>>4352392To be a gearfag is to overthink gear or assign social, or god forbid, moral, or god smite, spiritual value to equipment.
OP is a gearfag.
Someone who think they are a real photographer for owning a certain brand is a gearfag.
Someone who defines their status by how much or how little they spend is a gearfag.
Someone who thinks gear holds powers that inspire and enhance talent is a gearfag.
Someone who thinks anyone cares about the brand of their camera, guitar, car, gun, phone, etc so much that it affects their sex life is a gearfag.
This is a non-gearfag camera shit acquisition procedure:
>i dislike digital noise -> full frame>i like shooting with back screens and deal with a lot of fast action -> mirrorless>i dislike switching lenses and like wide angle to short telephoto focal lengths -> 24-70 f2.8>i would like to have a small casual lens for traveling with the same camera -> 35mm f2.8A gearfag camera acquisition procedure would sound like a mentally ill man monologuing to themselves.
