How do you remedy your GAS??

[swoop]

Debt is the only remedy.

 

[thomasw_]

Debt is the only remedy.

Only? Naw...there is at least another I can offer.

Exorcism of the spirit of acquisitiveness! It hurts because it demands self-denial and that ascetic spirit just isn't that welcome around RFF or among those who live consumer cultures.... So all the best with it ;P

Try reading the War of Art.

 

[David R Munson]

I'm with Swoop. Unquestionably the best cure for GAS is to not have any money to feed the habit with. I've been doing a fantastic job of this since I stated college and have since been attempting to work on my images.

In a related matter, if any of you feel guilty for the amount of gear you have on hand, I am quite willing to take some it off your hands (temporarily or permanently) and use the hell out of it.

Best part is, I'm not really kidding, either. 🙂

 

[ulrich.von.lich]

First I would start by spending less time on gear-orientated websites. Don't read any review unless you really need to buy something.

Then I would use the gear money to go travel. It'd make me want to take more pictures, to meet new people, to discover new interests, and to loss some money in the current account.

Last, do you close your eyes when clicking "Buy It Now"? If you do, you need to give up the habit.

Good luck !

 

[axiom]

Thanks everyone for your inputs.
It is time to sum up what has happened since the making of this thread:
About a month ago, I thought that I figured out the solution to GAS, which was to buy some cheap and small gadgets and a small camera bag that could hardly fit anything.
So I turned to eBay, gone through about some bidding wars and bought 2 leather straps, then 4 softies each in different color, and a tiny camera bag. Ok things should settle according to the solution I had in mind. I spent some money on camera related stuff finally and I am getting a bag that can fit almost nothing, which can prevent me from getting more gears. BUT the problem was, the bag took forever to arrive. As you might have guessed, I kept buying stuff in the end. I bought a black version of Rollei Sonnar that has only 50 copies made, and mine is the 2nd copy of that batch. I bought a Leica CL. Then finally after all my gadgets arrived, my tiny camera bag arrived shortly after.
Ok. now it turns out that everything fits into the bag.
3 lenses + 2 bodies. I am now content. Not buying anymore stuff, just because my bag won't fit.
But unfortunately things don't stop yet.
I picked up this
"Good-deal/expired film acquisition syndrome"
and this
"Frequent RFF checking syndrome"
I am checking RFF like 50 times a day just for the hell of it.
Like when I have access to a computer, I check RFF every 2 minutes. When I dont have access to a computer, I look for one to check RFF.
People say rangefinder or Leica is a culture, I say it is a devil. I feel so mentally corrupted by this RF business.
Don't flame me, that's just me.
I think I seriously need to follow what noimmunity suggested early: stop reading RFF.
And I am making this post as a declaration. I will not check RFF more than 10 times a day!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/axio/3875907705

 

[axiom]

I will not check RFF more than 10 times a day
Effective now!!
I will not read your replies today no matter what!
See you tomorrow

 

[John Robertson]

Bicarbonate of Soda!

 

[axiom]

OMG
I forgot I subscribed to this thread.
(this check doesn't count)

 

[ymc226]

No cure for GAS. Just bought my 5th and 6th M2 and sent them both to Shintaro and Robert to have them painted black. Now anxiously waiting for the M9, though I don't do digital at all.

Also planning on getting a ASPH 28 Elmarit, Summicron and 24 Lux. No end in sight and I am HAPPY!

 

[le vrai rdu]

simple remed, not a lot of money, no ebay or paypal account, I try to use my cameras as much as I can, if I don't use, I sell.
No leica religion too 😀

 

[DennisPT]

I won't buy a second drybox so if my box gets full, it's time to unload before any purchase. Works well this far. Also getting TLR with take up so much space that you don't have room for other gears.

 

[kevin m]

One remedy is to quit hanging around here. The local wisdom would soon have you believing that MTF charts, resolution and bokeh were somehow related to photography. 😉

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

One remedy is to quit hanging around here. The local wisdom would soon have you believing that MTF charts, resolution and bokeh were somehow related to photography. 😉

Bokeh is... At least a bit more than the other two... 😉