Do you have Gas? (gear aquisition syndrome)

[Dave Maciak]

Be honest. How much gear do you have that sits in dusty, honor; not used in some cases years! Speaking of cases, who really needs 12 bags and cases? Got my eye on a new Bellingham! 11 cameras, 4 strobes,
15 lenses--and the ones I had traded or sold not even counted!
A shoe box full of filters (too many to count), lens hoods, body and lens caps. Perhaps the most perplexing is why do I need 20 plastic hot shoe protective caps? More stuff not even listed! The big question:
am I better at the craft with all the new and greatest gear? Nope.

Nowadays, I usually grab one camera, 2 lenses at the most. You know what? I find that combo is more than enough for 99.9% of what I shoot. I do believe G-A-S is a treatable problem---but I love all my stuff---just might some day really need my Nikon Coolpix 5700 or the big F2 and motor drive! Are you guilty?

 

[greybeard]

Oh yes, on many fronts, not just photography. I have a gun cabinet full of bass guitars, a shed full of amps, several nice pistols, a shop full of woodworking tools and a lot of photo gear.

 

[Space Face]

Yup, camera gear and guitars. Love it, lifes too short not to.

 

[petrochemist]

Guilty but I could do with a few more bags/cases.
Altogether I have around 70 cameras & 300 ish lenses but I've not been hoarding hot shoe protectors.
I'd probably need more than 4 shoe boxes for my filters but I shoot a lot of IR with converted cameras so get unusual effects from many of them.
I only used about half the lenses I took out for a photowalk today, using a 40mm triplet, 100mm macro, 500mm mirror lens & the kit zoom for laziness. I didn't come across really wanting any of the wide options.

 

[paigew]

Unfortunately, yes. And once I get something I am emotionally attached and cannot ever sell or part with it

 

[Nevermore1]

Unfortunately. I tend to buy a lot of old cameras which use 120 film just because I like the look of them, when they still function it's just a bonus. I've also started collecting 35mm cameras. I just need to find an enlarger so I can actually print out some of the photos I get from them.

On another hobby I have I also buy more than I could ever use but luckily it's a little cheaper than photography equipment. I also knit and have several expensive sets of knitting needles (the most expensive being about $400) and more yarn than I could ever possibly knit in my lifetime.

 

[Sharpshooterr]

Naw, I'm pretty immune to GAS! I have two cameras, my sports camera and my everything else camera. I do have as film camera that I use for occasional film projects but it's an EOS so I don't have any extra lenses just for it.
I have two backpacks, one for sports and one for travel.
My travel tripod was and old alloy Gitzo that I bought used over 20 years ago and just replaced it with a used Gitzo 1541T when one came up for $250 but I'd been looking for 10 years! LoL
Well, maybe just a little GAS, since I've been thinking of getting back into landscapes and I've been itching for a 4x5 field camera!!! LoL
SS

 

[Soocom1]

<---needs Tums!


But! I do try to use every piece at least once a year. Ill force myself to take it out and shoot.

 

[SpenserEller]

Yup, camera gear and guitars. Love it, lifes too short not to.

I'm pretty much the same, just add in archery and fishing gear [emoji16]

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[Space Face]

Yup, camera gear and guitars. Love it, lifes too short not to.

I'm pretty much the same, just add in archery and fishing gear [emoji16]

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I have loads of fishing gear, Beach, Boat, Fly and Coarse. Always fancied archery but other than a couple of go's many years ago at a corporate event I've never really done it.

 

[Jeff15]

Not anymore, I am too old now......

 

[photoflyer]

I never sell bodies and have picked up three older ones through family, a friend and Goodwill.

I keep an old body and two older lens at the lake cabin -- and still haul my best stuff down there. I use older gear in high risk situations and sometimes just for the challenge.

I have one body and lens for business travel. Small DSLR and an 18-400 super zoom. Got them just as Covid set in.

Part of it is learning curve: invest in something to "get the shot" only to find:

1) it wasn't needed
2) it is a shot rarely taken

Perhaps it depends on how narrow one's interests are. Mine are very wide. On Sunday I shot wildlife, landscapes, macro, and astro in the span of 18 hours.

 

[CherylL]

I use what I have. A few maybe not as often because they are travel cameras. I've bought new, used and open box. Always looking for a deal. With the recent stimulus check my husband asked what new lens I was getting. I said paying taxes. I should have thought before speaking

 

[DonaldC1961]

Guilty as charged. In fact, I just purchased a Mamiya 645 1000s medium format film camera, a few lenses and several accessories for it. I see another bag or three in my future. I need one more lens, an 80mm 2.8 C, then I am cutting myself off until next year.

 

[Rickbb]

You can never have too many cameras or lens, or tools, or scrap building materials, or, well you get the picture.