If I win 540 million dollar Mega-Lotto tonight

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I might not buy a M10, but rather a M6J just to have a 50 Elmar again and because a M6J with a MP finder upgrade is my dream camera. Really wouldn't buy any more gear because I already have more than I need.

Would set up a great B&W darkroom to print big, but would buy mucho color film and pay a custom lab to print my work.

Anyways I'm already very happy, but being very wealthy would make me only a little happier.

Cal
 
I would hire an oaf to follow me around and take pictures of things I point at.

...then tell me what a great photographer I am.
 
I would give several relatives a few million Dollars to ease on them their lives.
Then I would set up my family for life.

Then I would get an M11 by custom order.
 
I would do whatever it is I want every single day... and open up a gallery to show people's work that I like. Perhaps buy a donkey or two. A couple of cameras. Take care of mom and dad. Buy a place to live. Invest.
 
raid said:
I would give several relatives a few million Dollars to ease on them their lives.
Then I would set up my family for life.

Then I would get an M11 by custom order.
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100% agree on the first part.

Second part is a little less ambitious. I just want someone
to fit the guts of a NEX-7/5n into my Leica IIIf. ;)

Al
 
Answering fully would reveal a little more than I care to about how much time I had spent thinking of this. ;-) I think you'd have to give some serious thought to not having sudden wealth ruin your life and that of those you love most.

But at least: I would build a nice studio with some skylights and a high ceiling.
 
JMQ said:
Cal, didn't they say the odds are 176,000,000 : 1 ?
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Why isn't it: 1 : 176,000,000 ?

The probability of winning with one ticket .... Odds should be like a probability and not 1/probability. If the odds get close to 1, then it is almost certain to happen.
 
JMQ said:
Cal, didn't they say the odds are 176,000,000 : 1 ?
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So far you have to remove a decimal point because I spent $10.00 and bought ten tickets quick pick cash. Perhaps I'll drop another $10.00 and double my odds.

Call me an unrealistic optimist. but I already know I am lucky and fortunate.

Also know that I once was poor. Also know that my girlfriend has a PhD in Social Work and has an expertise in law that she uses to defend people in need. I'm very proud of her and that she already has dedicated her life to helping others.

We already talked and would not even buy a car (currently don't own one). Perhaps we would get a three bedroom apartment, where we rent a one bedroom currently, otherwise I already have enough luxury.

Cal
 
"My wife went to Germany and got me this neat Leica camera. I liked it so much, I bought the company!"
 
I'd definitely be shooting a quantity of film again, with my 2000 sq ft state of the art darkroom with print dryers and the world's greatest film cabinet, digital temperature controls on all the water supplies...
 
In college, we had a color print processor where you fed the paper into one end and it came out finished in the next room. I wonder if those are still available for purchase new, I always enjoyed printing color in the darkroom.
 
Benjamin Marks said:
Answering fully would reveal a little more than I care to about how much time I had spent thinking of this. ;-) I think you'd have to give some serious thought to not having sudden wealth ruin your life and that of those you love most.

But at least: I would build a nice studio with some skylights and a high ceiling.
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Ben,

Recently I moved from Queens to Madhattan. In Queens we rented a row house which was like living in a mansion by NYC standards. We even had a backyard.

But living in Madhattan required a serious downsizing where we got rid of two thirds of our possesions. Where we lived was poor enough that having a stoop sale was not economically feasable, so we just put out our surplus out on the sidewalk with shopping bags with a free sign and by dinnertime everything would be gone.

Donating clothes and furniture required me doing lots of legwork because all those non profits are all short handed. After calling the Salvation Army we waited over three weeks for them to pick up all the furniture we wanted to donate, and this was after a season of record flooding in New Jersey.

I also discovered that this young girl who worked full time at a public storage facility was homeless, so we made special arrangements for her to get as much stuff as she wanted for when she found an apartment. At that time she had money saved but would have had to sleep on the floor. Today she has her own apartment and is applying to graduate school. Yes this college grad was homeless living in a shelter in Brooklyn and working in Madhattan.

Anyways I always say, "I never knew anyone with a complicated life that was happy." I worked hard to make my life simple. In this recent downsizing I learned that I really didn't need a lot to be happy, I learned that I am very fortunate, and I learned to appreciate fully the things I have.

It would be truely wonderful to be able to help make a better world. Basically we already have started.

Cal
 
I've never fleshed out the concept (since I have no money), but transportation is often the biggest obstacle to a better life (where I'm from - Dallas/Ft Worth). Biking and walking to work just aren't feasible in Texas summer if you have to be presentable.

So I'd get a fleet of whatever combo of cheapest/most efficient vehicle I can get (surely there's a Kia or Hyundai that can be brought down to $10-11k with no options, right?), lease them to single parents without transportation for $1/year, and try to work out some kind of insurance/gas savings to go along with it.
 
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