Oh Dear! - I'm enjoying buying gadgets rather than taking pics!

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GAS has really taken over! I am enjoying buying stuff I will probably never need just because I like the gadget and not for taking pics :-(

I have more cameras than you could shake a stick at and its costing me a fortune!

Due to being wheelchair bound I very rarely get out so now I just buy stuff for fun.

Does anyone else prefer the gadget to the photo?
 
Jammy Dodger said:
GAS has really taken over! I am enjoying buying stuff I will probably never need just because I like the gadget and not for taking pics :-(

I have more cameras than you could shake a stick at and its costing me a fortune!

Due to being wheelchair bound I very rarely get out so now I just buy stuff for fun.

Does anyone else prefer the gadget to the photo?
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I have always been more interested in the engineering than taking pictures.
The same goes for lots of things in my case, you know, air fryers, watches, analogue turntables..............anything really.

Whilst my health is not great I feel privileged that I can actually own these things without missing a couple of meals.

In truth, I have so much camera gear it takes up an entire room in my house.
 
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soupdragon said:
I have always been more interested in the engineering than taking pictures.
The same goes for lots of things in my case, you know, air fryers, watches, analogue turntables..............anything really.

Whilst my health is not great I feel privileged that I can actually own these things without missing a couple of meals.

In truth, I have so much camera gear it takes up an entire room in my house.
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Not so much a 'man cave' more archive ;)
 
I am exactly the same with old radios, the Mrs says "why so many you can only listen to one at a time"

So I put a half a dozen on.

I have also been known to put one on in each room. :)

Same channel of course, I am not that daft.
 
NO! Maybe get yourself a Triride or scooter to easily get out there and start taking more photos? What about setting yourself some challenges to get you to take more photographs?
 
DumfriesDik said:
NO! Maybe get yourself a Triride or scooter to easily get out there and start taking more photos? What about setting yourself some challenges to get you to take more photographs?
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Im waiting the arrival of this...............................because its a great gadget!!!

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Jammy Dodger said:
GAS has really taken over! I am enjoying buying stuff I will probably never need just because I like the gadget and not for taking pics :-(

I have more cameras than you could shake a stick at and its costing me a fortune!

Due to being wheelchair bound I very rarely get out so now I just buy stuff for fun.

Does anyone else prefer the gadget to the photo?
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When I was looking after my mam and couldn't get out much I bought way too many film era lenses. As with you I like it. I liked researching the lenses, looking for good copies and comparing the results to other lenses. I did use them out of the house as well :D I used to use them in rotation or sometimes take two, maybe a 24 or 28 and a 50mm. I've since sold a lot and might sell more but it was fun and it was a quite inexpensive hobby as they were all mass market lenses.

So if you enjoy it, just keep at it :D
 
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There is such a thing as "not enough". There's such a thing as "enough". There's even a thing called "more than enough". NONE of those is the same as "too many" which doesn't exist. Except in terms of Donald Trumps...
 
skullfunkerry said:
Very true. This is why I have four guitars, when I only need one (and I know a lot of people with a lot more guitars than me!)
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I have 2 gee tars to look at , Can't play either of them.
 
LOL my office a.k.a known as the dining room contains computer and screen , cameras and lenses plus ancillaries , a few hundred hardback and paperback novels from my fave authors , 2 large r.c tugboats , a shelve full of medieval knights in armour ,a display case full of model trams ,Lorry’s ,,buses .. and the wife even keeps her steam press in there .. it happens stay happy
 
skullfunkerry said:
Very true. This is why I have four guitars, when I only need one (and I know a lot of people with a lot more guitars than me!)
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Guitars are like lenses, each doing something different. Amps are like camera bodies with different focus control. Speakers are like sensors with variable resolution and quality of output. Pedals are like filters, letting you change the input to the system.

I'm going through an "I want to build more amps" phase at the moment. I'm a good boy these days - there's only 2 bits of backline in my livingroom right now. ;)
 
the black fox said:
LOL my office a.k.a known as the dining room contains computer and screen , cameras and lenses plus ancillaries , a few hundred hardback and paperback novels from my fave authors , 2 large r.c tugboats , a shelve full of medieval knights in armour ,a display case full of model trams ,Lorry’s ,,buses .. and the wife even keeps her steam press in there .. it happens stay happy
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pictures please

sounds amazing
 
I’ve gone the other way - when I first started photography I was into specs, features pixels etc but as I’ve got older, I don’t even bother about it. There was a time, in the mid 2000s, early 2010s where digital started getting good, and it mattered but by the time I got my Canon 5d3, everything that followed was just an incremental improvement. Mirrorless has shaken things up, and the AF genuinely works like magic, but beyond that, image quality wise, I don’t think there have been too many groundbreaking improvements.

Sub f2.8 zoom lenses are in interesting. I think there will be some innovation there, but even then, will come with a big thumping hit to the wallet and back.

I really enjoy the creative process - seeing something differently or capturing something interesting and unique.
 
