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Acquisition Syndrome: GAS or NAS
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<blockquote data-quote="Vincent" data-source="post: 576741" data-attributes="member: 15675"><p>Gear or Nikon Acquisition Syndrome:</p><p></p><p>When you have it, first read this:</p><p><a href="http://petapixel.com/2016/08/24/new-old-vintage-nikons-worst-best-zoom-lenses-compared/" target="_blank">Nikon's 'Worst' and 'Best' Zoom Lenses Compared</a></p><p></p><p>The point is photography is the subject, spend money on getting to your subject and to get the subject in the situation and light you want.</p><p>The gear is less important.</p><p></p><p>Now I'm generally complaining about my gear (want to buy a very used D4 at the moment) since I can not get close enough to my subject and at sun down my subjects are coming out when my gear can not follow on ISO anymore. But even so gear does not seem to be the solution most of the time, the best gear can not do what I want to reach (it does get closer). </p><p></p><p>It just seems more simple to look at gear then to go out, take pictures and think how you could improve them with the material and situation you have got.</p><p></p><p>I love the pictures I take with a 2005 D70S in 2016, but I do prefer to work with my more recent material; however the D70S is fine for a lot of my photography.</p><p></p><p>Conclusion:</p><p>1) Spend money on going out to the subject (I'm trying to organise a weekend into a different area every month).</p><p>2) Think about your approach to the subject and how to improve it (Approach , time, subject, background, light, composition), take pictures iso looking at purchases.</p><p>3) Some old material is probably enough, what you have, or what your local dealer has second hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vincent, post: 576741, member: 15675"] Gear or Nikon Acquisition Syndrome: When you have it, first read this: [url=http://petapixel.com/2016/08/24/new-old-vintage-nikons-worst-best-zoom-lenses-compared/]Nikon's 'Worst' and 'Best' Zoom Lenses Compared[/url] The point is photography is the subject, spend money on getting to your subject and to get the subject in the situation and light you want. The gear is less important. Now I'm generally complaining about my gear (want to buy a very used D4 at the moment) since I can not get close enough to my subject and at sun down my subjects are coming out when my gear can not follow on ISO anymore. But even so gear does not seem to be the solution most of the time, the best gear can not do what I want to reach (it does get closer). It just seems more simple to look at gear then to go out, take pictures and think how you could improve them with the material and situation you have got. I love the pictures I take with a 2005 D70S in 2016, but I do prefer to work with my more recent material; however the D70S is fine for a lot of my photography. Conclusion: 1) Spend money on going out to the subject (I'm trying to organise a weekend into a different area every month). 2) Think about your approach to the subject and how to improve it (Approach , time, subject, background, light, composition), take pictures iso looking at purchases. 3) Some old material is probably enough, what you have, or what your local dealer has second hand. [/QUOTE]
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