I think it is even more basic than the internet which enables the
shopping part. Computers are at fault. Computers sort of unhinged me
from any traditional idea of the value of things. When you replace a
computer and display that cost thousands of dollars every few years
to get the latest version of computing, camera equipment, especially
of the chemical sensor variety, seems like buying peanuts. Before
computers, I was a pretty frugal guy.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Dec 6, 2005, at 8:00 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> I have been a photographer since I was a little whippersnapper,
> back when both television and right and wrong were black and
> white. I have always had more gear than the average bear, like a
> couple of 35mm cameras and a half dozen lenses, an MF outfit, even
> the occasional Bolex, view camera, Super 8, etc., etc.
>
> But since sometime in the late '90s, my little mound of stuff has
> exploded into a mountain, at least a fivefold increase, and it's
> all because of the Internet, which has made access to B&H, Adorama,
> Calumet, even KEH (which is just across the river from me, although
> I've never actually been there), much, much too easy and
> convenient. Then there's that devil's invention, yaBe, from which
> I have actually purchased things I never even knew existed and had
> no idea I wanted so badly until I discovered them and became
> enlightened, often late at night.
>
> Is there anyone here who can honestly say that the amount of gear
> they have today is no greater because of the Internet than it would
> be if it had never been invented? Gee, thanks, Al.
>
> Walt, buying more eSnipe points
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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