iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
"Why do you have that giant camera?"
bidnez
Established
Bloody good question!
(I do want one for myself :bang
(I do want one for myself :bang
Juan Valdenebro
Truth is beauty
Nice point of view!
dogberryjr
[Pithy phrase]
My wife, upon seeing my Plaubel Makina: "Why do you have Fred Flintstone's camera?"
Juan Valdenebro
Truth is beauty
sanmich
Veteran
Little red hood?
I'm sorry to say, but that makes you the big bad Fuji wolf
I'm sorry to say, but that makes you the big bad Fuji wolf
robklurfield
eclipse
smart kid.
Finder
Veteran
The answer--to better photograph you with...
t.s.k.
Hooked on philm
Yea, smart kid.
Wait until she's older and says "why do have eight cameras?"
Wait until she's older and says "why do have eight cameras?"
Finder
Veteran
Yea, smart kid.
Wait until she's older and says "why do have eight cameras?"
Or, "can I borrow one?"
radi(c)al_cam
Well-known
my doughters don't bother to ask -- since they've been 1 y.o., they simply TOOK.
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Wait until she's five: "How come Daddy have a lot of cameras, and I only have my Tazmanian Devil Polaroid?"
FrankS
Registered User
To me, they look like clowns' prop cameras.
I've got 2.
I've got 2.
iamzip
Ambitious, but rubbish
To me, they look like clowns' prop cameras.
I've got 2.
Hee hee, that's what I was just thinking. They look like oversized novelty cameras, like those giant sunglasses.
gandalfk7
Established
my sister's question upon seeing me with a Yashica MAT 124G: "why do you use a camera of the year 1800?"
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
when I got my G690BL...
when I got my G690BL...
My girlfriend said "that thing is ridiculous. what do you plan to do with it?!"
She called it both egregious and ostentatious.
other questions have been:
"how many cameras do you need?" <-- Re: 2nd R-D1
"how many cameras do you own?" <-- Re: updating for insurance after M8
"why do you think you need an old Nikon film camera when you have a perfectly good Leica digital?" <-- Re: Nikon RF lust
when I got my G690BL...
My girlfriend said "that thing is ridiculous. what do you plan to do with it?!"
She called it both egregious and ostentatious.
other questions have been:
"how many cameras do you need?" <-- Re: 2nd R-D1
"how many cameras do you own?" <-- Re: updating for insurance after M8
"why do you think you need an old Nikon film camera when you have a perfectly good Leica digital?" <-- Re: Nikon RF lust
oftheherd
Veteran
All good and perfectly normal questions. Have you ever asked her the same things about the shoes or purses she has?
Of course, I don't know how much you like her; maybe better left unasked? I doubt I would ask my wife of 30+ years that!
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Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
When I first saw her shoe collection I thought "this is absolutely NEVER going to work." 4 years later, it still works, though we don't live together yet. I really can't be too harsh with regard to shoes either; I've got 2 pairs of cycling shoes that I use for racing and they each cost $300.
It's a lot harder sneaking in a medium format into the small collection of cameras I use. They're big & obvious. When I make the move from an M8 to an M9, I doubt she'll ever notice
It's a lot harder sneaking in a medium format into the small collection of cameras I use. They're big & obvious. When I make the move from an M8 to an M9, I doubt she'll ever notice