f8lee wrote:
Yeah, there are those for whom cameras are more like jewelry - ostentatious showing of wealth...alas, I imagine most passers-by wouldn't be able to tell anyway. Best to get a Leica Monochrome and really show your stuff, no?
Ostentatious Show of Wealth has been in my vocabulary as "conspicuous consumption" since a district manager mentioned it to me 40 years ago. It still really just means "keeping up with the Joneses"