Leaving the hobby. Need opinions on offloading all my gear
I'm a long time photography hobbyist and I think it might be time to say goodbye (for now).
I started with Canon in my early days and then completely bought into the Leica system. I love everything about it. However, life happens and I'm looking to fund a project. My camera mostly sits in my office unused until I travel, which is about once or twice a year.
For people who have offloaded a lot of gear - I have 1 body and 6 lenses - what did you do? Did you part each out individually here on the forums or did you sell it all in one time somewhere else?
From my POV:
- I can take everything to a local camera shop and get rid of everything at once but get lowballed (by how much, im not sure) - fastest but lowest return
- take a long time to sell everything piece by piece here on the forums to get maximum used value - longest time but highest return
- by some miracle, someone buys everything on the forum so i don't have to piece it out - risky due to insurance and shipping concerns
Leaving the hobby. Need opinions on offloading all my gear
I'm a long time photography hobbyist and I think it might be time to say goodbye (for now).
I started with Canon in my early days and then completely bought into the Leica system. I love everything about it. However, life happens and I'm looking to fund a project. My camera mostly sits in my office unused until I travel, which is about once or twice a year.
For people who have offloaded a lot of gear - I have 1 body and 6 lenses - what did you do? Did you part each out individually here on the forums or did you sell it all in one time somewhere else?
From my POV:
- I can take everything to a local camera shop and get rid of everything at once but get lowballed (by how much, im not sure) - fastest but lowest return
- take a long time to sell everything piece by piece here on the forums to get maximum used value - longest time but highest return
- by some miracle, someone buys everything on the forum so i don't have to piece it out - risky due to insurance and shipping concerns
Would appreciate some feedback here.
My kit:
M11 P - black w/ Arte Di Mano leather case
21mm Super Elmar ASPH
28mm Elmarit ASPH
35mm summilux Steel Rim re-issue
50mm Summilux ASPH
75mm Summicron APO
Aug 21, 2026 at 08:06 AM
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