How does your spouse or significant other view your G.A.S.?

[Jon Perry]

I use the:

"oh that?"

"I've had that for yonks" technique.

This becomes much easier the more equipment you have.... 😉

 

[JeffGreene]

I use the:

"oh that?"

"I've had that for yonks" technique.

This becomes much easier the more equipment you have.... 😉

Great technique, I've used it myself, but after thirty years she's wise to me! :bang:

 

[Igor.Burshteyn]

What FrankS said - cooly neutral. Actually my GAS is pretty well controlled by myself - at least I buy OMs and kievs, not leicas 🙂 Actually room required to store things is more of problem than money spent. What helps a lot is that memorable family photos happened to be taken with exactly those kievs and OMs :> I have carte blanche to purchase DSLR anytime (which means my wife understands that film and processing is part of family budget 😉 - but I am not tempted yet.

 

[MikeL]

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.... say no more. 😉

But, seriously, if I were to tally up the amount of money my wfe spends on clothing, particulary on shoes, I'd be willing to bet that she'd be dropping more dollars on herself than me on myself... try that angle fellas.

Ron

Holy tamole, I live that angle. You want to talk about GAS, my wife is a scrapbooker (aka crapbooker) and there are endless paper punches and die cut sets and paper patterns and..... We've reached what might be considered detente, with each of us working on a zero sum/space attitude. If we get something new, something else must go. She urges me to stay away from the classifieds and I urge her to not talk about the latest scrapbooking supplies with her best friend. Whenever she brings up a new punch press I just mutter 'Nikon SP' or 'noctilux', and she quickly seems to lose enthusiasm for the punch press. 🙂

Edit: Speaking of which, does anyone have a good SP user they want to unload?

 

[Robert]

Nowdays my wife is more happy to let me buy things for my hobby, years ago it wasn't the case especially when I came home with a new Pentax MX a week after we married.

 

[FrankS]

One of the benefits of buying used gear is that when she asks, "Is that a new camera?" I can say, "No dear, it's old."

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Oh boy -- she likes the fact I take pictures, and likes my results, but definitely is not thrilled with my GAS.

Same here. I made a promise, that I will not buy more than two cameras this year if I haven't traded something first.

She's very supportive. If it hadn't been for her, most of my photography wouldn't have been.

 

[NIKON KIU]

My wife lost track a long time ago.
It got to the point that we picked up the cabinet together 😉

Kiu

 

[SCOTFORTHLAD]

With incredulity,but generally with good natured resignation.
I tried to convince her,and myself, that I was buying and selling at a profit to finance that 'dream camera',and that once I reached that goal,it would all stop.!
I of course now realise the futility of that belief.

Fortunately at the moment the use of a small digital point and shoot to produce bright colourful snaps of our grandkids disguises my real obsession.

 

[back alley]

How does your spouse or significant other view your G.A.S.?

from a great distance...

 

[kevin m]

How does your spouse or significant other view your G.A.S.?

Well, first off, I deny having GAS. So I guess I'm in denial.

Second, she looks at my shelf full of cameras and lenses much as I suppose I look at her closet full of, to my eyes, nearly identical black shoes.

Once, when I was attempting to explain a lens purchase, she politely stopped me and said, "Look, all I want is some family pictures to put on my desk at work." Hard to argue with that logic. 😱 🙂

 

[kevin m]

ive given up most of my other things i collected, like vinyl records.

You'll be glad to know, then, that vinyl records have never sounded better. I finally sprung for a decent, but not too pricey turntable, (Rega P3/Dynavector 10x5 cartridge) and it's positively shocking how much sound is in those grooves.

For a laugh, play the same track on your turntable and your iPod through a real stereo.

 

[Ben Z]

Just yesterday I was telling my wife how I could get $3700 of Canon 5D and 24-105L-IS for $3000 with the soon-expiring rebates. A saving of $700! She told me if I didn't buy anything, I would save $6000. $3000 on the camera gear and $3000 on diamond earrings. 😀

 

[Joerg]

ive given up most of my other things i collected, like vinyl records.
so it kinda makes up for it...

Now there is a bone of contention......

My photo GAS pales in comparison to the vinyl collection allready amassed:angel:

But atleast the RF aquisitions take pics and my wife just loves how much crisper they are in comparison to our digital camera😀
Ciao

Joerg

 

[popstar]

Yeah, focussing on one thing - like photography - can be tough for me too. I'm a music junkie, and love buying music almost as much as I like taking photos. However, I'm trying to reign it in, so as to not cause issues.

In general, my wife is supportive of my photography. She appreciates the end results, though she doesn't understand why some of the tools have to be so expensive or why I need so many of them. So it goes...

 

[GeroV]

If my wife knew how much gear has come and gone through the front door, I'd be the oldest member of the Vienna Boy's Choir.

😀😀😀😀

 

[akptc]

Separate checking accounts go a long way toward maritall bliss (or so I keep thinking 🙂 Wife is happy that I am happy with something cheaper than a new Porsche Carrera..

 

[shutterfiend]

I've had 7 out of 9 purchases in the last 3 months mailed to the office. What she doesn't know can't hurt me.

 

[kevin m]

I've had 7 out of 9 purchases in the last 3 months mailed to the office.

Now THERE'S a benefit to not working out of your home. 😀

 

[arbib]

The last few months, I have had a bad case of GAS. Bought a Nikkormat and 3 primes, and a Bessa R2 with a CV25.....When I got the Bessa and all the goodies that had been arriving in the Mail/DHL/UPS...Her comment was...

"...are you done now?...."

I think that means I have run out of her compassion for a small (hopefully) while.😱