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Buyer's Remorse

Yes, Yolanda, we all do it sooner or later. And if you've been in photography longer than most, then you've done it more than most. Buyer's remorse. It's called GAS. Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

From left to right.......
A Tokina POS from 1988. I picked this lens up while in the Navy from a fellow sailor. After this mistake, I made myself a hard rule. I would only purchase name brand lenses. This Tonika was a super telephoto macro disappointment. A disappointment so horrendous that it made me swear off third party lenses with the exception of the Vivitar Series 1.

Beside it is a Holga lens with a Nikon F mount. A $50 POS lens to make my expensive digital camera purposefully take crappy photographs. Brilliant. Yeah, I did that. I am so ashamed....

Behind that is a 300mm Nikon telephoto. A 300mm prime. To shoot lions in Africa. What was I thinking?

Next up, a Sigma lens. Did I say I swore off third party lenses? Well I must have been drunk when I bought that one. At least it was used and cheap.

Next is the wide angle lens for my Yashica 124G. Damn it would have been nice to have the corresponding viewing lens as well. Duh.........

Then there's the Tamaron telephoto. Wait...... I bought another third party lens? It was only $20 used. I should have put the money on a horse at the track. I never used the lens.

Finally, the last one, I don't even know what it fits. I bought it at a garage sale. Five bucks. I could have purchased a burger and fries instead.

And these are only a few of the lenses. Then there's the camera bodies..... All used and inexpensive film bodies. I can afford them now! Just in case film should ever make a huge comeback or an Electromagnetic 'Scalar' war should scatter all our pixels into oblivion.

Tripods....... What about the tripods? The crap on three legs I bought before I realized the need for a good tripod. And then the extra tripods I bought to hold cameras until I'm ready to use them.

All that being said, I bought and use a Pro-Optic (Korean) 8mm lens. There's nothing offered by Nikon like it that is even close in price.

So yes, you're not alone. Those lenses that you think you need an adapter for? Nah...... Free lens them. Or purchase the corresponding body. Problem solved.

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Taken on: May 6, 2016

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