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Yeah, experiencing a crisis of faith at the moment. I shot Nikon F5 and Pentax 6x7 for about ten years. Then film became impossible to develop and digital cameras sucked. Then Canon finally came out with a full-frame digital that you could actually sort of afford, and I've had that for 7 years. But then they came out with the 5DMkIII which was like the MkII but way more expensive. So then I started looking at the D800 and the guy behind the counter said "you know, with the resolution this camera is capable of it's kind of a waste to shoot zoom lenses." So not only am I leaning towards switching systems again, I'm leaning towards a shit-ton of primes. 'cuz I've been realizing that while I shoot with a 16-35 and a 28-105, I pretty much shoot at 16, 28, and 105. And I didn't have any zooms on the Pentax and it never really held me back, so...
Naaah, dog - the worst time was when they released the Nikon F6. It cost more than an F5, was bigger than an F5, had fewer features than an F5, and was the only serious camera being made for less than $9k because everybody was going digital. Meanwhile, since you could get a point'n'shoot digital for $100, all the shops that developed film went belly-up. There was no way to get your film developed halfway decently, and shooting digital meant some bullshit 1.1mpix point'n'shoot. January 2004-August 2005. I stone cold stopped shooting for 2 years.