Photography Gear that never caused you GAS

[p.giannakis]

Out of curiosity, have there been any photography related gear that never caused GAS to you? I can think quite a few but the most obvious one for me are flash guns.


I had an Agfa flash gun and when that failed in a spectacular way, I bought a vivitar one to suite my Praktica camera.

I used to bypass all magazine articles about flashgun reviews and still do. I very rarely use them anyway.

What about you? Are there any photo-gear that failed to capture your imagination.

 

[jaredangle]

Same here — flash is something I hardly ever use, although I may use it a bit more in the future for specific projects, but in general it’s not something I need. Same thing with motor drives. It’s cool when they’re built into the camera for convenience (like the Contax G1 or Nikon F4) but I don’t often need that amount of speed. On the rare occasion when I do need to snap several photos quickly of a moving subject, I’ve actually managed 2-3 frames per second with the standard thumb advance on my 35mm cameras.

 

[Timmyjoe]

I must be a gas-aholic, I used to love flash guns (the kind off the camera with a handle) and motor drives (allowed me to keep my eye to the viewfinder).

Can't really think of any camera equipment I've not craved at one time or another.

Best,
-Tim

 

[p.giannakis]

Tripods is another thing for me. Any tripod would do. Usually I had the cheapest I could get.

 

[valdas]

Hm, maybe filters…😐

 

[ellisson]

Very long (>600mm) fast (f4) heavy, expensive lenses!

 

[santino]

Zoom lenses? 🤔

 

[Axel]

What about you?

all from Nikon

 

[valdas]

Zoom lenses? 🤔

Yes, that too!

 

[Rick Waldroup]

Macro lenses.

 

[agentlossing]

Flash, straps, bags. I have some, but I just can't get excited about something not metal (well, or plastic) and glass.

 

[dourbalistar]

Digital. 😆 My first "serious" camera was a Sony NEX-5T, which was a great tool for learning as a beginner. After that, I fell in love with film photography and never really looked back. I tried a few enthusiast compacts like the small sensor CCD Ricoh GRD-IV, but none caused GAS so I sold them. I never upgraded the Sony NEX-5T, but still use it to digitize my negatives.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

Leicas.

Chris

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Flashes, filters, anything made by Canon . . .

 

[38Deardorff]

Expensive large aperture lenses.... I had both the 50 f1 Noctilux and the 75mm 1.4 Summilux (in the 90s when they cost about 1k cdn/ 625 € @) While i have a few stellar images which of course exhibit the character of these lenses...they soon got sold. The summicrons & elmars have always been my workhorse lenses.

 

[Rayt]

Kodak Disc Camera

 

[BillBingham2]

FSU Cameras

 

[trix4ever]

Canon DSLR's

 

[Dralowid]

Cases and especially 'ever ready cases'.

 

[Cascadilla]

Cases and especially 'ever ready cases'.

I haven't used one of those for at least 50 years. I always preferred to call them never ready cases, since they would waste enough time to prevent you from getting a quick shot of something happening spontaneously.