I first forayed into the world of photography with an Olympus SP550 superzoom camera back in 2006. Back then, the Olympus did it's job in recording my photos but its performance was terrible. It broke down in 2010 and I decided I need the performance of a real dslr to get better photos. Then in 2011, I bought the K-r with the kit lens. The nightmare begins here. Then a second lens came, the flashes, filters, tripods, the camera bag just got bigger and fancier.. To add to injury, I revisited film along the way and given how cheap film cameras and lenses are, I was acquiring a new one every other day.
Every outing became a challenge, because I had to decide which camera to bring, if I need the damned flash or filters and so on. I wasn't excatly enjoying either. It became an obsession rather than a hobby. Eventually reality sat in. Kids grew up, work and family gets in the way. Today, my only photo opportunities are the rare and far in between gatherings and vacations. I begin to feel it's so much trouble to take a camera out these days. With all those excess baggage, even taking the Q along is a burden! I realized I won't be that lucky guy who travels the world and bring home beautiful photos of exotic locations. I AM just "the guy with the camera".
When I look at my box of lenses, I realized I bought most of them on impulse. I'd go to forums and ebay and say "hey, that's a fantastic lens, I'll buy it!" Then when it arrived, all I do is take a few test photos with it and it would join the rest of my collection in the dry box.
I can see myself buying a superzoom pretty soon and selling off every damn thing except the tripod. Did Pentax just release one?