I have all the gear I need now... Said no photographer (or keen enthusiast) ever

[Zv]

Dear Friends
After I read this Post , which start by Mr. DaveMiko, The More I read, The More I understand my self----NO, I am not and will not BE THE PRO. As My Understand that " THE PRO buy their equipment as need to serve their Duty/ Functions as they make their living from the products by that equipment. And the equipments that they buy must in their budget and made profits for them too.

For me( and Some minority of CR. Members ? ) always buy the new equipment after the company improve their new products/ equipment, just 10 cents of It's better Quality, and WE HAVE A HEART TO SPEND $ 1000 US DOLLARS MORE , for the equipment that ALMOST THE SAME QUALITY OF OUR OLD EQUIPMENT AND HOPE TO GET BETTER AND SHARPER PHOTOS---YES, We have 90% Pure Heart but only 10% BRAIN, to create our happiness but less money in our pocket.
Just want to have FUN to talk with you.
Have a great weekend.
Surapon

Well said. But I don't mind spending my money on what I want, I know it won't improve my photography.

Let's face it for some of us it's just the new toys that make us happy! And it's our humdrum 9-5 office jobs that pay for them!! Haha!

 

[Eldar]

Maybe it's just an inherent flaw that we all have as photographers that we are never content with our gear?? We always want what we don't have (that's a normal human trait).

Can anyone really say they have everything they always wanted? Maybe not for long as technology keeps advancing eventually your gear will become outdated.

The best we can hope for is a "for now" satisfaction level. As in I have all the gear I need for now.

Nah, actually that's rubbish I want it all!

I am very happy with my current equipment. If No further development for 35mm cameras and lenses happened, I could live happily with what I have. But when new gear comes along, I become a kid in a candy store :

 

[Don Haines]

I have all the Canon gear I sufficiently need, as Canon doesn't make the gear I truly need.

This is my #1 and #2 kit for photography, neither made by Canon

(My inspiration and my means to get to the places where I enjoy photography the most)

 

[P_R]

For me( and Some minority of CR. Members ? ) always buy the new equipment after the company improve their new products/ equipment, just 10 cents of It's better Quality, and WE HAVE A HEART TO SPEND $ 1000 US DOLLARS MORE , for the equipment that ALMOST THE SAME QUALITY OF OUR OLD EQUIPMENT AND HOPE TO GET BETTER AND SHARPER PHOTOS---YES, We have 90% Pure Heart but only 10% BRAIN, to create our happiness but less money in our pocket.
Just want to have FUN to talk with you.
Have a great weekend.
Surapon
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Mr Surapon,
Yes indeed. But we buy because the purchase inspires us to take new images and try the new (or old) gear and see what we can do with it. Maybe we can take a special image that only that bit of gear allows? Maybe. Tilt and shift? Macro? White lens at max aperture? It is the trying that makes the difference. If a new bit of hardware inspires you to go out there and try something new, then get it. Old or new does not matter either. My T90 can take a brilliant image but only if I go our there and us it!

A 60's phrase was 'any is sufficient, enough is too much'. For photography this translates as 'kit is sufficient, but more is better'

Which reminds me, I better get the T90 out and take some shots...