electronic shutter... Oskar would be turning in his grave. Your far better of with the orginal M4 upon which it is modelled. Totally mechanical...clean..silky smooth..& with a timer. Lee Friendlander, Cartier Bresson, David Douglas Duncan, Ralph Gibson, & many many others swear this is the one and only for them... So if it's cult status within a cult..this is the baby... More drools per the millimetre than any other leica ever built.
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08-25-2003, 03:02 AM
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08-25-2003, 03:39 AM
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 Actually that is one of the images that came up on a Google Image Search for "Object Of Lust." Here's another: 
Some day, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you... and the way you look tonight. - Frank Sinatra |
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08-25-2003, 05:23 AM
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let me post a pic of mine, the one i got is red tho (also '67)....  but what i lust after, is also a woman that i can't have |
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08-25-2003, 06:22 AM
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At the moment it would be her.. cant say anymore..
Apart from that, MV Augusta F5 Senna (not yet released), with full Ohlins running gear, Akrapovic full Ti system and an xtra 25hp at rear wheel... Canon D1 digital with 80-200 f2.8l lens and a few other goodies... plus a world of other things both material and mental.. All items sadly to never to be part of my world it seems some a world away in fact. |
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08-25-2003, 06:24 AM
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08-25-2003, 06:48 AM
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 (hmm on second thoughts this bit edited out) ahh screw it all lets fire up the motorbikes and top them out while listening to new (cant really afford but did) ipods WooT!!!! hmmm tunes while riding |
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08-25-2003, 06:51 AM
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08-25-2003, 08:02 AM
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But as an ex-M4 owner I do warn you..when it comes to selling it.....( if you ever manage to that is ), you will toss & turn for months... Fink that I am, I was offered some really " serious " money due to my M4's serial Number. .....No 1234563.. I couldn't resist the really fat wad of dough the guy put under my nose. Yeah don't rub it in..I'm a nogoodnik... And to make matters worse I miss my baby...sigh 
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08-25-2003, 10:02 AM
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World peace.
We were once so close to heaven
Peter came out and gave us medals Declaring us the nicest of the damned -- They Might Be Giants See the stars at skyviewcafe.com |
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08-25-2003, 10:40 AM
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You have a Ferrari and still can't get a particular lady?
I can change my sig again!
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08-25-2003, 10:58 AM
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08-25-2003, 11:24 AM
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Nikon D2X
Nikkor 200-400 AFS Nikon LS-4000 Dual G5
Aldo is watching....
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08-25-2003, 11:29 AM
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08-25-2003, 03:10 PM
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08-25-2003, 05:14 PM
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MLS Cup back in Chicago.
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08-25-2003, 05:17 PM
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The woman I have.
It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think.
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08-25-2003, 05:28 PM
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08-25-2003, 05:42 PM
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08-25-2003, 05:58 PM
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I'd have to go with a totally tweaked and tricked Audi A4.
Or maybe a pair of Oakleys. Wotan: Get a Nikon FM-3. Awesome, awesome camera. Or an FM-2. (That's my fave) |
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08-26-2003, 01:08 AM
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Okay, now I'm really envious, a girl in my class has just got a Canon Eos 10D, she already has a Hasselblad 503 and plans on picking up the H1. OMG, I wish I could plop down 2 grand at a time for a new camera. 4 grand for the H1.
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
from Jabberwocky, excerpt from Alice through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll |
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08-26-2003, 01:41 AM
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08-26-2003, 01:44 AM
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I want to burn all these things.
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08-26-2003, 01:49 AM
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 Mmmm, F100. I recently shot a motorcycle rodeo with a guy from Easyriders, dude had 3 F5s.
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
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08-26-2003, 01:56 AM
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The F5 is too big for me, to be quite honest. The added featureset doesn't motivate me enough to want it. The F100 is my primary, and I have an n90s as a back-up for the shoots I do.
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08-26-2003, 01:59 AM
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Do you shoot professionally or as a serious hobbyist?
