MatthewK wrote in post #19248182
My yearly check in, and I'm happy to report that all around, my gear collection has drastically been reduced. Since last June, here's where my refined 3-5 lens collection:
Fuji 16 f/1.4
Fuji 35 f/1.4
Fuji X100V
Nikon 500mm f/5.6 PF
(Non lens: downsized my X-T3 in exchange for the diminutive X-E4)
No more zooms, I'm a prime guy from here on out. Used the 16-80 zoom one time over the past year on a trip to Sedona, but otherwise the lens sat for an entire year, so I passed it on. The Fuji trio of lenses (24/35/50mm FF equivalents) have captured awesome family photos, they especially delivered (no pun intended) for the birth of my second daughter this past fall, and continue to help document our day to day as the girls grow. The 500PF continues to defy all sirens calls for switching to a ML setup, as it just has no peer in any system currently, and the Nikon Z-series AF leaves a bit to be desired.
See you all next year

1.5 years since that post, and I saw this thread resurface, so figured I’d check in
This year, 2023, started with a New Year’s Resolution to not buy any new gear, EXCEPT for the Nikon 800PF that I pre-ordered/wait-listed back in April 2022. Does it break the Resolution if I sell something, and use the funds to replace it with something(s) of equal or lesser value?
Having 2 young kids, and a move back home to Wisconsin after 20 years, has been an upheaval in my photography world. More country, less city, some of it for the better, some for the worse. Needless to say, I’m only photographing my kids, occasional travel, and birds. So, my tenure with the Fuji X100 series of cameras came to an end, I’m just not the minimalist street shooter, one-camera guy that I once thought I was. Back to the tried-and-true ‘zoom + prime in the zoom range’ setup, thus the X100V got flipped into two (used) zooms. Still have the Fuji 16 f/1.4 and Fuji 35 f/1.4 (my all-time favorite lens!).
With the advent of the Nikon Z9 and it’s cutting edge AF, and the arrival of the 800PF, I made the long-awaited jump from my last DSLR (D500), back to FF MILC (prior to D500, I shot Canon 1DXII). I’m finally at 800mm FF for my birding, and looking forward to the upcoming Spring migration!
Anyway, here’s my lineup for 2023+
Fuji X-T5
Fuji 16 f/1.4
Fuji 35 f/1.4
Fuji 10-24
Fuji 16-80
Nikon Z9
Nikkor 800PF
Basically, aside from the two Fuji primes, my entire camera lineup changed within the past ~6 months. Back on the Resolution train, no more gear for a looooong time.