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Does your "significant other" care as much about your Leica as you do?

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I am at the beach on Koh Samui, Thailand for the holidays. Yesterday, I was taking a few photographs around the pool, the beach, etc. I left my cameras on a chair on my bag, with a tshirt draped to cover them. My wife was watching my gear. I know that she doesn't understand my affection for my camera equipment and wanting to keep them in pristine condition if possible. Knowing this, I "requested" that she not move my equipment and that I would be back in 20 minutes. When I came back, my cameras were in the bag with the bag snapped shut. When I opened the bag, one was on top of the other. Luckily nothing was damaged.

 

I just bit my lip and said nothing. Do you have any experiences like that? Or worse?

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Maybe the question should be "Do you care about your 'significant other' as much as you care about your Leica?" You can buy same exact camera again if it was damaged, but you can't buy another her (assuming she just didn't have the general knowledge how to protect a camera and didn't mean to do it on purpose). Maybe she put it in the bag because she doesn't want it to get wet by water splash or something. Don't bite your lips, you must tell her.

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No. She only cares because she knows I do. That's good enough for me. (Besides having one nut-case with an optics fetish around the house is quite enough.)

 

On the other hand, she is the one who schemed and saved to surprise me with my first M Leica, because she knew how much I like my old IIIf.

 

Her father sold his Leica to buy her mom a wedding ring. And now my 5 year old is getting into the Leica act. Yesterday, she asked me to take a picture of her birthmark (on her back) so she could see it. But, she stipulated, it had to be with a Leica camera, because then it would really appear as in actuality. I don't know where she gets it.

 

On the other hand, I wouldn't leave her with a Leica by a pool . . . come to think of it, I wouldn't leave her with a Leica -- or by a pool.

 

cheers,

 

Brent

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I suppose it's not just my camera. She really doesn't pay it any mind. In fact, she treats her own toys in the same way. I just have to do a better job planning the placement of my "stuff" when not in my possession.

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The other day I was walking out of a restaurant with my M6 strapped around my neck. I some how (do not know how) tripped and fell down half a flight of stairs. I could of grabbed the handles to save myself from falling but I grabbed the camera first and then fell down. Had a bloody and bruised up knee and arms and later had to go the pharmacy to get patched up. But I saved the camera. I guess my body can heal but the camera cannot so I am glad it worked out the way it did.

 

But everyone around me was in shock because they clearly so me go for the camera first. I was with a few friends who understand my affection for the camera and therefore understood my actions but it left all the strangers extremely surprised and confused.

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Here's a more revealing question: Do you care for your "significant other" as much you do about your Leica?

 

I currently do not have a "significant other", however, I do have something to say about this.

 

The reason I bought a Leica was because it helps me capture moments spent with family friends, and various other experiences. I have a certain philosophy that people change in time. My little sister who will grow up will not be the the person she is now. But I think the Leica will do a better job than anything else to capture that moment and let me and my family keep it forever. (I know it might be harsh to say such a thing, but I genuinely believe that the child I was before is not there any longer and I am very different person. I have known people who over a course of a decade might not longer seem to be that same person, and I believe this really happens with kids a lot.) So I think its a huge part of my life. Something might not last forever, even love, but I believe the Leica might help capture that one moment where that love or something did exist and help it last forever.

 

Also I tend to somehow tie my obsessions together. I am a huge clothing fanatic and it was one of my biggest loves. I think my Leica compliments that love very well. For some reason I can just fit the two together. I can also make the Leica part of my family and friends as well. I can take it with me when I travel, another thing I love to do. It seems to underlie a lot my loves in this life. And that is why its a huge part of everything now. So I think I care about a lot of things equally. But these are all things I love. But for me they all some how fit very well together. If I lost one of them, such as the Leica, it might seem as if there is a huge void in my life. I guess you can say my camera helps complete me.

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I agree with you that I don't think I'm a complete person with a Leica camera now neither. But I was just trying to say that if I found myself in the situation where I have to temporarily sacrifice one between my Leica and "significant other", I would choose to keep my "significant other" for I'm sure things would work out later and I will have my dream camera again!

 

I currently do not have a "significant other", however, I do have something to say about this.

