Gas

Gas

  • I have GAS and I like it.

    Votes: 103 41.4%

  • I have GAS and I dislike it.

    Votes: 94 37.8%

  • I don't have GAS and I like it.

    Votes: 27 10.8%

  • I don't have GAS and I dislike it.

    Votes: 7 2.8%

  • Other. (please explain)

    Votes: 18 7.2%
  • Total voters
    249
I guess I have it to a varying degree. I'm currently somewhat content. Or at least I hope I will be when the latest acquisition arrives on monday (well, I need some glass for the M4-2 I bought, after all). After that, I suppose I'll be content for some time until it kicks in again.
 
I'd like to have a CV75 for the Bessa R kit but I'm not having GAS over it. To me GAS is a frantic condition that one must have that item of interest no matter what it takes & will never be cured until you get it. I don't have that problem & can very well live without it. Especially everytime I see how much they have gone up.
 
Can't tell if it's just GAS or something along deeper lines, but I've been wanting to return to film with a Zeiss Ikon and some compact 35mm (Nokton SC?) and 50mm (??) for nearly 4 years!!! It's been a painful experience. Simply a matter of the heart and mind, but I can't justify the bill I'll run up, and not wanting to purchase a scanner (ick).
 
I had GAS when I came to RFF close to three years ago... I had bought -and thought it was going to be the only one- my first RF lens: the CV 15 in M mount, and the reason for getting it is that there was (is) nothing like it in the whole world... And I got another unique piece for it: the R4M.

Then I felt real GAS, and wanted to feel the experience behind close to 10 cameras and 10 lenses... I experienced what other photographers felt with old cameras... I know for sure they are different and very interesting, and their ways make us think differently and make richer our perception of light and photography, so I feel great about having felt GAS... On last year GAS disappeared, though... I don't want any camera or lens...

Cheers,

Juan
 
I have GAS and I don't like it at all, I hope that when my Yashica 124G comes back from surgery I will be able to concentrate on taking photos and not buying stuff I really don't need no matter how cheap and desireable it might be.
 
At the moment my GAS is dormant, but I'm fully aware that at any moment it could awaken and unleash hell on my wallet, sleep patterns and marital bliss.
 
I have GAS? yes, but NAS is much more sick and I have it too....
Unfortunately I'll be cure of it due the lack of resources... so goes life...
 
It comes and goes, I have periods of no GAS, then suddently I *need* another camera. I don't especially mind it, I don't buy much other stuff, and I buy as much as I sell, so don't lose much.
 
I have gear envy but no money so the "A" part of GAS is a moot point for me.
I wish i could buy more gear but otherwise I'm pretty much content with what I've got.

Phil Forrest
 
I'm not doing so well, but I have a solution. I set a quota of good photos I must take before I buy anything else. Sadly it usually gives me a long cooling off period.
 
I finally just bought the best film cameras made for the kinds of photography I'm into, and now I no longer have GAS. In the digital realm, I dumped all of my high-end digital gear and now just see digital cameras as throw-away items, so here utility rules. As long as I have a digital camera that can do the job, no GAS there either.

Joe
 
The last year I was in the way of no more stuff, only my M2 and the 50/1.8.
I bought an Elmar 2.8, a Rolleiflex and a Pentax 67.

This year I'm in the way of no more stuff again.
 
I have a bit of GAS for a Fuji GF670 (or Bessa III), I've owned one before and regret selling it, but I know I should really take more photos that just buying gear. I expect I'll end up buying one sooner or later though.
 
I used to suffer from severe GAS attacks.
But no longer.
I only have a mild form of GAS now. ;)
 
jippiejee said:
Without my gas I wouldn't be able to enjoy all these great cameras and lenses. So voted for liking it. My team of therapists is still out on it though.
Click to expand...

me too , I enjoy what i own now after I had <<this .....as you call it as GAS or whatever >>:D

What I own is
Hasselblad 203Fe Mellenium edition plus 60-120mm zoom, 150mm lenses
Hasselblad xpan and 40mm lens
Leica M6 and M8u plus three Summicron lenses
Nikon F5 and two Fd lenses and three flash guns and other photographic gears...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom