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So I’ve went and done it again. I’ve somehow managed to negotiate a deal for 50% off select gear with all 3 big vendors for an upcoming photography training in San Diego in about 2 weeks. My next task you ask? Negotiate peace in the Middle East I imagine. The last time I did this in Tucson, I...

(moved from here, where you can find the fullsize images) I am in that curious situation where I managed to give in to lust one year ago, at the painful cost of ten year of accumulated gear in the lovely micro 4/3 - I wanted sensor, I wanted available light, and for my sins I got my wishes in...

Time to review the year of 2022. Out of the various camera gear purchases, what worked best for you? What was the highlight? The previous year's thread is here for pointers. https://cameraderie.org/threads/what-was-your-best-purchase-of-2021.53364/

With the holidays fast approaching, I will have some downtime from work at last so I have set myself a project to try something a little creative. I have picked up a cheapish transducer device which you place in water and hook up to 24v and it creates a mist effect. I found out about these...

I was looking for ideas and doing some research when I thought about asking Tamron if they offer mount-changing services the way Sigma does. Unfortunately, they do not, as they mentioned "technically" I believe, but it's pure speculation, that Tamron does not have a system/implementation at...

My PC is now over a decade old. Nothing is compatible with it these days. Even the RAM chips are worth a fortune, as nothing compatible is made now. Same goes for a more modern graphics card. My existing big internal HDDs will all go into the new box, which has 6x SATA3 headers, as well as...

You know, to friends and family, acquaintances and perfect strangers who see that you're into photography and ask what you would recommend they buy in order to get better photos and/or video. I think we've all been asked this question. Usually it's by people who don't know a lot about...

This is another thread topic that I found fun and interesting on another forum. It's fun to talk about either deals we missed out on for some reason or GAS-fueled purchases averted (or postponed?). We've all had them. To start the ball rolling, here's a listing on my local ad site which I was...

I sold the PanaLeica 15mm f/1.7 today. It's a fine lens and was an object of desire for a long time. But in my hands I couldn't meaningfully make it work for me.

You know how the story goes, always comes a moment for a last one before leaving: and the moment is now. And then they’re gone. To a good home? (OM-D E-M10mkI w/FeiHua 25 f/1,4 C-mount) Same, but different. (GX9 w/LUMIX 20mm f/1,7) Next: and then more

For the past couple of years I have been thrashing about, trying to decide how to pare down my photographic kit as I head toward retirement and decide what direction in which to head. Well, I have finally made some decisions - and acted on them. For nearly a decade, I have been operating with...

I deny that I have any GAS! At least not the "bad kind". I claim I have the good sort of GAS, that I have my addiction in control. (For the sake of the scope of the following discussion, I limit this to camera bodies only.) ~ Let's take a journey, start from the beginning. I'm pretty new...

Would be cool. Please? It can apply globally under any forum. And give it an irritating bright color 😎

Here's an idea for an entrepreneurial spirit. You set up shop with zoom/skype calls, charge by the hour. Weekly appointments -- emergency rates apply. Your patients -- photographers who suffer from GAS. You listen to their worries, desires, wishlists and try to talk them out of a new purchase...

One thing that is stopping my camera body GAS is current emphasis on video. I gather the stills side of things has plateaued for while, at least in terms of advances and profits for the camera makers. I'm not a video guy and when I need video clips of the grand kids the old iPhone comes out...

I need to stop....

Man-in-the-middle attack ... I know the title may sound click-bait-y, but please bear with me for a moment if you, like me, are susceptible to the affliction we call "GAS" ... For us photography enthusiasts, chasing gear is almost as common a tendency as feeling dissatisfied with what we...

What do you desire this moment, how come and will you do anything about it? What fancy reasons, made-up or otherwise you are able to tell yourself? :)

This is what $10000 worth of liquid Helium looks like. We will waste most of it cooling the superconducting magnet of our new NMR to 4 Kelvin (-452 F). The magnet is the thermos on legs in the middle. The tank in the front right is a Dewar of liquid nitrogen that we are using to get the...

This is a thread about battling against time-constrained GAS. This happens when someone puts their gear for sale and the deal is good. Either I give in, or somebody buys it before me. It's just a matter of riding it out, see if I can hold on... There'll be daily updates and musings.

I just came across a website called Shotkit today where various photographers covering different types of photography discuss what gear they use, why they use it, and provide a little background about themselves. For the gear porn lovers, the photographers also post a photo of their gear (along...

Copying a thread from a sister site ;) This week I bought a SMC Pentax 67 55mm f/4. Already have the SMC Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4. I'm just missing a Pentax 67 :rolleyes:

Hi there everyone, long time no see. As the forum Elders might imagine, real life issues can be an ostruction to ones picture taking, both in good and bad ways - and I've had both of those - add to it a decent smartphone and most of my pics went that way - with some burts of camera activity...