I sometimes feel like I
should consolidate my gear, but it has’t really happened yet. I still have:
- A-mount - A99ii with its collection of native zooms and primes from 16mm to 500mm
- E-mount - A6600 with its collection of native zooms and primes from 10mm to 600mm
- L-mount - Leica CL with its collection of native zooms and primes from 11mm to 135mm
- M-43 - Pen F with its collection of zooms and primes from 9mm to 300mm
- Compact - Leica D-Lux
- And a few adapters to use lenses on the wrong systems
If you subjected me to waterboarding, I would admit that I don’t need
all of it.
I have already admitted that some can go - I recently sold my Oly 7-14/2.8 because the wides are well covered elsewhere and its just too heavy for the Pen F. If someone asked, I’d sell the 40-150/2.8 & 1.4TC for similar reasons. I’ve sold a few more lenses that people have been looking for and I’ve admitted are too underused to keep.
But eliminating a whole system?
The m43 is probably most likely, with the Pen F being the only body I’ve kept.
I’ve probably missed the opportunity to sell my A-mount system; there’d be a buyer out there for the A99ii for another diehard with too much A-mount glass, but that buyer wouldn’t need all my lenses. The cash I’d gain probably isn’t enough to counter my loss of enjoyment.
Although my E- and L-mount systems are both APS-C, they work very differently, so I they’ll both stay for now.
And always this is not the time to consider divesting from systems. We are currently allowed one hour of physical exercise away from the home per day, and not more than 5km from home. I’ve maybe taken less than a thousand photographs in the last twelve months, first due to an injury, and then COVID.
I’ll wait until we reach a new normal before I make any radical decisions - although talk to me if you need any A-mount or m43 lenses.