Confession d’un acheteur compulsif de matos photo

J’ai parcouru avec délice, ce témoignage très amusant et très extraordinaire, d’un acheteur compulsif d’appareils photos… qui croit toujours trouver de l’herbe plus vertes ailleurs (François, si tu passe par ici ;-) Confessions of an ex gear addict: How buying cameras and lenses made me miserable and lose thousands

 » The infernal cycle - Those who bought the x100 quickly felt limited because of the lack of interchangeable lenses. Those who bought the X-pro felt limited because they do not have one more lens. When they get them all and then it will feel limited because of how small APSC is. They also feel limited by the dynamic range of digital. They buy a Fuji 6×9 (superb camera) and then they feel limited because it’s too big, and limited because of the lack of feedback from film….then go back to digital.

It’s a infernal cycle that will never stop if we don’t put a break to it. The story above would have been my rationalization if I went with a X100. It’s a cycle, you always find a criticism for a camera and somehow end up with a camera similar to you original one. « 

Certains se reconnaissent-ils dans cette confession ? Le syndrome typique des achateurs de matériel très coûteux (Leica par exemple), qui pensent qu’en y mettant le prix (ou en choisissant le même matériel que les professionnels), ils se guerriront leur angoise de la page blanche ! Non, bien évidement :

«  Buying more and more as insecurity I then realized what was happening, I was insecure in my photography so I was finding it in cameras. When you get a new camera you feel like you can take on Eugene Smith or somthing. But after the high, I needed my next fix to hide my insecurities.

That’s why I could never have enough cameras, I needed more and more stuff to hide behind, to validate myself. I needed to look at a camera and say “Don’t worry man, you’re a photographer, you have a camera, you’re a photographer……” It was of course rooted in my insecurities. Now I am secure in my own photography because I know my intent and work towards it, I’m getting better everyday. I don’t need a camera to feel secure, because I now trust myself to actually deliver. »

Peu importe l’appareil (le plus standard est toujours le mieux), ce n’est qu’en faisant des photos (beaucoup de photos) que l’on devient photographe. En accordant plus d’attention à son sujet, qu’à son appareil. Le reste n’est que superstition.

Le Luky Camera Shop à Shinjuku Tokyo