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How to Know When to Upgrade Your Gear
Upgrading gear is always a seductive action, but you need to do it with purpose unless you want to get broke in a week. Oh but that seems just like what camera companies want us to do right?
The best way there is for building the mindset that camera manufacturers don’t want you to have is to understand cameras and lenses as the beautiful tools they are. From there on, you’ll always make wise choices when it comes to upgrading or changing gear. Today I want to share with you my personal opinion about how to know when you need to upgrade your gear.
- It isn’t working properly anymore
Well, yeah, that is quite obvious, but sometimes people tend to forget about this. Perhaps the main reason (or at least the one with the most weight) for upgrading gear is when the current stuff simply stops working properly. We include this as upgrade because it is very likely that anything you buy after your gear stops working will be an upgrade, that is just how technology evolves.
If this happens too fast, maybe you should consider changing brand or watching plenty of reviews in order to make up your mind. We all learn from our previous investments. Oh boy, so many unnecessary lenses… If your gear starts failing after a determined cause, then take this event into consideration while browsing for a new option.
