How can I stop myself wanting new glass?

Give in to the urge - you know you want to. Its bad for your health to deny yourself. There, its official!
 
posiview said:
Marriage didn't stop me...I just get items delivered to work and used the old, "Darling, I've had [insert item] for ages and you've seen it before, honest!".

:D
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Sounds like something I still do :whistling: :whistling:


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wippers said:
Sell your camera gear and choose a different hobby!! :D

There's just no way around it. I'm like a moth to a light when I see the lenses for sale on here - they're just so beautiful!:D

Gareth
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I have come to the conclusion that ALL hobbies are de facto money pits. :shake:
 
matthab said:
I have an itch for a Canon 24-70 L 2.8 to replace my Tamron 17-50. The only thing stopping me is the misses :D
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Or shake it up, get the Canon 24-70 L2.8, keep the Tamron and replace the missus :)

Joking aside. I finally got rid of my old computer case last year. My pc was always current but had that old case for 12 years. When I was married, the ex wife thought it was the same pc for all that time.
 
Start carrying all your gear with you, all the time. And lots of spare batteries.

Eventually, you will come to the realisation that less is more, and your desire to continually increase your equipment will diminish. This realisation usually occurs whilst you're sat in the waiting room of the chiropractors.
 
paulc said:
I would go along with whoever said getting married although chuck a few kids in too and BINGO...fast glass will be a fuzzy memory :o)
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That was going to be my answer, kids definitely make it much more difficult buy anything non essential, but then again you do want really good shots of them which nice glass helps with.....
 
HMansfield said:
Start carrying all your gear with you, all the time. And lots of spare batteries.

Eventually, you will come to the realisation that less is more, and your desire to continually increase your equipment will diminish. This realisation usually occurs whilst you're sat in the waiting room of the chiropractors.
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I am trying the less is more approach just trying to decide what I want to cover and what I am not bothered about covering focal wise.
 
ruggie_uk said:
Or shake it up, get the Canon 24-70 L2.8, keep the Tamron and replace the missus :)
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trouble is marriage is grand
divorce is about a hundred grand :lol:
 
Hmmm i get worse now looking at getting primes to replace zooms :cuckoo:
 
I really am having a craving for new gear :( I think it's only going to get worse seen as I'm now more active on here and the members market is looming! Second hand prices = harder to resist... They're all bargains to me, so technically in buying them im saving money? :shrug:
 
DemiLion said:
GAS is a recognised medical condition in photographers.
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What does the GAS stand for?

StewartR said:
I know someone who takes a slightly different approach to this. His wife only ever sees one big white lens at any one time ... therefore there is only one big white lens. :D
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Yes I have 2 'official' ones, 300/2.8 NON IS and the 70-200/2.8 II

the 'unofficial' one is the 200/2.0 :love:
 
There's no cure but you have to manage the disease. My way is to buy second-hand but carefully. I must have bought and sold 40 lenses across Sony and Canon systems over the last five years but I doubt I have lost money on more than a couple. I get to try them and if they don't suit me of don't add to what I already have I move them on. In doing this, I realise what kind of photographs I like to take (portraits), what style I like (shallow depth of field) and the lenses that work best for my way of shooting (longer focal lengths). Now I am whittling down my collection, keeping the lenses that suit me best. Out of habit, I check the classifieds forums religiously. I got to the stage where there are no lenses I could lust after as I either already had them, or had tried them (OK, except the 50/1.2 which I am tempted by). But then Canon come out with mkII versions and it starts all over again!
 
bigrob said:
What does the GAS stand for?
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gear acquisition syndrome

all I use is the 50mm 1.4, a 28mm and a 150mm macro
covers pretty much all bases- in fact I am so comfortable shooting that 50mm I feel lost when it's not on the camera, so I usually just shoot everything with it, except concerts, and interior shots
 
I suffer from CRS (Can't Remember *****) & couldn't remember that I also have GAS...
 
ianmarsh said:
There's no cure but you have to manage the disease. My way is to buy second-hand but carefully. I must have bought and sold 40 lenses across Sony and Canon systems over the last five years but I doubt I have lost money on more than a couple. I get to try them and if they don't suit me of don't add to what I already have I move them on. In doing this, I realise what kind of photographs I like to take (portraits), what style I like (shallow depth of field) and the lenses that work best for my way of shooting (longer focal lengths). Now I am whittling down my collection, keeping the lenses that suit me best. Out of habit, I check the classifieds forums religiously. I got to the stage where there are no lenses I could lust after as I either already had them, or had tried them (OK, except the 50/1.2 which I am tempted by). But then Canon come out with mkII versions and it starts all over again!
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Makes good sense to me Ian.
 
mrjames said:
gear acquisition syndrome

all I use is the 50mm 1.4, a 28mm and a 150mm macro
covers pretty much all bases- in fact I am so comfortable shooting that 50mm I feel lost when it's not on the camera, so I usually just shoot everything with it, except concerts, and interior shots
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Might try something similar but try shooting everything with my 35mm on my D300 which is similar to a 50mm on a full frame.
 
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