Yes I am guilty for #1 an excessive gear addict in the past
(Now Recovered) to a large degree. And it is because I made it like that. I also feel that with the stoppage of frequently released gear which is turning more and more toward Computer driven devices it has changed the landscape in a major way. There is just too much to choose from and everyone is going in a different direction. We are the last generation of OLD & NEW in one life time....once we're gone it's over.
Or is it?