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Mar 11, 2023 07:54:46   #
Delderby Loc: Derby UK
 
GAS is a sign of Immaturity, Lack of Confidence, Indecision, Failure, Boredom, Label Worship and Desperation.
It certainly doesn't stand for Get And Shoot.
There are still plenty of self-styled photographers who slobber over the likes of AA - who did Get And Shoot, without GAS.

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Mar 11, 2023 08:10:22   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you own the best equipment.

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Mar 11, 2023 08:21:17   #
ashriverguy Loc: Rural Minnesota
 
That’s funny

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Mar 11, 2023 12:10:18   #
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Delderby wrote:
GAS is a sign of Immaturity, Lack of Confidence, Indecision, Failure, Boredom, Label Worship and Desperation.
It certainly doesn't stand for Get And Shoot.
There are still plenty of self-styled photographers who slobber over the likes of AA - who did Get And Shoot, without GAS.

Slobbering 12-steppers ?
Whatevvvvvuh .....

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Mar 11, 2023 12:10:50   #
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ashriverguy wrote:
That’s funny

Thank you.

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Mar 11, 2023 12:17:33   #
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CHG_CANON wrote:
There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you own the best equipment.

Well OK, no *hardware* limits.

Proof of "organic" limits plaguing the owners of the very best gear are rife. Simply browse the UHH Gallery.

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Mar 11, 2023 12:22:25   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you own the best equipment.

There are few limits to what you accomplish if you use the equipment you do have well. Many photographers try to “fix” their technique” by longing for more expensive equipment.

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Mar 11, 2023 14:17:14   #
SoHillGuy Loc: Washington
 
Professionals have GAS, Amautuers have GAS, and at some time maybe not today, next week, next month, or whenever most will have GAS. I must have had it. Nine cameras and counting.

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Mar 11, 2023 17:11:33   #
trapper1 Loc: Southside Virginia
 
In golf it is called "Buying a game", meaning prople who buy new sets of clubs, a new putter, or a new driver convinced the new item will make them into a Phil Mickelson overnight. The actor Mickey Rooney was famous for that, he once trashed his whole set of clubs midway of a match and bought a complete new set at the pro shop to finish the round. No, he did not win the match.

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Mar 12, 2023 06:01:10   #
joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ
 
GAS is an addiction. Four cameras ago, I owned a Nikon D300 and I was perfectly happy with its performance. We need an AA for photographers with GAS.😊

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Mar 12, 2023 08:10:54   #
Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
My ex wife use to say do you NEED it or WANT it?
I did say ex wife

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Mar 12, 2023 08:14:21   #
Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
 
I reckon that I don't have GAS. I have never had a desire to own the most expensive, so called best equipment. When I was a teenager I did drool over the cameras advertised in the photography magazines but I was too poor to buy one. I had a Brownie Holiday Flash Camera that Santa brought me when I was about 14. I bought my first, good 35mm camera in a pawn shop in Fayetteville, NC when I was in the army.

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Mar 12, 2023 08:37:36   #
cmc4214 Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
 
Delderby wrote:
GAS is a sign of Immaturity, Lack of Confidence, Indecision, Failure, Boredom, Label Worship and Desperation.
It certainly doesn't stand for Get And Shoot.
There are still plenty of self-styled photographers who slobber over the likes of AA - who did Get And Shoot, without GAS.


Quite judgemental of you. Here is my judgement: Hoarding money is a sign of greed

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Mar 12, 2023 08:59:32   #
davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you own the best equipment.


Of who's definition of "the best equipment" are you speaking? Does the term "best" reflect price, quality, availability, weight, or any one of many different choices? In some hands "best" might be the wrong type for the moment. Put a very expensive, latest, and highest rated body in the hands of someone who has no idea what "depth of field" means and you have a recipe for disaster. Verbal ratings are deceptive as no system is in place to use objectively. If someone on the UHH would create a "Concource d'lemone" for photographs, where only images captured using equipment costing $100.00 or less could be entered to determine exactly what denotes "best" we may have an answer. Imagine the arguments THAT might start.

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Mar 12, 2023 09:27:22   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
There are no limits to what you can accomplish when you own the best equipment.


Define "The Best"?

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