I don’t think anyone can be incorrect in how they choose to set standards on themselves. When I posed this question, I knew it would be more of a question of each person’s psyche than one of how good they were at taking photographs. We’ve seen a full range of answers here from people interpreting the question as photos they’re happy to download off the SD card to others who interpret it as photos they’ll look back at as accomplishments from their death bed. There’s no wrong way to see it… it’s all about what drives you to keep going. Some people drive themselves through a consistent feeling of growth while others thrive on an ambition to do things that they haven’t seen before.

Me too! In fact, the reason I’ve decided to take this hobby up was because I took a picture with my phone that gave me feelings and it convinced me to dive in and see what I could do.

Interesting, so you seem to be saying it’s bad to have the opposite of my concerns which is not enough play. I was thinking if the bag were on it’s back and there was some amount of pressure placed on the front then the lens would be more at risk if they were the full length of the bag vs having some squeeze room on the bag. However, it seems you’re saying you would be fine with the lens fitting end to end, correct?