Today’s guest post by J Shin will tell you about the different equipment relationship types:
In all my visits to photography rumor and review sites, one observation I have made is that a good proportion of “trolling” and “personal attack” comments have to do with people’s relationships to their equipment: how often they buy things, what kinds of features they want or don’t care about, their triumphs and disappointments with their acquisitions, etc.
The thing is, different people have very different relationships to their equipment, and one way of purchasing or not purchasing, using or not using, complaining or not complaining, is not necessarily superior to another. Think about all the different relationships people have with their romantic partners. Some are long-lasting; some are not. Some are intense; some are not. Some are exclusive, some are not. Some are carefully considered; some are not.
Such is our relationship with photographic equipment.
