G.A.S. and quarantine...

At 71 I think I’m past gas. (Hold the obvious comments.)
Still, occasionally the madness will overtake me but wears off as I look at prices.
Mostly now my ordering is for consumables, only have to make sure orders are enough for free shipping.
Even with extreme cravings for some doo-bob or another my now strict rule of waiting 24 hours before pulling the trigger gets my head back on straight.
 
Prest_400 said:
One of those would go along well with the Fuji GW690 "Texas Leica" that I have. I saw a post today praising the GFX High ISO.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDDHUDRHiqh/
I take a look at the price tag and say, no! (at least for now)


I luckily live in a country that has been taking the pandemic measures quite loosely and never issued any lockdown or severe quarantine requirements. So I can actually go out, shoot, into the camera club darkroom and process, etc.

I have bought quite a bit of film last month :D Which I haven't really shot much, if I'm not shooting that much, how do I justify getting new toys?

That doesn't preclude trying to engage in smaller GAS. I think a 50mm f1.7 would be useful for my Pentax MX in the dark of winter. For digital, a faster m43 prime, 20mm, PL 15mm 1.7 or PL 25mm 1.4
And perhaps a phone with good to great photo capabilities. I have an iPhone 6 which at 5 and a half years old, is seen as ancient. I hope it still can go along for a while. Jokes aside, the phone is the camera that gets used the most.

Winter is slowly approaching, and at 59 degrees north latitude, that will mean quarantine-like life. Ugh
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Our MSM full of articles like this...condemning the Swedish response to COVID. Our epidemiologists are sadists.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sweden...den-example-of-how-not-to-deal-with-covid-19/

Politics in US driving much of the coverage.

We can get out, but regarding street shooting (photography), two choices, riots or practically nobody.

Where I live there is no winter. four seasons though, Fire, Drought, Earthquake, Heat wave.

Stay happy
 
I used to joke that I'd upgrade my Sony A7 every 5 generations, but with the whole industry in a tailspin, who knows when or if that will see the light of day? So I was thinking of getting an A7R3 or 4. Actually, A7 Mk 3 would be fine, but I really want pixel-shift mode, and that only seems to come with the R-models.

I'd also like to sell my Apple iPad Mini and 2013 MacBook Pro and replace both with an 11" iPad Pro.
 
for the first time ever i have no lingering feelings of GAS. in fact, i admit to having too much gear...especially lenses but my thinking keeps them safe for now...
what i crave is the energy and stamina to walk a few blocks with no pain and just enjoy using my gear and hopefully take a pleasing image or two.
 
P.S. If this thread offends you, please move on and do not post.
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For the life of me I can not figure how anybody could be offended by your post. I for one always enjoy your posts and value you as a member and Moderator of this forum. Best wishes, A
 
Being in USA it is still quite easy to GAS out. All roads are open. Just blew it "big" on another Nikon FE, this time a black beauty. Third one (I think,as I can not find one of them).
 
kshapero said:
For the life of me I can not figure how anybody could be offended by your post. I for one always enjoy your posts and value you as a member and Moderator of this forum. Best wishes, A
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Thank you I appreciate that. :) We have a few members that think you shouldn’t focus on gear. Maybe my words were too strong, but I just wanted the thread to go in a certain direction.
 
The gear I was gasing over during lockdown in the UK was Wahl men's hair clippers.

Seems everyone else had the same idea; none to be had online, they were as rare as hen’s teeth.
 
I am still looking to trade my Voigtlander 35 1.2 for a zeiss 35 2.8. Is a trade considered GAS?

I have recently really been taken over by the want of a small (ish) medium format, SLR with waist level finder and interchangeable backs. I came about as I was on a walk with my TLR and was shooting B&W then happened on this scene that screamed colour.

Since then I have added my point n shoot camera loaded with colour film in my bag, but can't help but think a hasselblad 500/501 or even a mamiya 645 pro would solve all my problems.... :)

Yes, I have a terrible case of GAS.
 
If I got less GAS lately, maybe it's because I scanned a whole lot of film during lockdown, and concluded that whatever special look I was getting from film didn't require me to have so many film cameras! So I started buying less and selling more film gear.

Meanwhile, all this newfound "leisure time" has helped me to rediscover simple joys like binge-watching stuff on Netflix. With previous job + commute occupying 60 hours/week of my time, many weeks I wouldn't turn on the TV at all, or I'd be multitasking if I did. Almost 15 years of that routine has left me with a considerable home-entertainment backlog! And it's not just streaming services either: There are BluRay movies I haven't watched in years, books and magazines I haven't read, games I've been meaning to play, etc!
 
Actually my biggest GAS is not actually gear, but film. I really want some cheap 120 color. My friends have been very generous with old stuff they have around, but I'll run through that before long shooting more than a roll of film a day.
 
Bought a couple of Vivitar lenses for crazily cheap prices. Very good lenses for a snip these days. Hopefully replaced the 75-205 f3.8 zoom that I foolishly sold years ago. Got one in OM mount in the post as we speak. Made by Kiron (Kino) and built like a tank.
 
Ugh...so far in quarantine I've bought:

Bessa R3A
Minolta CLE
LTM Canon 50/1.5
LTM Voigt 35/1.7
LTM Voigt 75/2.5
Olympus Stylus Epic

Thankfully I've also managed to shoot about 25 rolls so everything has been getting a nice workout.
 
jsrockit said:
For those of you stuck in quarantine, what gear are you GASing over? ...
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I recently purchased a very clean (externally, at least) Leica M2 badly in need of a CLA. The price seemed right and it satisfied my GAS, at least for now; also, it'll help keep DAG's backlog intact.
 
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