 

The reason I bought a Leica was because it helps me capture moments spent with family friends, and various other experiences. I have a certain philosophy that people change in time. My little sister who will grow up will not be the the person she is now. But I think the Leica will do a better job than anything else to capture that moment and let me and my family keep it forever. (I know it might be harsh to say such a thing, but I genuinely believe that the child I was before is not there any longer and I am very different person. I have known people who over a course of a decade might not longer seem to be that same person, and I believe this really happens with kids a lot.) So I think its a huge part of my life. Something might not last forever, even love, but I believe the Leica might help capture that one moment where that love or something did exist and help it last forever.

 

Also I tend to somehow tie my obsessions together. I am a huge clothing fanatic and it was one of my biggest loves. I think my Leica compliments that love very well. For some reason I can just fit the two together. I can also make the Leica part of my family and friends as well. I can take it with me when I travel, another thing I love to do. It seems to underlie a lot my loves in this life. And that is why its a huge part of everything now. So I think I care about a lot of things equally. But these are all things I love. But for me they all some how fit very well together. If I lost one of them, such as the Leica, it might seem as if there is a huge void in my life. I guess you can say my camera helps complete me.

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well, i'm learning to be less worried now. my first priority has gradually shifted to taking good photos. cant take any photos if worried too much

 

If people worry that much about damaging their Leicas the best thing is to leave them in a humidity-controlled bank vault.
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I don't abuse my equipment, I take care of the lens elements and make sure I don't bang the camera body about, but other than that, I take the view the equipment is built to be used and enjoyed. I don't get concerned about scuffs on the base plate or lens hoods. Most of my lenses have another year of passport warranty (Leica UK) left.

 

The equipment is a tool to use in the capture of fleeting moments of joy, sadness and day to day interaction with my family. Life is too short to be distracted overly pampering and protecting lumps of glass, brass and silicone. I'm sure the lenses will all possibly outlast me and still be perfectly functional "user" samples.

 

I'm flying out to Thailand on Tuesday to meet up with my family for Christmas, it will be 4 weeks of sun, dust, rain, paddy fields, bumpy pickup rides and busy markets. My M8 has taken it all in it's stride many times in the past without too much concern from me.

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Though Barbara doesn't like to take photos, she does like me to take photos, and often suggests compositions, most of which work very well. She also values my gear and the fact thtat I value it, so she is always aware of its location when we travel. Some of you may recall that she has bought Leica gear for me four times.

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This may become a funny thread on the possible complex variations of the triangle husband-wife-camera :p ... of course in the case in which the camera has a special feel for the husband (would be nice to scrutinize also the reversed situation... but seems to me this forum isn't so significant in this sense... :o ).

This makes me remember that in the '20s, italian poet D'Annunzio declared that CAR IS FEMALE (there were also the times of "futurism" in art, the "beauty of locomotives" and so...) and wrote some funny-decadent deep thoughts on the issue.

 

Well, coming back to the original question... my wife, if kindly asked, treats my equipment with proper care, or at least with no less than myself... as a special note, her most frequent task is indeed to keep one or two lenses in her handbag... tyipical situation when I prefer, for various reasons, not to have a proper camera bag with me: one lens on (say, 35), two in my pockets (say, 21+75), two under her protection (say, TE135+CV15... a decent mean as for weight and dimensions... :) )

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she must be a lovely photographer assistant. very cute.:) and what bag did you get her?

 

 

This may become a funny thread on the possible complex variations of the triangle husband-wife-camera :p ... of course in the case in which the camera has a special feel for the husband (would be nice to scrutinize also the reversed situation... but seems to me this forum isn't so significant in this sense... :o ).

This makes me remember that in the '20s, italian poet D'Annunzio declared that CAR IS FEMALE (there were also the times of "futurism" in art, the "beauty of locomotives" and so...) and wrote some funny-decadent deep thoughts on the issue.

 

Well, coming back to the original question... my wife, if kindly asked, treats my equipment with proper care, or at least with no less than myself... as a special note, her most frequent task is indeed to keep one or two lenses in her handbag... tyipical situation when I prefer, for various reasons, not to have a proper camera bag with me: one lens on (say, 35), two in my pockets (say, 21+75), two under her protection (say, TE135+CV15... a decent mean as for weight and dimensions... :) )

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