A lot of photographers I know are a little bit like magpies (myself included!). We see shiny new gear on the market, and we want to buy it. New photography equipment is released almost every week, with upgrades to the kit we already have alongside innovative and interesting products that we think could make our lives easier or photographs better.
It would be impossible to keep up with the flood of new equipment on the market and most of us wouldn’t have either the financial means or the house space for it all anyway. The trouble is that, due to the aforementioned magpie syndrome, new gear often looks very tempting and can make us feel