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I know the feeling. Haven't used my camera in weeks. Still touch them! Hell, I just spent £150 on a salt and pepper mill and am now going to buy a duplicate set because this one looks too nice on the table to bring it into the kitchen and actually use
 
I used to collect cameras, then most of the time they'd sit in a cupboard, I think I'm over it now, as I cleared out the cupboard and put them all on eBay, I've got a holiday in Gran Canaries in October, and a few trips coming up next year, Budapest and Croatia, I've decided I'd rather spend the money on travelling and hopefully getting some decent photos than collect cameras, hopefully I've found a cure for GAS.
 
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I blame my Dad for my love of "Things".
When I was about 7 I liked going to go to the local brook "fishing". I was quite happy with a cane, bit of string and a bent pin for a hook...one day he came back from work
with something a work mate (They didn't have "collegues" in those days) had sold him. There was a big pile of proper fishing gear! Basket (Creel?), three rods, three reels including a mutiplyer, landing and keep nets and loads of floats, hooks, weights and other stuff.
I was in Heaven...I spent hours just looking at it all, playing with the floats, counting the hooks...and very possibly sucking the lead weights!
The feeling of wonder has never left me, which is why I'm now (At 67) sitting waiting for the UPS man to deliver my Nikon ZF!

EDIT. He's been! Santa's been!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
 
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Graham W said:
I blame my Dad for my love of "Things".
When I was about 7 I liked going to go to the local brook "fishing". I was quite happy with a cane, bit of string and a bent pin for a hook...one day he came back from work
with something a work mate (They didn't have "collegues" in those days) had sold him. There was a big pile of proper fishing gear! Basket (Creel?), three rods, three reels including a mutiplyer, landing and keep nets and loads of floats, hooks, weights and other stuff.
I was in Heaven...I spent hours just looking at it all, playing with the floats, counting the hooks...and very possibly sucking the lead weights!
The feeling of wonder has never left me, which is why I'm now (At 67) sitting waiting for the UPS man to deliver my Nikon ZF!

EDIT. He's been! Santa's been!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
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Love that story all over Graham! My Dad bought me my first SLR at 15, a Nikon FE2, I sat and stared at it for hours a day!
 
Nikon photographer said:
I used to collect cameras, then most of the time they'd sit in a cupboard, I think I'm over it now, as I cleared out the cupboard and put them all on eBay, I've got a holiday in Gran Canaries in October, and a few trips coming up next year, Budapest and Croatia, I've decided I'd rather spend the money on travelling and hopefully getting some decent photos than collect cameras, hopefully I've found a cure for GAS.
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No, you're just in remission. :p
 
Graham W said:
Just checked..1x nylon clasical, 1x acoustic, 1 x electric (Epiphone LP Custom) 1x twelve string, 2 hand made CBG's and a hand made Appalachian Dulcimer!
They make great wall hangers and saves me wallpapering!
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Unlike most cameras....they don't lose much money after a few years and then slowly start climbing again.
 
I have twenty skirts and forty tops, thirty five pairs of earrings (all at a guess); I could go for years without being seen in exactly the same outfit. Do I care? Nope.

I did pare back my photography equipment though because it was too heavy, worth too much and easily sellable. I now only have an Olympus OM-5 and three second-hand lenses: a 17mm (34mm) for everyday use, because it's very small; a 12-45mm (24-90mm) for visits to National Trust houses; and a 100-400mm (200-800mm) for when things are just too far away. That's all my kit, and being used and cheap, it leaves me more money for skirts, tops and earrings QED.

I also have three guitars but only use one of them, a dulcimer and a mandolin. Oh and a saxophone—which is probably the only one I can play properly.
 
Guitars? Now let me see...

Danelectro Guitarlin (my first decent guitar)
Suzuki acoustic cutaway (bought new in '81/82, refretted around '95)
'86 MIJ Strat (bought new)
Washburn A20V and Washburn Hawk from '79/80
Godin xtSA + Roland GR33 guitar synth
JJ Goldtop special - Gibson scale length, mini hums and a nice fat neck
Tokai Love Rock '59 Les Paul replica, it's a decent Les Paul at a sensible price
MIM Strat bought as a basket case + MIJ strat currently still a basket case.
First Act bought for £35 on ebay as a first electric slide guitar
Regal resonator acoustic for unplugged slide guitar gigs
Harley Benton Aeolus semi-hollow (main gigging slide guitar now, and last in).
There's a couple of basses (P type, J type & fretless 5 string).

They've all been gigged at various times, the MIJ strat is my fave guitar to pick up and noodle at home followed by the MIM strat and the Washburns (they're all out on a rack upstairs, while the other guitars are cased up). The acoustic is useful, but I don't actually like acoustic guitars. There's also a few amps laying around including my AC30 bought used in '79.
 
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Since Mrs Nod now has her bike license, I reckon my stable could be expanded to 2n +1...
 
I have 50-60 film cameras, many of which were given to me, mostly by my father. He gave me around 30 cameras a few years ago, but he is still buying more, at 91 years of age.

However I only have two guitars and a mandolin, none of which I've played recently.
 
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