My Dear Wife Bought a Camera
Apr 27, 2017 20:58:15 #
Our usual routine is to share the morning hours sipping coffee, reading the news and clearing the email.
This morning, after about an hour, my DW said "I think I need a better camera". She had three! I have four.
By the second hour of the morning she had it down to three. She watched a couple of CameraStore videos and made the decision.
She traded in two cameras, returned a pair of shoes and cashed in a Canon printer rebate card. She said the camera was "free".
She is a wonderful photographer. Her composition skills far exceed mine. I have fantastic gear, she takes better pictures.
This is going to be tough on my ego!
This morning, after about an hour, my DW said "I think I need a better camera". She had three! I have four.
By the second hour of the morning she had it down to three. She watched a couple of CameraStore videos and made the decision.
She traded in two cameras, returned a pair of shoes and cashed in a Canon printer rebate card. She said the camera was "free".
She is a wonderful photographer. Her composition skills far exceed mine. I have fantastic gear, she takes better pictures.
This is going to be tough on my ego!
Apr 27, 2017 21:05:47 #
bsprague wrote:
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Bill: DW just provided the motive for you to buy a new camera!!
Apr 27, 2017 21:10:15 #
bsprague wrote:
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Don't need to be tough on your ego, just be happy for her!!
Apr 27, 2017 21:12:22 #
Apr 27, 2017 21:49:50 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
What'd she get?
She traded in a Panasonic GM1 m4/3 that I tried to move from her inventory to mine without success.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1211983-REG/panasonic_dmc_zs100_digital_camera.html
Apr 27, 2017 21:50:52 #
foodie65 wrote:
Bill: DW just provided the motive for you to buy a new camera!!
I know how that is supposed to work, but I don't have any shoes to send back for credit.
Apr 27, 2017 21:52:26 #
speters wrote:
Don't need to be tough on your ego, just be happy for her!!
What I didn't write was how she tracked my camera dreams and bought me the cameras I cherish! One was a Christmas present. The other was a 70th birthday present.
Apr 27, 2017 22:07:43 #
bsprague wrote:
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I know the feeling...6 years ago my wife was shooting a little Kodak. She couldn't spell F stop.
Now she is a better shooter than I am and I get her hand me down equipment. Patiently waiting for the D820 to come out so I can get her 810.
Apr 27, 2017 22:18:20 #
It sounds to me as if another GAS attack is just around the corner (a very small corner).
Apr 27, 2017 23:56:53 #
tramsey wrote:
I lust for no cameras! I have exactly what I want.It sounds to me as if another GAS attack is just around the corner (a very small corner).
Apr 27, 2017 23:59:50 #
ggttc wrote:
I know the feeling...6 years ago my wife was shooting a little Kodak. She couldn't spell F stop.
Now she is a better shooter than I am and I get her hand me down equipment. Patiently waiting for the D820 to come out so I can get her 810.
Now she is a better shooter than I am and I get her hand me down equipment. Patiently waiting for the D820 to come out so I can get her 810.
"She couldn't spell F stop."
I think it is spelled "f-stop" or "f/stop"
Apr 28, 2017 05:58:44 #
Apr 28, 2017 06:18:58 #
bsprague wrote:
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You can always buy a Viking stove and become a better chef than her.
Apr 28, 2017 06:29:52 #
bsprague wrote:
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If either my wife or I buy something big, we always preface our confessions with "Honey, I did a bad bad thing..."
Last year she did "a bad bad thing" by buying a Boston Whaler for me. I forgave her.
Apr 28, 2017 07:15:00 #
My wife and I have a 'quid pro quo' arrangement for discretionary purchases. That's Latin for 'I get one, she gets three'.
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