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When you have GAS and no money...

Started Jun 18, 2015 | Discussions thread
gear1box Senior Member • Posts: 1,536
Re: When you have GAS and no money...

I would say, looking over your portfolio of gear, that you already have quite a selection most imaging tasks.  If funds are short, i would focus on making the most out of what you have and enjoying the process.

I lack the GAS i think; i buy things when i have an idea of a class of image that i wish to take that my current gear poorly supports, or for a specific dissatisfaction with my current gear.  So i can easily tell you right now what i would buy if the price was right:  a better mid-zoom for my Nikon FF d600 (it gets soft away from the center at many apertures & focal lengths) or -- when they are available -- another Oly m4/3 body with a better DR/high ISO sensor than my EM5.  I know of none such available now, so that will be in a few years.

But i am in no rush, and enjoying my gear now.  On the Oly body, i would *never* buy it until well after introduction to give Oly to work the bugs out.  Sorry.  But they have a record.

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gary ray
Semi-professional in early 1970s; just a putzer since then. interests: historical sites, virginia, motorcycle racing. A nikon user more by habit than choice; still, nikon seems to work well for me.

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