New Year Resolutions and G.A.S.

[Davide DB]

Our community has just turned one year old, and in a few days we will be in 2025. I imagine many of us are already thinking about what to do next year. New year and new Gear Acquisition Syndrome 😉
What are your New Year's resolutions?
New camera? Does your faithful DSRL look sad at you because it senses a mirroless behind the door?
A new housing or a nice pair of strobes , given the many new features in recent months?
Or no gear but will you stress your credit card with trips to remote places, maybe a photography workshop or pursue something new?

 

In short, whatever your resolutions I wish you a new year full of excitement!

 

[TimG]

All of the above, Davide. Stressus Maximus: new gear, more travel, more diving. Then I woke up and saw my partner. 
 

Merry Christmas!

[CaolIla]

For me 

No new gear I'm happy with my R5, I spent enough money in 2024 to need to spent again a lot in 2025 😄

New Strobe no no... already ordered 2 new retra to add to the 2 "old" retra pro max (hummm, 4 retra for wide angle shoot will be easy to have no dark zone 😉)

Trip in 2025? already organized Raja Ampat was a dream will be reality in a short time and on the way back a week in Lembeh 🙂  

 

New wet lens? no no already ordered (yesterday) the new Nauticam MFO-1 😉

 

2025 will be light the only one thing, missing for the moment is a trip for end of 2025, Ambon ? or ??? I really don't know where (good idea are welcome )


but for me 2025 will be the year of my 1000th dive  in less as 11 years... 1000 dives.... 


 

Edited Tuesday at 05:06 PM by CaolIla

[Davide DB]

I choked on my Campari 🤣

[Dave_Hicks]

I am good on gear for a while longer. I'm fully booked for 2025, but looking for a couple more trips in 2026.

[Tom Kline]

With the new Retra strobe already in the pipeline I have a number of new things to try out with its particular capabilities: short flash duration (under 1 millisecond) as well as the possibility of "motor drive mode" shots. Should keep me off the streets for much of the upcoming year, ROTFL!

[Nikolausz]

Originally I planned to add a monitor to my housing (cheap version of housed smartphone via wired wifi connections) but I realized during my recent Bali trip that an upgrade of my housing would make more sense to have a better ergonomics and avoid many small annoyances with my current seafrogs case.

[Andrey Narchuk]

I really hope to get to the Northern Kuril Islands and dive with fur seals.
Also plan to finally get to the giant Doflein octopuses...  
and if I'm very lucky I'll still be able to dive in warm water))

[Davide DB]

45 minutes ago, Andrey Narchuk said:

I really hope to get to the Northern Kuril Islands and dive with fur seals.
Also plan to finally get to the giant Doflein octopuses...  
and if I'm very lucky I'll still be able to dive in warm water))

 

Cold resolutions 🥶

[Andrey Narchuk]

4 hours ago, Davide DB said:

 

Cold resolutions 🥶

I can't get to warm water for 5 years)  I really miss the Philippines...

[humu9679]

I will live vicariously through all of you! I'll pick up odds and ends next year. Of course if I win the lottery, it will be new gear for everyone!