When I got into photography, I used to baby my camera equipment a lot. After all, I spent a lot of money I wanted to take care of it.

Later on the topic came up online and someone noted something to the effective of:

“If I saw a group of photographers taking pictures, I bet I could pick out the best photographer just based on how beat up their equipment is.”

I realized based on my own experience, that was probably true.

The idea being use your tools and worry about the output, not how they look.