Originally posted by GabrielFFontes 
Hey!
I've had photography as my main hobby for about 6 years. A year and a half ago, though, i started playing guitar, and i've already collected a bunch of gear. My girlfriend brought to my attention something that i had already noticed : i haven't been so excited about photography anymore. I still like the idea of taking photos, but i used to spend hours and hours everyday going through my old shots, editing them and all. Now i kind of lost that. I wanna try to get it back, and i believe that maybe changing my kit would help me with that.
Anyone out there experienced the same as me? I'm thinking about getting perhaps a M4/3 camera with some top-notch lenses instead of having a bunch of average and some top-notch lenses.
Well, anything you have to say would be helpful.
Thanks!
I had the exact same issue... Twice. It has proven to me to be a feeling that just comes and goes. First time I "panicked" and added some gear to my kit. Which actually did help. But the second time, three years later, I did nothing to recover (because I didn't even care anymore) and the enthusiasm came back on itself.
What started bumming me out about photography was the fact that I saw beautiful shots everywhere that I went in everyday life. The sun going up whilst commuting to work, things at work, the girl behind the bar with the spectacular light hitting her from the left, the atmosphere in the restaurant, everywhere where I went I saw photo-oppertunities whilst my excellent -but giant- kit was at home in the cupboard. And I was stranded with my phone. I got myself an A7r and attached an old crusty pancake lens to with a small adapter and put it in my laptop bag. It would even fit in my jacket pocket. Together with two bigger lenses that live in the trunk of my car, I didn't have to let the daily beautiful oppertunities escape me anymore. I still have my DSLR kit, still use it when I actually plan photography. (Which is never.) It's like putting on a flotation vest everytime I'm near water and expect to fall in. It doesn't happen when I'm all rigged up and ready for it. I need to be able to swim when I'm caught by surprise. The gear should not limit me.
The second time, my other hobby just got more important. I can only serve one master fully. My reef aquarium needed attention and some investment. What was a thriving tank stacked with rapidly growing rare and colourfull corals for over ten years, suddenly started crashing. Turning that crash around proved to be a big challenge. And giving up is never an option for me. Currently I'm in the tail of the issue. I've only lost one coral colony. Speedy growth and colour has come back. I'm even selling frags again. (It used to fund my LBA completely! DFA100, DA35ltd, DFA50 1.4, FA43ltd all funded 100% with selling coral frags.) The system is super stable again, giving me time for other things to pick up again. Like photography.
Another thing that bugged me then was the fact that I did less and less with my final pictures. My house is full, my walls are covered. My best work is on my walls, printed in high res on plexiglass sheets. The longest sides are two meters! I love them, they are so detailed that it's like pixel peeping an entire picture at once. The FF sensor really does make a difference here. But it's full, and the prints cost me over ~300 dollars a pop. And whilst impressive, they're still analog. They're just prints. By now, in 2015, I would have expected a good digital alternative for printing. Like a digital, high resolution, true colour, E-ink photoframes of at least a meter hanging against the wall. With no border or frame, because that can be displayed and customized as well, if desired. And when the format of the picture doesn't match the frame, it should just display the exact same colour of the wall it's hanging on to fill up the empty spaces. That may seem like science fiction, but cameras nowadays are of that level. If the output side had kept up with the camera we would be right there. But the output side of photography is still firmly standing with both feet in the analog age. So, I sometimes have no idea why I take a picture and spend hours processing them just the right way. Why? To look at them on my laptop from time to time? This issue hasn't resolved itself yet. I still take pictures, process them and post them on Facebook and Flickr. Like collecting stamps. It's kind of sad.
Anyway, sorry for the rant! Whatever you do, don't just get rid of your gear unless you really have to. Your interest is bound to come back.
I get excited each time I had new ideas to try, or a new technique to learn ^^ and if I don't have enough idea to start with, I ask the members here, ex : https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/125-flashes-lighting-studio/296355-what-c...speedlite.html then experimenting each suggestion ! it's great to see/learn new things everyday 
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