That little voice in my head: You got GAS!

[lilmsmaggie]

😱

No kidding! over that past year, I've been on a binge. Everytime I say to myself: "You need to get rid of some of this stuff," I find something else I "think" I need.

So far in the past 12 months, I've acquired 3 cameras and an assortment of lenses.

Today, I've been in the process of convincing myself (yet again), that if I just unloaded a few items, I could buy something that I REALLY SHOULD have :bang:

But seriously, I do need to divorce myself from a few items. ... but then that's like a alcoholic or smoker saying: "I can stop anytime."

Maybe if I got married, that might help cure me 😀

 

[tlitody]

😱

No kidding! over that past year, I've been on a binge. Everytime I say to myself: "You need to get rid of some of this stuff," I find something else I "think" I need.

So far in the past 12 months, I've acquired 3 cameras and an assortment of lenses.

Today, I've been in the process of convincing myself (yet again), that if I just unloaded a few items, I could buy something that I REALLY SHOULD have :bang:

But seriously, I do need to divorce myself from a few items. ... but then that's like a alcoholic or smoker saying: "I can stop anytime."

Maybe if I got married, that might help cure me 😀

That last line spoilt it. I was gong to suggest you divorce the wife, which, lets face it, are an expensive luxury, and free up some money for more camera gear. I think you're headed in the wrong direction 😀

 

[Darshan]

Have you ever wondered: to start off with we buy 2-3 cameras initially (more than we need) and then we think of selling them only to buy more cameras!! If the initial purchase was a drag, why not just sell something we don't use and keep the money? 😱😱

I am a physician but I must say, "GAS HAS NO CURE", enjoy the disease. 😀

 

[healyzh]

Maybe if I got married, that might help cure me 😀

Nice theory, but out of five cameras I've purchased in the last year, three were for my wife. Now glass is another matter... Though I still don't have a lens for the 8x10 I purchased a few months ago.

 

[steveyork]

As long as you USE the stuff, why worry? The problem arises when you get stuff and don't use it, or you're busy collecting gear instead of shooting pictures.

 

[oftheherd]

I had to stop myself. So many nice things I have always wanted, or got really cheap, knowing I could resell them for profit. Yeah, right. But at least I have stopped buying. Now I have to convince myself to really sell. It does intrigue me to think about getting a Speed Graphic. But my GAS is cured. 😀 😀

 

[OlliL]

I was thinking about just that yesterday.

I was offered a user M2 with Elmar 2.8 for 400€.
To get away I called two shops for a CLA, which isn't even needed on the camera and as they quoted 300€ (lens has separation behind front element) I was cured... For now 🙂

 

[River Dog]

I have collected quite a few that now sit in the drawer. The Pentax MX and OM4 get left behind quite a bit in favour of the Olympus RC, Leica CL, NEX-3 with Zeiss glass and Yashica Mat 124G.

So I have defined my favourite tools through use. Then again, I have my eye on a minty Electro 35 CC - which I want, but don't need.