What *&#@! Does "GAS" Mean?

[mtbbrian]

I am a newbie to this forum and have never seen this term anyplace but here.
"GAS"
Anti GAS Forum, GAS this camera, GAS That...
What does it mean?!
Brian

 

[lubitel]

gear acquisition syndrome.

its contagious

 

[Stu W]

You may not realize it, but you probably already have it.

 

[lubitel]

we should make a t-shirt with a slogan:

got GAS?

and a photo of Leica underneath.

 

[markinlondon]

GAS means a high credit card balance but stands for Gear Acquisition Syndrome. I first came across the term on the musicians' resource Harmony Central so it's not unique to this place or even photo websites.

 

[mtbbrian]

LOL!
This is what I thought it was.
Yes, I do have it.
I have heard similiar terms, but I don't think I have ever seen it as an acronym before.
It is an affliction I have lived with all of my adult life anyway..
Yes, my name is Brian, and I am a gear junky addict...

 

[Robert]

Yes having this affliction isn't healthy to the bank account and my wife doesn't understand me.

 

[bobkonos]

Given your moniker "mtbbrian" I'll wager you have had GAS in the bicycle world, right? Yes, I have as well (I like all things old like Mavic and Campy) so now welcome to camera GAS. I struggled with "LOL" then figured it out. Welcome to a great home for like-minded souls.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Some people here 'have GAS' and are forever buying and selling cameras.

Others make photos and keep their camera for many years.

You decide where you stand.

 

[mtbbrian]

Given your moniker "mtbbrian" I'll wager you have had GAS in the bicycle world, right? Yes, I have as well (I like all things old like Mavic and Campy) so now welcome to camera GAS. I struggled with "LOL" then figured it out. Welcome to a great home for like-minded souls.

Yes, you are right, excpet I like things with a minimum of five inches of travel in both the front and rear of the bike and tires that are a minmum of 2.1".
I'd say that the photographic side of my GAS has been the one I have lived with the longest...
Brian
Ride On!

 

[markinlondon]

Yes, you are right, excpet I like things with a minimum of five inches of travel in both the front and rear of the bike and tires that are a minmum of 2.1".

Ride On!

Now that is expensive GAS, Brian

 

[mtbbrian]

Some people here 'have GAS' and are forever buying and selling cameras.

Others make photos and keep their camera for many years.

You decide where you stand.

I am more the latter.
The RF I bought, was purchased with the profits of the SLR I had sold and had used for more than six years.
The RF system I have is only really the fourth system I have my entire photographic expereince. With the exception of my Holgas, read multiple Holgas, I am a one camera system kind of photographer....
Brian

 

[Igor.Burshteyn]

LOL
Googled it (define:GAS), among others:
- A state of matter with no definite shape or volume.
- General Adaptive Syndrome - the body's mechanism for responding to stress of all different kinds.

 

[jamesj]

when i first came here and heard the term "gas" i was thinking man these people sure are open about there bodily functions...

 

[GeoffL0505]

when i first came here and heard the term "gas" i was thinking man these people sure are open about there bodily functions...[/QUOTE


Something has to open to release the GAS.......in this case the wallet!