Hobby was before obsession and involved spending lots of cash on different cameras as I climbed the ladder towards my hearts desire, and that is now obsolete.
Obsession was forming and running a works Photographic Club.
Obsession was doing the works photography as well as my normal day job. Money made here funded polaroid film for club use in my Bronica.
Obsession was processing 30+ Cibachrome prints a night to meet a publicity deadline ( 3 am finish was nothing unusual ) and all done in a bit of capped drainpipe and rolled on a bench. ( could not afford a Jobo unit ).
That obsession led me to taking up model engineering as a hobby to give myself a break. Power on and I was away, power off and go to bed. Clean up tomorrow ......... very attractive.
Now photography is just a hobby, and being digital I don't have to spend ages mixing chemicals, worrying about temperature control, or spending time at the sink washing out a drum after each print.
Press a button and the darkroom is live, switch off and its done.
Chris, Well done on the HC, and on the subject of kit I would strongly agree with Duncans post.
Don
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