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
from Jabberwocky, excerpt from Alice through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll |
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08-26-2003, 02:59 AM
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Originally posted by Placebo
" Wotan: Get a Nikon FM-3. Awesome, awesome camera. Or an FM-2. (That's my fave) Placebo, at the end of the day, the above cameras are just that..cameras..they do a job, they do it well.. Whereas a Leica M4 is more than a camera..it is a legend with a cult following that leaves everything else looking like wannabe's. 
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08-26-2003, 04:38 AM
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I love film and will always shoot it for my own purposes, but the professional level that I want to enter I think will be easier to handle if I go digital. I think I'm going to try to save to get one in the spring, maybe the S3 will be out by then, price drop on the S2 maybe.
I would love to go with a Leica, way elegant camera, I've never actually used one myself, but the reports I get from others is comparable to what Mac users say of their computers, just a great experience. But I don't think it will take me in the digital direction without me spending way more money than I'm going to have in the near future.
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
from Jabberwocky, excerpt from Alice through the looking glass by Lewis Carroll |
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08-26-2003, 05:42 AM
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In my time, I've probably owned about 300 cameras or more..No bullshit..I used to buy cameras for X and sell them for X + 50% or more whenever I got a chance. It helped me to support myself while studying for my degree in photography. My lecturer used to drool over the cameras i'd bring in..but I never had any real " brand " loyalty..until the day I picked up my first Leica. it was a Leica IIIc as used by Cartier Bresson in his earlier days... Well needless to say it was love at first sight... But your right about making hard headed business choices.. I decided to examine my real business needs (camera wise) as opposed to my fantasy.. As a consequence, I sold all my 5"x4" Linhof gear. All my Canon gear,as well as almost all my Nikon gear including a coolpix 5000. I now run an art studio business using the following. 1 Hasselblad 500 CM 1 Nikon Fe-2 with 35mm 2 Nikon L35 AF pocket cameras 1 Nikon Coolpix digital 700 ( 2.1 Mpixels ) This frugal collection covers about 95% of my shoots.. That was six months ago, & I have absolutely no regrets..Sure I miss playing with the gear, but all that money in the bank makes me happier than any huge camera collection collecting dust....
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08-26-2003, 06:04 AM
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Art studio? Is it your sole source of income? Got a website with some of your images? I'd love to take a gander. I'm back in school for a photo degree now. It's what I should've done in the first place, not the stupid Journalism degree that I don't use.
"Beware the Jabberwock , my son! The jaws that bite, the claw that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the the frumious Bandersnatch!"
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08-26-2003, 06:49 AM
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A Grumman Albatross !
room for the family, room for my boards, can get me to ANY primo surf in the world !   |
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08-26-2003, 06:56 AM
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" Art studio?
Well I am actually a painter as in " fine art " these days. I take photographs for reference and also do a sideline of making high quality slides etc for other artists who need to put professional looking art portfolios etc together.. " Is it your sole source of income? Got a website with some of your images? I'd love to take a gander." Actually, I make more money as a painter now than I ever did as a photographer. My paintings start at $1500 each up to $5000.. I'm mostly flat out painting and don't have the time to set up a web site yet..but eventually I will..& as soon as I do I will let you know. It's just the way the market is..( or was ) in my day... I reckon I easily spent $100,000 over 10 years in promoting my Fine Art photography..I earned maybe only 50c in return per each dollar spent.. But I was young & kept believing I'd get noticed & famous. Trouble with such dreams is you can't afford to be too far ahead of the pack. I kept thinking I'd change the world...get people to appreciate ( and buy ) photographs. But when you ask people to close their eyes and to tell you what they see in their head when you say the word " Art " 99% of them would say " a painting " So in the ten years I've been painting ( basedon my Photographs ) I've been making money hand over fist.. But I have absolutely no regrets, as photography helped to sharpen my compositional skills as well as my eye for colour and lighting... "I'm back in school for a photo degree now. It's what I should've done in the first place, not the stupid Journalism degree that I don't use. Don't trash the Journo degree quite yet. I can think of dozens of great photo-journalists who fly all over the world taking shots and writing stories...I knew one guy who used to work for National Geographic..he couldn't believe his luck when they offered him the job.. Fancy being paid to travel and take pictures and have adventures & write about them ? What a hoot !!!
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