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moreammo · 05-10-2012

Selling my m3 and m6... got a baby on the way. Could always use a little extra cash but.... i don't know, i'm torn. what do yall think should i keep them or sell them, i still have a Canon 5d mkii and a hasselblad c500 ELM.... and a about 80 feet of trix 400... hmm

thirtyfivefifty · 05-10-2012

I say burn through the Tri-X first then decide how you feel. I'm guessing you're leaning towards just using the Hassie and 5D2?

moreammo · 05-10-2012

Yeah I pretty much only use those two now. Occasionally i'll pull out the M6 and load up some trix. I almost never use the m3. except the occasional click and wind to keep it from getting stiff. its a tough one... i could argue i need to keep at least one of them to take pics of my baby when she is born... but the 5d2 will do that just fine and the 500 ELM will definitely do that... But i like the idea of burning through the tri x

xxloverxx · 05-10-2012

Don't get rid of the M3. You might regret selling everything…so just sell half.

huntjump · 05-10-2012

Family First. But if you can afford to hold onto the m3, probably be the one to keep if you don't use these that much. I'd sell the m6 and keep the m3 and then decide after the 80 ft of tri-x is gone

Araakii · 05-10-2012

But an m6 and m3 will only give you $2000-$2500. How is that gonna help in the long run? If you have financial difficulties, you should find a way to solve the problem from the root, not selling this and that just to get by.

Bingley · 05-10-2012

What will you take pictures of the baby with? Sounds like a perfect excuse to keep the M3.

seakayaker1 · 05-10-2012

. . . . . if you do not need the cash right now, then . . . . .

I would keep them both, a rainy day fund, and shoot an equal amount of film through them both. See if using them raises any feelings that may cause you to regret the decision if you let them go, or maybe help prioritize which one goes first if you need to raise some cash down the line. You read a lot of stories of people regreting letting something go at a latter date.

If your asking the question, are you really sure you want to part with them?

moreammo · 05-11-2012

I don't really "need" the money, it would just be nice to have a little extra cash with a baby around, you never know what may come up. The only reason i am considering is i have not used either in the last 6 months. Probably 12 for the M3. $2500 in savings ready to go seems smarter than a couple cameras I'm barely using... right now. although they will no doubt still be worth the same if / when i do need the money. I'm probably only asking so i don't feel so bad about keeping them

xxloverxx · 05-13-2012

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Originally Posted by moreammo

I don't really "need" the money, it would just be nice to have a little extra cash with a baby around, you never know what may come up. The only reason i am considering is i have not used either in the last 6 months. Probably 12 for the M3. $2500 in savings ready to go seems smarter than a couple cameras I'm barely using... right now. although they will no doubt still be worth the same if / when i do need the money. I'm probably only asking so i don't feel so bad about keeping them

As long as you keep them in good condition, they'll be worth the same or even more when the time comes that you need to sell one/both. I think they'll just get more expensive as time goes on so the later you sell it....

braver · 05-13-2012

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Originally Posted by xxloverxx

As long as you keep them in good condition, they'll be worth the same or even more when the time comes that you need to sell one/both. I think they'll just get more expensive as time goes on so the later you sell it....

Indeed. Prices will continue to go up so putting savings into an M kinda makes more sense than putting it in cash. You can still use the camera if you own it, and if you really need the cash I bet you can sell em within 48 hours. I've read somewhere a kid costs about a million between birth and 18 years, selling a camera is not really going to make a dent there

dave lackey · 05-13-2012

A new baby? You will need extra cash for the next 25 years...trust me.

Hard choices, though.

The M3 is only worth a few hundred bucks (more than $500 and less than $1200). Why not get a part-time job and put the cash in place of the M3?

bjornkeizers · 05-13-2012

Keep the gear. Chances are it'll be more expensive to buy it back, and god knows there won't be much spare cash with kids around.

Timmyjoe · 05-13-2012

You don't mention lenses. Do you have a few M-mount lenses that you use with the M6 and M3? If so, I would definitely keep one of them, probably the M3.

A first pregnancy is a wonderful opportunity to take lots of pictures of your wife (trust me, on the second, third, fourth, etc., you won't have the quiet time you two have right now). Looking back on the hundreds of pictures I took of my wife when she was pregnant with our first child (taken with an M6-TTL by the way) I wouldn't trade them for anything. It's nice to remember a slower and more peaceful time.

And the M cameras, for me, work much better for those kind of personal, intimate photos. They are so much less intrusive than your DSLR or the Hassy, and so much easier to just grab and shoot when the moment is right. I always kept a roll of Tri-X in the Leica throughout her pregnancy.

Just my 2¢ worth.

Congratulations on the baby on the way.

Best,
-Tim

moreammo · 05-13-2012

Thanks everyone! i feel good about keeping them again

i definitely agree i will want to grab my M6 once the baby comes. i would hate to regret selling. Especially since we don't need the money. i just hate to see the cameras sitting there unused... maybe a better solution would be to use them more often.

I do have a couple M lenses btw, the basics a 50 and a 35, all i really use. i would have sold those also. but thanks to you fine individuals i will be hanging on to them both for a while

Brian Legge · 05-13-2012

While I get he general idea here... moreammo already said the M3 has gone a year without use. Assuming that trend continues, what purpose is there in holding on to it?

If it were something extremely difficult to replace - an extremely clean Summar, something that has been priced into oblivion, etc - by all means hold on to it. M3s still seem relatively common and the M6 covers the same purpose.

I don't know. I'm terrible about this personally - I have way too much gear at the moment - but selling what you don't use seems practical unless you accept that you are a collector.

filmtwit · 05-13-2012

the Hassblad and M3

xxloverxx · 05-13-2012

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Originally Posted by moreammo

Thanks everyone! i feel good about keeping them again

i definitely agree i will want to grab my M6 once the baby comes. i would hate to regret selling. Especially since we don't need the money. i just hate to see the cameras sitting there unused... maybe a better solution would be to use them more often.

I do have a couple M lenses btw, the basics a 50 and a 35, all i really use. i would have sold those also. but thanks to you fine individuals i will be hanging on to them both for a while

Nice to see you back in your right mind again :P

Sylvester · 05-13-2012

I would keep the M3 so I could give it to the kid when it'll be older... The M6 can go IMO if you really need the money, but for what you'll get from it, I don't know why you would sell it...

Traut · 05-13-2012

The only thing sure to lose value over the next year is - money. The cameras will hold their relative value as would any equal marketable hard asset. I might consider selling and buying a 100 ounce silver bar at today's prices, though.