Originally posted by womble
The fact that many film bodies are now, relatively, cheap means that I can have the luxury of having far too many of them and picking which one I am going to use on a whim. The downside is forgetting a camera has a film in it, and the fact that cameras need to be used and so some of my less-liked ones don't get enough exercise.
This is me to a T. I'm actually psyching myself up to thin the herd. It's been a wonderful decade of acquiring so many varied and lovely cameras, but the truth is I can't shoot them all enough! It's time to pair down a bit to just the essentials... Though my definition of "essentials" sure has taken a turn toward the bloat in the past 10 years.
It's endlessly cool to be able to pick and choose (on a whim like you mention) which body I'd like to take for a spin, but after a while there are definitely those that have been neglected, and though I'd like to continue to have something akin to a History of Pentax" shrine in my workspace room, it means that some fantastic cameras that I just don't quite jive with personally are not out there capturing images.