My Epiphany (or: have i gone totally mad)

so i am sitting here at home trying to decide on my next step (i am going through a bit of a kit reorganization) and as i read through 1000's of threads about the 40D, 1DmkIII, D300 and the D3; my eyes opened up and millions of thoughts just started jumping in my mind. have i gone totally insane? have we become so obssesed with things like super clean image at ISO 960000 and 9" LCD screens? is 6-8 fps really that slow that all of a sudden we MUST have 10fps to get the image? do i really need 256MP to get a nice 16x24 print on my wall??

as all the thoughts started kicking my brain, i decided to go into my gallery and look at my images. i also decided to look up on my wall and look at the prints that i have made in the past year. all of a sudden, the world became silent and my heart start to pound in the speed of light. as i looked at the 20x30 print i made of my nephew not too long ago using my old 1DmkII (yes, the slow one with the tiny LCD and "only" 8mp), i realized what i have done. i became so obsessed with all the gear BS that i spent my energy on keeping up with the latest and greatest instead of creating the art that made me buy a camera in the first place.

i realized that i do not need 256MP, i do not need 10fps, i don't really need 9" LCD. i NEVER use 9600000 ISO and most of all i realized that what i had before was really all i needed and that at the end of the day, all i really NEED is a beautiful subject matter and a good eye.

not really sure what the point of this post is but i thought that i would share with you one of the very few times that my brain actually works

I know exactly what you mean.

When I was going over 'older' shots, I realized the best captures had almost nothing to do with the gear.

But, having said that, wasn't that phase fun while it lasted?

The only change is posts about new gear just aren't as entertaining as they used to be.

Oh, and did I mention the downer of paying the bills? Yeah, that is a buzzkill, no doubt.

Oh, yeah, BTW with a title like that, sure, you're insane.

Absolutely no question about it.

None.

You're in the wrong subforum for that kind of epiphany.

Might I suggest something in the Photo Sharing part of the site?

Psht 10 FPS my new Nokia 6ZX takes 30FPS at ISO 3,200,000!!!

now if I could actually get a photo that I think would be worthy of a good printing.

You are right on the money here blonde - could not agree more. There are so many willing bodies ready to lap up whatever Canon throws at them every 18 months. It's good to hear your perspective, one that I share completely.

And this is completely the right sub-forum for the post!

bauerman wrote in post #3911466
And this is completely the right sub-forum for the post!

Really? In a hardware forum? An epiphany about how hardware isn't important belongs? We should be talking about beautiful pictures in a hardware forum?

Really?

I like artsy-farsty revelations, too, but, well, we're in a hardware forum. What kind of talk do you expect? ESPECIALLY a week or so after a major hardware release...

(P.S. I was half joking. But only half.)

Dekka wrote in post #3911485
Really? In a hardware forum? A post about how hardware isn't important? We should be talking about beautiful pictures in a hardware forum?

Really?

(P.S. I was half joking. But only half.)

It's called a dose of reality for the gear heads that are ever-clamoring for the latest and greatest. Photography is about the photos. I think some people literally miss the forest for the trees when it comes to this topic.

Dekka wrote in post #3911485
Really? In a hardware forum? A post about how hardware isn't important? We should be talking about beautiful pictures in a hardware forum?

Really?

(P.S. I was half joking. But only half.)

you are right, i am going to take my thread that has 0 images in it and that talks only about cameras to the photo sharing section...

btw, i never said that hardware is not important, what i said was that maybe we are becoming a bit too obsessed with the latest and greatest and with features that never seemed to matter before.

blonde wrote in post #3911500
btw, i never said that hardware is not important, what i said was that maybe we are becoming a bit too obsessed with the latest and greatest and with features that never seemed to matter before.

What he said.........

blonde wrote in post #3911500
btw, i never said that hardware is not important, what i said was that maybe we are becoming a bit too obsessed with the latest and greatest and with features that never seemed to matter before.

I'm still not sure what you want us to talk about in the hardware forum? Latest is out. Greatest is out. Features are out. That leaves... ?

bauerman wrote in post #3911499
It's called a dose of reality for the gear heads that are ever-clamoring for the latest and greatest. Photography is about the photos. I think some people literally miss the forest for the trees when it comes to this topic.

Who doesn't get that?

But this is, /pointstotheheader, the "Canon EOS digital cameras" hardware forum... "Photography is about the photos" is a few forums down. It's a cool place, too. Don't be afraid to stop by...

Thanks for the reminder.

Ever since I joined this forum all I've cared about is "do I have the right Gear". Thanks for bringing me back to reality.

Blonde, I can help you with your problems. Sell me your MKIII for half price and pretend you never got it. Problem fixed.

Buy the way I'm with Dekka. This should have been in the general chat forum. Here, it will only become a troll and flamming will start, like it is beginning to.

this is where gearheads reside...

Dekka wrote in post #3911515
I'm still not sure what you want us to talk about in the hardware forum? Latest is out. Greatest is out. Features are out. That leaves... ?

a) i don't remember asking you to talk about anything, i simply shared my thoughts. i never forced you to read it...

b) that leaves..... what you currently have and what you already get great results with.