Gear Acquisition Syndrome Archives

This song is a hilarious ode to Gear Acquisition Syndrome

Mar 21, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

Gear Acquisition Syndrome (or G.A.S.) is real, and we know it, right? No matter if you’re trying to fight yours or you have embraced it,…

You may own too many lenses: when is it time to start selling them?

Feb 1, 2019 Dunja Đuđić

Is there even such thing as too many lenses? Well, I’m afraid so. If you suffer from the so-called Gear Acquisition Syndrome, at some point…

Why you shouldn’t buy new camera gear

Jan 20, 2019 Udi Tirosh

The truth is never easy to swallow. Take for example to answer for the oh-so-popular question, what camera should I buy? Most will suffix this…

This is why you probably shouldn’t upgrade your camera gear

Nov 14, 2018 John Aldred

It’s the perpetual question in photography. Should I upgrade my gear? It’s one that photographers seem to struggle with every day – because that’s how…

On gratitude: your camera already has the most important feature

Jun 19, 2018 A.B Watson

There is something all-newcomer photographers tend to do, they either dream of camera gear or buy a lot of it. When I started in photography…

It doesn’t matter why this photographer switched from the Fuji X100 to the X-T20

Sep 13, 2017 John Aldred

We often hear stories from both sides of the fence on how much gear really matters. And there are many arguments both for and against…

Why photographers fail

Jul 9, 2017 Don Giannatti

Recently there has been a spate of very sad, and ultimately defeatist articles decrying the “death of photography”. We have no shortage of examples. Seriously….