leicatwins Posted October 15, 2007 Share #1 Posted October 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, my M8 and Elmarit 24 Asph have been with me for 2 weeks. And I have been a happy shooter since then except for ISO higher than 640 which I find still disturbing. I take care of them very carefully like a baby. My wife asked me, "is it your new camera?". "Yes" I replied and quickly added "it is Leica, cheap and plastic made good for our kids portraits because it is light compare to my Sony ALpha and other Minolta lenses". She nodded and happy after seeing the pics of my kids taken with it. During Moslem festive of Eid El Fitr, as usual we go to many family gatherings. Lucky for me, nobody knows about Leica. One of my family asked me, "It is a Pentax". I said "Yes, similar to Pentax". He asked me because of the silver look of my M8 reminded him to the old model of Pentax. I only scare to my brother who is a long time Canon and Mamiya user. So, I send sms to him before we meet not to mention anything about my new camera. He agreed, thinking that perhaps I have just purchased a full frame body of Nikon or Canon. When we meet, he could not believe himself and told me this camera is beyond his dream and we talk like whispering each other so nobody can take notice. Well, someday I will tell my wife but for this time being I am a big liar, a serious Leica liar. DJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fordfanjpn Posted October 15, 2007 Share #2 Posted October 15, 2007 DJ, Don't feel bad. We should probably all be grateful that our wives don't read this forum! Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGeoJO Posted October 15, 2007 Share #3 Posted October 15, 2007 There is no way of fooling my wife though . She wanted a Leica of her own after that. So, I ended up buying her a D-Lux 3.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maddin Posted October 15, 2007 Share #4 Posted October 15, 2007 ABS! She will understand... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etrigan63 Posted October 15, 2007 Share #5 Posted October 15, 2007 My wife understands that it is a Leica. She doesn't quite get why I would want this over a Nikon 40x. I hope that as I get better with it she will get the picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
therightagent Posted October 15, 2007 Share #6 Posted October 15, 2007 Shall we have a count of who actually told the other half, the actual cost of our new baby. I did not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack MacDonough Posted October 15, 2007 Share #7 Posted October 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) my wife assumed it was my film Leica as did my son. the key is never glance at the back display. The camera she could understand, the cost of a WATE is more difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradreiman Posted October 15, 2007 Share #8 Posted October 15, 2007 my gal used mine alot-now she has her own...b Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
therightagent Posted October 15, 2007 Share #9 Posted October 15, 2007 Just a correction. My wife thought the M8 was my M6. She did not ask how much I paid for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
etrigan63 Posted October 15, 2007 Share #10 Posted October 15, 2007 As the Mrs is the Chief Financial Officer (and I am merely Head Bottlewasher & photographer) she knows exactly how much I paid my M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
egibaud Posted October 15, 2007 Share #11 Posted October 15, 2007 My wife said when seing my M8, what is that old thing???? no autofocus??? no zoom???? what is that?? a camera??? And guess what??? She is now my ex wife :-) this is true story !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustafasoleiman Posted October 15, 2007 Share #12 Posted October 15, 2007 BEWARE!!! THIS THREAD IS A PLOY BY OUR SPOUSES AND HALVES TO FIND OUT WHAT WE ARE UP TO, BEHIND THEIR BACK! DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT REVEAL YOUR IDENTITY AND EXPOSE YOURSELVES (actually... forget you) YOUR M8 TO THE IRE THAT WILL FOLLOW! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj55 Posted October 15, 2007 Share #13 Posted October 15, 2007 I changed camera's so often the last five years, my wife gave up after the Hasselblads disappeared! Just sold my last Nikon (D200) yesterday and the M8 will live happily ever after! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicatwins Posted October 15, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted October 15, 2007 You know what! My wife likes to organize everything. She collects all of my lens boxes in one place except my M8 and Elmarit original boxes, which I store them in my office! Leica boxes are beautiful and they can tell her these are different stuff. ANyway, I miss a beatiful moment today in one family reunion. My twins sat together on a buggy car with a beautiful pose. My wife asked me to take pics because I carried the M8 in my Lowepro bag. I was just silent and ignore her call because her cousin stood next to her carrying his 40D proudly. I didn't him to shout "hey you have a Leica!" in front everybody including my mother in law. I prefer not to shoot and thinking hard to find excuses. Finally I got a good one, "the battery is dead so I can't take the pics". Oh well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brivadois Posted October 15, 2007 Share #15 Posted October 15, 2007 Eric, Are you sure I just need to buy another M8 to be sure my wife becomes my ex wife ? Could you give more details in french on summilux.net ? François (brivadois) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6J Posted October 15, 2007 Share #16 Posted October 15, 2007 Is it only here, or it is the same everywhere? Once you buy something and wife knows the cost, there is always the answer: Cool!...So I could now also buy the xxxxx that I always wanted? (xxxxx= curtains/new kitchen/dress/diamond ring/Rolex, you name it) So, practically you always have to double (at least) the value of your lust... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulberrybay Posted October 15, 2007 Share #17 Posted October 15, 2007 This thread is cool. Well I told my wife that I am eyeing for a Leica, and told her the price tag.. surprisingly she said "Go for it"... for a moment I thought my ears were playing tricks on me. Well, I still have yet to get the camera, and I wonder what she'll say next when I really get it. mb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttriolo Posted October 15, 2007 Share #18 Posted October 15, 2007 I thought I have successfully concealed the actual cost until I was forced to add the M8 to our insurance policy which my wife manages. My only way out was to point out how "lucky" I was to make the purchase before the last price increase. "Just look how much money we saved, dear". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted October 15, 2007 Share #19 Posted October 15, 2007 I just told my wife it was "under $3500." What I left out was that I was talking about Euros, not USD. Of course, now that she sees how much I love the camera, she wouldn't care anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemayeux Posted October 15, 2007 Share #20 Posted October 15, 2007 Yeah - I told mine it was comparable to the Canon price wise - I just didn't tell her which Canon - and thankfully she didn't look too closely at the value that was stated on my tax return... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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