Buying the same camera twice

[p.giannakis]

I keep buying prakticas, get disappointed with their freaky shutters, sell them and then buy more. My first camera was a Praktica BMS so I have a soft spot in my heart for Prakticas. Pity about their fragile shutters. I have a LTL3 at the moment that looks and sounds like a well made camera.

[Alex Krasotkin]

Konica Hexar AF

[FrozenInTime]

Going through a digital phase and just sold my SWC/M :
So will say for the record that I'm reasonably certain this will be one I will regret selling and end up buying again in the future.

[Steve George]

The only camera I've done this with is a Nikon FM2. Bought one, sold it, regretted it when I was looking for a "throw in the bag and don't worry about it bouncing around" camera for a cycle trip so I bought another. I've since sold that but could be tempted to get another if I saw one cheap enough.

[Brian Legge]

I hoard enough that I haven't re-bought something after selling it. I probably should cull more aggressively as it would be healthy.

So far my only duplicate purchasing:

- Lynx 14, picked up a nicer one to replace a user I had. User has since been sold.
- Minolta 7sII. Turned the first 2 into a single working camera. Loved it, finally found a working one in nice condition. Sold one, used the other. Then found a black one for cheaper than any of the first 3. Still need to finish a roll in my silver one before listing it here.
- M2, purchased one as a backup while a camera was getting serviced, ended up purchasing a second when a very nice upgraded one came along.
- Medalist II. Picked up one which needed work, found a cheap one to use before deciding if I wanted to have my better condition one updated to work with 120 while getting serviced. Still on the fence.

I've spent a day taking pictures and collecting notes for a bunch of gear to sell here. I need to just list it and field questions rather than describing everything so completely up front.

[Photo_Smith]

The only camera I've sold and then regretted and replaced is a Rolleiflex.
I trained as a social photographer on a Rollei 2,8F kept the camera when I bought a 'blad to replace it. Then a few years later I sold all my film cameras (including the Rollei to a friend who always wanted it) and went totally digital.

Five years later I re-bought another Rolleiflex and was given an M4P and Sinar 4x5; now I'm using the 'flex as my go to camera.

We all make bad decisions, mine was selling the 2,8F.

[thegman]

Originally Posted by Photo_Smith

The only camera I've sold and then regretted and replaced is a Rolleiflex.
I trained as a social photographer on a Rollei 2,8F kept the camera when I bought a 'blad to replace it. Then a few years later I sold all my film cameras (including the Rollei to a friend who always wanted it) and went totally digital.

Five years later I re-bought another Rolleiflex and was given an M4P and Sinar 4x5; now I'm using the 'flex as my go to camera.

We all make bad decisions, mine was selling the 2,8F.

I have done this, I got a 3.5E, it did not work out for me, probably because at the time I had loads of cameras and it just never seemed to get used. I sold it, and after selling loads of other cameras, I decided I wanted to try again, and got a 2.8GX, very happy with it now.

[Charlie Lemay]

I've done this more times than I can remember. Buying gear and using it has led me to make more images than I would have otherwise. Testing lens and camera perspnalities eventually led to personal vision. It has been my grad school. As I evolved, I would reach points where I knew just what gear would take me where I needed to go, and each time I made new images I could not have imagined the first or even second time around with the same equipment. I have just come to accept it as my crazy way of moving through my photograhic education. I recently picked up a Rolleiflex 2.8C, after owning a T back in the 70s, and can't wait to see what new things I will discover this time, as soon as it gets back from Harry Fleenor with it's new Maxwell screen.

[Bruno Gracia]

I just purchased my 12 Leica m9...

[Mcary]

Just purchased my second M8.

[Darthfeeble]

I'm on my third and final RD-1. Lessons are hard for me to learn it seems. And expensive. I've also returned to DSLR land after a year with an M9. I doubt that I'll get another M9 but that M (240) is tempting.

[Morry Katz]

I don't feel so bad now. A few years ago I traded a Leica M3 and many lenses for....
a Contax N1. Nice camera but now worthless. Recently finished rebuilding an M4 outfit with 4 lenses. And I'm old enough to have known better.

[rbsinto]

While I've never sold a camera only to find that I miss it and so purchased another of the same model, I do have multiple copies of the same cameras;
three Nikon S3 rangefinders because I love their simplicity, and two Nikon FA SLRs, because I literally shot the first one to death and so recently bought another to replace it.

[slava]

I sold my 50mm Planar and after only 2 weeks I bought a new one.... In that time I realised that how good the lens was...