You know you have a gear acquisition problem when . . .

[clarence]

Hmm, I just got rid of about a hundred books to make room for my smelly chemicals. Intensive darkroom work tends to (temporarily) cure my GAS. Has anyone tried it?

I think intensive work of any kind relating to photography makes you both realise the limits of your equipment and to work within those limits to produce the best work you can.

Yes, it certainly cures it.

Clarence

 

[ch1]

Holy crap, you guys got it bad. My gear lust is pretty much sated at this point. I vaguely want a different lens for my graflex (the caltar is turning out to not be as hot as I was hoping) but that's pretty much all. My sights are set on getting out of college debt-free. 🙂

Clearly the words of someone who is undergoing undiagnosed GAS buildup!

 

[Benjamin Marks]

You know you have a general problem when you start threads about gear acqusition problems in a photo forum ? :angel:

bertram

Hey - I know I've got a problem. ALL men are fools. It's just that my wife and I agree that my camera foolishness it is preferable to fixating on boats, cars, gambling, golf or other women. And I take great photos of the kids. 😀

Ben

 

[dnk512]

Wait one minute, I think our problem(s) are nothing compare to those with car issues. My friend's BMW Z4 tires cost $1,600 ($400 each) and last about 25K miles. I am not counting car payments, gas, insurance or CLA 🙂... just the tires!

 

[dnk512]

However, to condribute to the treat, and post my #100 😛 :

When I drool on ebay on items I already have home and *never* used (zorki 3M, kiev 4a, Nikkor douplicate lenses, minolta 7sII, etc etc etc) :bang:

 

[reagan]

Clearly the words of someone who is undergoing undiagnosed GAS buildup!

...and in total denial of his true inner-self. Still... he's one of us... we love him. He's a good son. :angel:


"Honey! Don't forget! The postman likes mustard, lettuce - hold the mayo!"

 

[SolaresLarrave]

When you have a list of items you may need in the future.

When your favorite books deal with gear, photo technique, photography history.

When your wife complains there's no more room in the refrigerator because of all your film.

The best part... when you find someone in the street with a camera similar to one in your collection. You strike a conversation... and a friendship is born! 🙂

 

[Austintatious]

Originally Posted by tetrisattack
Holy crap, you guys got it bad. My gear lust is pretty much sated at this point. I vaguely want a different lens for my graflex (the caltar is turning out to not be as hot as I was hoping) but that's pretty much all. My sights are set on getting out of college debt-free.



RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.

 

[jaapv]

I resent this thread. I do NOT have GAS I do NOT I do not I do not? I do not????

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

............When you can be travelling through a large outdoor swap meet/ flea market at a trot to catch up to your wife as she heads to the antique furniture dealer on the corner and you spot out of the corner of your eye a folding 120 camera case lying prone that is 60 feet away amongst a pile books, dishes, lamps, used kitchen appliances and lawn mowers. Turns out to be a nice Dacor Royal 120 6x6 with 75mm f3.5 Ennagon lens in a Prontor SVS shutter with lever wind for $10. You may have a problem because you didn't catch up to your wife.

Anybody want an antique Fainting couch for $400?

Wayne

 

[amateriat]

When you have a list of items you may need in the future.

Oh, dear...when I was shooting with my second-ever 35mm (Yashica Electro GT, c.1973), and dreaming of a full-on pro SLR of the day (Canon F-1, Nikon F/F2, Minolta XK, et cetera), you should've seen the lists I made, along with tear-outs from the back pages of Modern and Pop. Sad, really. Took a while to (mostly) sober up; coming back to RFs, beleive it or not, seems to have helped. 🙂


- Barrett

 

[Goodyear]

............When you can be travelling through a large outdoor swap meet/ flea market at a trot to catch up to your wife as she heads to the antique furniture dealer on the corner and you spot out of the corner of your eye a folding 120 camera case lying prone that is 60 feet away amongst a pile books, dishes, lamps, used kitchen appliances and lawn mowers. Turns out to be a nice Dacor Royal 120 6x6 with 75mm f3.5 Ennagon lens in a Prontor SVS shutter with lever wind for $10. You may have a problem because you didn't catch up to your wife.

That sounds like the voice of experience.

 

[GeneW]

" You know you have a gear acquisition problem when . . ."

- The postman says "Here's another one"

- The postman delivers a cam you forgot you bought ...

Gene

 

[reagan]

" You know you have a gear acquisition problem when . . ."
- The postman says "Here's another one"
- The postman delivers a cam you forgot you bought ...

... but he remembers. "You know. It's da one wit da collapsible In-doo-sta. Yuz told me 'bout it lass week... c'mon. Heah, sign da slip."

 

[RML]

You know you've got a problem...

when drug addicts take pity on you and chip in to buy you some food. 😛

when rabid, scurvy street dogs refuse to be your friend because the musty smell of you FSU ever-ready cases is worse then their pelts.

when your friends and relatives come around twice a week for an intervention.

when the AA sets up a section just for you.

when you leave the house naked except for a camera around your neck/wrist and think nothing of it.

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

You know you've got a problem...

when you leave the house naked except for a camera around your neck/wrist and think nothing of it.

Mid-western USA winters will cure this type of nude photography.

Wayne

 

[Cooki]

I suppose that quitting smoking to buy more gear wasn't actually a bad thing.

 

[KoNickon]

Cooki and Ben have the right way of looking at it -- think what other, more expensive and unhealthy addictions we could be suffering from.

This is a very amusing and disarmingly honest thread. Therapeutic, even.

 

[Goodyear]

Here's a fresh, bang-up-to-date one:

When you're leaving tomorrow for a job interview in Ireland, and the carry-on is packed to the straining of the stitches (it's a re-purposed camera bag - a Safrotto - by the way) with essentials like laptop and gubbins for the presentation you've been working on all day, and you take it all out and start again so you can fit in your newest camera (M6), meter, and a couple of rolls of film. Even though you know you almost definitely will not shoot a single shot.

Wish me luck, by the way. Interview is Friday, but I fly straight from work tomorrow...

 

[Alec]

5) "Darling, we talked about it, remember?... Well, I remember."

Ha - my better half has a much better memory too, and we both know it. The trick is to mention the thing en passant, without seeming to ask for an opinion.

6) When you pack to go on a trip, even an overnighter, and you spend more time figuring out/packing cameras than clothes. And the cameras get a bigger bag.

That's me. For a weekend, my gear is liable to take more space than clothing for a family of five. For real holidays, though, I can make sacrifices. Like taking one un-metered body, four lenses, one hand-held meter and 20 rolls of Velvia and Provia. (That's how I justified the M6 - 'Honey, it will be so much nicer for the kids if I can take pictures more quickly' 😉 ).

Wish me luck, by the way. Interview is Friday, but I fly straight from work tomorrow...

Merde, govno, and all that sort of things, Mark. :angel: