This blog post is more or less talking about gear acquisition syndrome, cross out if you don’t want to read about it. Not too long ago, I chanced upon a book ‘Goodbye, things, on minimalist living’ by Fumio Sasaki. ‘Minimalism’ is not an unfamiliar term to me. I have friend who really live the minimalist … [Read more…]
Few months back, I think I blog about my wish to attain an ‘entry-level’ minimalist lifestyle. I sold my Contax TVS and Olympus XA. I don’t miss them at all. In fact, my mind feels lighter. Then, I also intended to sell the Hasselblad 500C/M. But before that, I lend it to a friend for … [Read more…]
Recently I am feeling very messed up. Instead of enriching myself with useful skills, I allowed myself to be engulfed by gears. I spent time scrolling eBay, Carousell, clubsnap and reading camera review sites. Even though I have more cameras than I need, I wasn’t feeling satisfied. I expanded my purchasing limit. For example, when … [Read more…]
Okay, I bough this Rollei B35 on impulse. On 13th November 2016, I stupidly had an urge to patronise those second-hand film camera stores… Initially, I wanted to look at Contax T2. Unfortunately, nobody sells it. They only have Contax G2 or Contax SLR. Then I saw Rollei! They are so tiny and cute! I … [Read more…]
Few days ago, I blog about overcoming Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S). I mentioned I defeated the desire to get a new digital camera and had succeeded in suppressing the wants. I don’t know how much longer I can hold myself. Yesterday, I attended another session of photography Master class with Pictorial SG. We shoot at National … [Read more…]
I came to know about Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S) from Eric Kim’s blog. Before that, I didn’t know there’s such a term to describe the desire to keep buying or upgrading your photography gears. I have always been fascinated by cameras. I owned many point-and-shoot digital cameras before I got my first dSLR in year … [Read more…]
