I no longer feel bad about GAS...
Aug 31, 2020 20:22:45 #
Pause for a moment and look back along the footsteps of your journey. Do you see a path climbing the steady incline toward skill and knowledge or just a trail of discarded cameras?
Aug 31, 2020 21:19:42 #
Aug 31, 2020 21:52:36 #
johnec
Loc: Lancaster county, PA
CHG_CANON wrote:
Pause for a moment and look back along the footsteps of your journey. Do you see a path climbing the steady incline toward skill and knowledge or just a trail of discarded cameras?
NONE discarded.
Sep 1, 2020 01:37:42 #
johnec wrote:
NONE discarded.
Hopefully, you don't have an attachment disorder. The only place old digital cameras belong is in the past ...
Sep 1, 2020 06:00:23 #
Sep 1, 2020 07:42:59 #
Flyerace wrote:
Photography and golf are identical.
You need professional instruction to master the basics.
You need to practice to get great results.
When you fail to achieve your goals- - you go out and buy new equipment for instant success!!
You need professional instruction to master the basics.
You need to practice to get great results.
When you fail to achieve your goals- - you go out and buy new equipment for instant success!!
When I am at the golf store or proshop the club feels and hits perfectly. Then....you know what happens
Sep 1, 2020 09:53:29 #
johnec
Loc: Lancaster county, PA
CHG_CANON wrote:
Hopefully, you don't have an attachment disorder. The only place old digital cameras belong is in the past ...
Not sure whether I have attachment disorder yet. None of them are old.
My oldest Nikon (meaning first one I bought) is the D7200, which still works great and is still going strong. I also have a D750 which I don't use very much anymore, but I love it for its low light capability. I will admit I have a hard time thinking about getting rid of that one. 
Sep 1, 2020 09:54:17 #
johnec
Loc: Lancaster county, PA
qrpnut wrote:
Please remind me what GAS stands for
Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Sep 1, 2020 10:18:30 #
johnec wrote:
I’ve come to the conclusion that buying photography gear and using it are separate hobbies.
Humans are born with the instinct to hunt and gather.
Photography equipment fills this need quite nicely.
With the internet hunting has never been easier. The gathering depends on how well equipped is your wallet.
Sep 1, 2020 11:00:07 #
musmoalem
Loc: Germantown, MD
I used to be one of those wannabe ok golfers and did spend a modest amount of money on golf gear, but my biggest obstacle was that every time I wanted to practice I had to spend some hard earned money. And that’s what discouraged me from pursuing golf. But with photography once you spend money on equipment you can shoot thousands of pictures without spending a dime (well may be spending a few cents recharging the battery of your camera). But equipment in photography does make a difference. Up to a certain extent. The pics on my Nikon D850 are noticeably better than my D7100. Why? Heck I follow Tony Northrup’s advice of shooting hundreds of pics and hope that a couple of them come out ok. The bigger buffer and higher shooting speed on the D850 allow me to take those hundreds of pics with a lot less pain than on the D7100 especially in low light.
Sep 1, 2020 13:21:57 #
Sep 1, 2020 14:53:06 #
BebuLamar wrote:
You didn't know that until now? But still GAS is bad.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is GAS?
Sep 1, 2020 14:55:47 #
Judy R wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but what is GAS?
See page 5 of the thread for the definition.
Sep 1, 2020 20:41:01 #
Sep 1, 2020 22:50:29 #
I always thought collecting and upgrading was the same thing? LOLOL it does amaze me how this pertains more towards Digital Photography, buy it one moment... it's obsolite the next... Shooting film seemed different, didn't find that issue. Kept the same gear forever... and I still do have them..
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