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Chris I think netwolf said it first 'it is the journey not the destination'.
I like to tinker and make 'cheap' equipment perform better by radical modification. It keeps my mind and body active. There is not much fun in modifying top of the range stuff as you would most probably make it perform below factory settings.
Astrophotography must be the most demanding and frustrating of all photographic pursuits. It is this that makes it very satisfying when you have a minor 'win'.
It is a bit like golf where you have expensive equipment that even in experienced hands don't give consistent results.
You are really just testing yourself against yourself.
How many books have you read where the hero/ine faces many challenging tasks/situations that only have the effect of making them win the final challenge because of these experiences.
Can you really face the ultimate monster without a few practice bouts with his minions?
Finally it is what YOU make of it yourself.
Bert
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