Sanford Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 A new TV ad for a drug called "Vraylar" shows a woman compulsively buying stuff off the internet. After taking the drug she is seen boxing up a newly purchased camera for return. Apparently GAS is a real disease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Javkin Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 That TV ad is undoubtedly designed, like all TV product ads, to make you want to buy the advertised product. They claim that you can only be saved from your desire to purchase things by purchasing and using what is likely to be a very expensive drug. Also, the fact that someone is trying to sell a solution for a particular problem doesn't prove the problem exists, only that a marketing person has determined that enough people can be led to believe that it exists. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Somebody please do the math, to figure out a GAS budged still cheaper than the drug. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Schaefer Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Somebody please do the math, to figure out a GAS budged still cheaper than the drug. Got a point there - apparently a month's supply costs $1262 - hopefully that's covered by your medical insurance. Apparently GAS is a real disease! On a serious note: Vraylar is used to treat serious conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar mania - I don't think GAS falls under those categories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Drug is certainly a cure for GAS. A worse addiction to cure a lesser addiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 It wouldn't matter what the drug actually does, except it is so expensive you can't afford more gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blurrist Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Do not spend a bug for such illusory treatment. Keep the GAS burning inside you till the time it puts the trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I find a funeral stops GAS in its tracks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is there a business op. in funeral photography? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Ingold Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I find a funeral stops GAS in its tracks... Actually, it just begins amongst the heirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shadow Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is there a business op. in funeral photography? ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE Google. There’s lots of ‘em. There’s always something new under the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blurrist Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough! You missed one key point, GAS with its typical clinical symptoms, the ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_watson1 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 My 12-step program helps me: just stay 12 steps away from any device with internet access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddler4 Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough! Exactly. I often look longingly at equipment, but what stops me is thinking about that caused the problems I have had with recent images, or the flaws in them. Most often, the answer is the Ansel Adams quote: "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it". Recently, I showed a set of 13x19 prints. One of the two that got the most positive response was an image I took years ago with an old Canon 50D.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 I'm inspired to use my old 12mp Nikon D300 today. With the 18-200mm zoom it was good enough for just about any situation...then it suddenly became obsolete. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_hodge Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 List all the equipment you have. List the things you want to do and can't do with current gear. Put them in priority order. What will it cost to solve the problem(s)? Weigh cost vs. gain and decide on a course of action. In many cases, step one is enough! Reasonable, but sometimes the problem is that I want a new toy! Since this is a hobby for me, I just accept that GAS is part of the fun. OTOH, since I'm not a collector, I fund it by reselling as much as I can (outside my core EOS system) once I've had my fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Use the camera in whatever cellphone you happen to be using and don't look back. I haven't used a regular camera in years and still make the photos I like to make, every day. 1 www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmanthree Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 A new TV ad for a drug called "Vraylar" shows a woman compulsively buying stuff off the internet. After taking the drug she is seen boxing up a newly purchased camera for return. Apparently GAS is a real disease! I checked the price, and it's $844 for a few tablets. I think GAS is cheaper than the pills. I'll stick with gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBu Lamar Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I checked the price, and it's $844 for a few tablets. I think GAS is cheaper than the pills. I'll stick with gear. GAS is certainly much less harmful than DRUG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 and still make the photos I like to make, every day. Would like to see a few new ones from you Brad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 It's not GAS if you sell your gear for a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 It's not GAS if you sell your gear for a profit. Years ago I could buy a good clean used film camera, use it for a year and trade it for something else, losing very little money. Different story with digital. Most become practically worthless in a very short time. They should be thought of as appliances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin McAmera Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 The only cure: buy a camera. If it doesn't work, you bought the wrong one: try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Years ago I could buy a good clean used film camera, use it for a year and trade it for something else, losing very little money. Different story with digital. Most become practically worthless in a very short time. They should be thought of as appliances. I have yet to meet somebody that has Appliance Acquisition Syndrome. But it's a complicated world out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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