I've tried in the past to go down to only one camera system, very minimalistic, but I get bored easily. Inevitably, after a couple of years, I'll get sick of using the same camera gear over and over, even if it's my favorite. I suppose if I traveled a lot maybe one system would work, because the different localities would offer variety, but I'm not in a position to do much traveling now. So I've built variety into the hardware -- rangefinders (a couple M2's) with different lenses, many of them of the same focal length, ditto with a couple SLR's. My better half shoots MF and her camera shelves are like, ha, ha, a black hole. Once we get something in MF, we never get rid of it. Otherwise I'm constantly turning over different gear. Getting stuff for the user experience then passing it on to someone else. Less so now then in the past, but I find the only way to know if you like something is to get it in your hands and use it. Unfortunately, as I get older, I'm favoring lighter and lighter stuff, because my back is getting more and more achy. So that plays a role too; finding stuff I like to use, takes good pics, and doesn't bother the back. In a way, it's a continual, evolving thing. But the search for the perfect system is probably a fools game, because there isn't any. Pros and cons to every system.
