Expensive gear helps for night shots, but I wouldn't recommend beginners overspend on a camera.
I'm not an equipment nut. I tend to use whatever's to hand. I have several cameras, of course, but I'm not emotional about any of them.
After his hockey days, my dad became a photographer, and a really good one, at that. He used to shoot the Expos and Canadiens, and he'd give me five bucks to haul around his equipment during games. He never had to ask me twice to do it.
It adds up, but I deem it all necessary, even the camera gear. I enjoy photographing the otherworldly colors and shapes presented in the convoluted depths of slot canyons and the prehistoric artwork preserved in their alcoves.
So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!
Wanting to take a light camera with me when I climb or do mountain runs has kept me using exclusively 35 mm.
The term accessories has come to include a host of photographic gadgets of questionable value.
I usually bring a point and shoot with me so I can go out on the weekends and shoot a bit. I used to bring more cameras, but I'm also an Ebay nut so sometimes I'll order something if I'm really pining for it when I'm on location.
