j4nu wrote:
There are people who like to push their gear to the edge though, and the edge will be different between different models...
If we’re honest, there are very few “edge” among brands that are so distinct or which create hmard limits for photographers. Virtually all of the great photographs we see made with, for example, fall frame gear could have been made with roughly comparable gear from any of the manufacturers.
In the end, we have to pick a brand when we buy equipment, but the choice ultimately matters very little to our photography. We tell ourselves that .5 stops of DR, 5 fps of burst speed, 10 MP or resolution, and all the rest is fundamental critical to our photography. But it virtually never really is.
in the end it is about what you DO with whatever gear you end up using.
As to the “joy of buying new gear,” to some small extent I get it. When I do get something new I enjoy it. But that “joy” does not last very long and soon one goes looking for the next fix. I see a few people in these forums who seem to spend most of their lives buying, selling, buying, selling (ather, rinse, repeat) gear. What that has to do with the medium called photography eludes me. If that is th thrill, it isn’t about photography, it is about acquisition and could e accomplished with anything – bottles of wine, shoes, handbags, cars, art.
If buying things floats your boat, and if those things must have the most impressive specifications according to whatever standards you apply, that’s fine. But it isn’t about “photography.”
Jan 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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