Any plans?

[Reiska]

Hi,

Many of us have built up quite a collection of photography related junk, cameras, lenses and other material.
Have you ever thought what happens when we get old and clumsy ? Are you going to sell everything
or have you thought over to draw up a will ?
-Deep freezing ?
-Irradiation ?
-A fish net sinker ?
-Who cares ?
-What ?
-Not a public business

I have considered a possibility of composting ;D

[herron]

I'll probably start selling some of the duplicates of things...and things I don't often use. I've thought about that for some time now anyway. There is an awful lot of stuff.

My son, the photographer, would probably like some of it, but not all. My other two sons might want a piece or two, as a reminder. My wife would like it all out now, she only tolerates it for my sake as it is, so I doubt she would keep anything, not even the dSLR (too complicated, she's the point-n-shoot type).

Net sinkers seems like an honest second profession for some of them...although I don't want to think of that right now.

[kiev4a]

None of my family is likely to want any of it. With some warning I suppose I would try to get rid of most. If there's not time to plan I suppose it will be a mess unless my son-in-law with Ebat experience does some research and then lists the items.

[Reiska]

My plan is quite similar. I have a son, who is interested in the "best part" of the collection and so like Ron I think I will sell some duplicates. My daughter will take some as a reminder and the rest is not a problem.

This will of course happen when times come, not yet but it is OK to have a plan. Don't you think, that I am some kind of the doomsday angel

Some days ago I had a call from the intendant of local Emil Cedercreutz Museum. He has plans to arrange a retrospective camera exhibit and I got me excited.

[John Parry]

What am I going to do when I get old and clumsy? That's the least of my worries! (I'm already clumsy, and age is relative!).

A more pressing question is what am I going to do when my wife finds out about the other two thirds of my collection that she doesn't know about? Now that's what I call doomsday!!

Regards - John

[kiev4a]

John:

I have found the best way to do it is to hide everything in "plain sight." It's when they find 40 cameras in a box in the closet that they start asking question. If you put 'em out where they can be seen they assume it's stuff they have been told about and they forgot.

[herron]

johnrparry said:

What am I going to do when I get old and clumsy? That's the least of my worries! (I'm already clumsy, and age is relative!).

A more pressing question is what am I going to do when my wife finds out about the other two thirds of my collection that she doesn't know about? Now that's what I call doomsday!!

Regards - John

Wayne's right. Slowly add a camera or two each day until the whole collection (or at least a significant part of it) is displayed. When your bride says something, you can quip..."but Dear, I've had these for years...don't you remember?"


(didn't work for me, by the way, but maybe you'll be lucky)!

[Reiska]

I see, that you have understood my question right, Actually it is serious but not solemn ;D

Don't burn them Ron H. because every day in a long term they increase in value. Let us instead paint them blue and engrave them with a text, "These gadgets was saved for the future generation by Ron Head (Ron Herron, Wayne Cornell, John Parry, Reijo Lauro, ...) Painting in order to prevent corrosion.

My father collected butterflies and the collection was donated to a Museum of Science. Now it is there for everyone to see. My sister, my brother and me got these "displays". Why not cameras?

[pancake]

reiska said:

I see, that you have understood my question right, Actually it is serious but not solemn ;D

Don't burn them Ron H. because every day in a long term they increase in value. Let us instead paint them blue and engrave them with a text, "These gadgets was saved for the future generation by Ron Head (Ron Herron, Wayne Cornell, John Parry, Reijo Lauro, ...) Painting in order to prevent corrosion.

My father collected butterflies and the collection was donated to a Museum of Science. Now it is there for everyone to see. My sister, my brother and me got these "displays". Why not cameras?

Now that's a beautiful and well-cared for collection.

My cameras will of course go to my daughter. She's almost three now and already take film pictures like a pro ;D (yes, she loves motor drives...)

I hope I can instill appreciation on camera collecting on her, but in case that doesn't work out, my instruction to her would be to find a worthy guy/gal who has it.

[mickeyobe]

My oldest son owns some office buildings. He has asked me if he could display my collection in the lobby of one of them.
I said "Yes. Over my dead body." And I meant it.
Just think - a sign saying .....
"This collection was donated by an old geezer ... long gone."
How is that for immortality?

Mickey

[kiev4a]

reiska said:

increase in value. Let us instead paint them blue and engrave them with a text, "These gadgets was saved for the future generation by Ron Head (Ron Herron, Wayne Cornell, John Parry, Reijo Lauro, ...) Painting in order to prevent corrosion.

That must be why those Russian camera sellers paint old beat up FEDs and Zorkis red or blue or olive drab -- to preserve them for posterity.

[Reiska]

Mickey,

You are probably right and that made me thinking though I have no plans to donate any of my cameras to the museum.

What I did in January, I donated all my 8mm film cameras (total amount of 8 cameras) to the Movie Museum of Finland and they promised to put up an identifiable statue of me at a front of the museum. I wonder why they have not taken any contact yet. ;D

[mickeyobe]

Reijo,

Be patient.
Casting in bronze is a complicated procedure.

Mickey