Far from it, you can also have video games as a hobby and use a 5 year old laptop.  A teen that can only afford one camera is not necessarily less into there hobby.<p>I have even known someone to go the other way and sell off there kit for a point and shoot.  They where into candid photos so always having a camera was more important than fiddling with a massive beast.<p>Granted, camera&#x27;s are cheap to most of the HN crowd, even blowing 30k over 20 years is just not a big deal.  But, just because gear is &#x27;cheap&#x27; and &#x27;better&#x27; does not make it necessary.