How do you fight GAS?

[agp]

Simple question for all the experts - how do you fight Gear Acquisition Syndrome? I currently have the Fuji J10, X-T1, and Nikon 1 V2. Granted, the J10 I can do without... And the 1 V2 as well, since I got it before the X-T1 came out. I want the Sony a7r and maybe even Nikon D800. And those cameras aren't so expensive that they are out of my financial comfort zone, which is the most dangerous part

 

[astroNikon]

Buy everything.
Then you won't want anything else.

Or just make a budget and don't go out of it.

I have a budget .. which I've gone out of . But basically, if i want a new lens I have to sell something to get that lens. That really helps me to determine exactly what I want and what I want it for. How will it improve something... rather than just start buying up the world of lenses/bodies. I do make exceptions when I find something that I really want to trade into but is above the revenue from selling other stuff and thus lets me "move up" in technology.

 

[tirediron]

Why would you try?

 

[Overread]

So long as those who are financially dependant upon you are not put to suffering - GO FOR IT

You live but once, so if you can afford something you'll get enjoyment out of without harming others go for it.

 

[Designer]

Don't fight it. It is bigger than all of us.

 

[runnah]

I use self control.

 

[tirediron]

I use self control.

:lmao:

 

[Designer]

I use self control.

Uh huh.

 

[Overread]

I use self control.

If Albert E. Arkwright could hear you saying that he'd say that's the death-nail of the modern local shop grocery trade!

 

[runnah]

I guess I am just more evolved.

 

[astroNikon]

use beano Home - Beano®

I've heard it works pretty good to stop GAS

 

[KmH]

[h=2]How do you fight GAS?[/h]

I don't subscribe to the 'gotta-have-the-latest-and-greatest' mentality.
I buy used gear (usually not used very much) from a seller wanting to get new gear so they can continue as a member of the 'gotta-have-the-latest-and-greatest' crowd.

 

[table1349]

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[cookedpixel]

I've stopped buying equipment because I have seen what saving the money and traveling, buying books, and taking classes has done to my photography. The fastest, most exotic aspherical lens in the world can't do that.

 

[slackercruster]

OP, just use your gear and don't fondle it.