In 2004, I bought the camera I wanted: a Nikon FM3a. I bought it after selling my Nikon N60, Pentax K1000, Canon AE-1, a Nikon kit zoom lens, and some other stuff I can’t even remember. I did all of this selling and buying on my feet in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the end of my Peace Corps service.
Five years later, again I’m selling so I can buy, selling my Nikon FM3a and the select lenses I bought to compliment my FM3a. So what camera could force me to part with my beloved? The Leica M9. And it’s not just a matter of selling this camera and several lenses to cover the purchase. I’m cleaning house, frankly, and selling whatever camera gear I have that I don’t use at least weekly.
Which, it turns out, is pretty much most of my gear.
If you’re interested in picking up the best film Nikon made, period, in my opinion, and the excellent and rare Nikkor 45mm 1:2.8P lens, you can check out my eBay auctions.
You can be confident that after I get my first ‘real’ Leica that I will write all about it.
