I need some G.A.S. relief. If you’re here, you know G.A.S. Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
The inventory. Five Fujifilm cameras, the X-E2, X-Pro2, X-T4, X100VI, X-H2, and all the lenses. A Leica Q. A Leica M6. Hordes of digicams. Every form of camera I could want. I need maybe one or two of them. And yet I am on MPB pricing Sony full frames because one video said a Sony never gets in the photographer’s way.
So I did what I do now. I asked ChatGPT. What is the psychology of G.A.S., and how do I get over it?
Its answer starts with this. G.A.S. is not a want. It’s a tick. It’s less about need, more about possibility. The fantasy that you could shoot anything, if you just had that one missing piece.
The lies we tell ourselves. If I had better autofocus, I would…
I would like to report the AI was wrong. The AI was not wrong. Watch the rest and get diagnosed with me.
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