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Olympus EM1-MKiii with 40-150mm f/4.0. Love this set up.
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Uhm ... no. :p

M.

Haha - touché. I should have said too many cameras ‘for me’.

I would ideally want one camera system, but know that’s likely not possible and would result in GAS down the road. What I currently have covers pretty much anything I’d need or want to shoot, but with those options always available, leads to some FOMO when going out with only one set (if only I had my…). First world issues I guess.
 
Haha - touché. I should have said too many cameras ‘for me’.

I would ideally want one camera system, but know that’s likely not possible and would result in GAS down the road. What I currently have covers pretty much anything I’d need or want to shoot, but with those options always available, leads to some FOMO when going out with only one set (if only I had my…). First world issues I guess.
I know exactly what you mean. I'm happy to have found my main system (Nikon Z) while being willing and able to hang on to the system I'm passionate about (Leica M). :mu43: has been with me from the point on I got back into photography - it basically made it all happen for me. So, I have a soft spot for it - and besides, I do enjoy the E-M5 III (and haven't found a camera to replace the GX9 for me yet).

So, I kind of feel the same way, but have come to the conclusion that while it's not ideal, once I take the M mount stuff out of the equation (because it's not part of any usability considerations), I feel I should be able to settle for two systems I already own while keeping the :mu43: system as restricted as possible. So far, since getting to this point, I have done pretty well in that respect (and that respect only :p) because I have been able to quench the desire to get into another system - but I'll admit that both Panasonic (S5, S5 II) and the Sony A7C have been tempting me a fair number of times, for different reasons. I hope I can keep resisting - realistically, it'd be a dumb move to diversify, but I'm into trying out lenses, and both the E and the L mount offer vast opportunities ... After successfully getting out of the X mount and E mount (which I've actually managed to successfully adapt to Z mount for the most part), returning to or buying into more systems wouldn't be a wise move, though.

Nowadays, I've settled for three cameras as daily drivers which I pick according to weather and opportunity: Nikon Z fc with Z 28mm f/2.8 on workdays, Nikon Z 50 with Z 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 for strolls and casual photo walks, Olympus E-M5 III with 12-45mm f/4 PRO for rainy days. If I have trouble deciding, there's always the Z 6 with Z 40mm f/2. Everything else only comes out if I see an opportunity for a more dedicated photo walk or if I feel a desire to shoot a certain combo (which happens pretty frequently, to be honest, especially regarding M mount and Voigtländer Z primes). So, usually, no regrets - horses for courses, mostly, and using what I have with me, no matter what.

And yes, utterly a first world issue. A typical one, too. But it's where we're at - there's way worse things to use and collect than cameras. At least they do have their uses.

M.
 
I passed the above mark 40 years ago.

Yes, it could be...

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Just One bookshelf, another one next to it, and a Ten Dresser Drawers look like the same.
Not counting boxes in Two closets.
People used to send me boxes of broken cameras in return for repair work. Like 4 Kodak Retinas, ask for one to be fixed. I end up with 3 more working Kodak Retinas.
 
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