Dear Dave:
Wow, that is very nice! I have never seen one of those before (and I thought Ive seen them all). Again, I had the M6 (classic) Ti, but never knew Leica made a TTL version with brown leather as you described. Wow. It is very sharp!
Now this cracks me up and makes me mad at the same time!! These guys saying "go for it, etc!!" <laugh> What jerks...
Listen my friend, I feel you pain! They don't understand your position!!
I am however very fortuante to be married to a photographer, but believe me, as I am NOT a pro-photographer, I STILL have trouble justifying a Billingham bag, a $1400 lens, etc....
Your wife is obviously the biggest hurdle as you know you want it. Hell, I want it for you!!
So, what are we going to do to help Dave convince his wife!
Sure, sure, we all hide things we buy from our wives, etc. but this cannot be hidden obviously!
Actually, it *is* rather your fault, you should not have said anything to begin. In fact, you should have told her you are just buying an old film camera. I am sure she does not even know what a Leica is if not in the field of photo.
Oh, no, don't tell me....you told her how much it costs?!?!
.....and don't tell me you have joint bank accounts?!?! You DO have secret bank accounts your wife doesnt know about right??
...and please, please, do not tell me you cannot lie to your wife about such things.
If you replied, "yes" to any of the above 3 questions the situation is hopeless...and as it is hopeless, well.....get it anyway.
Tell her you will sell something else to justify it's purchase then!!
That is your only way. OR you ahve to buy her one too.....but those are your only options....
That is a great camera. Hope you use it as it was meant to be used. I didn't have the guts as I said, so sold it for another which was just as expensive that in my little mind I wouldn't worry about scratching up as much "as the black paint is supposed to wear off " type of mentality.
But listen to my wife's logic. (and she could not say anything because I purchased her an M6 too.)
I told her it was too valuable and these "leica people" are crazy. One scratch and it loses all of its value....
She says as clear as can be with a logic that illudes all in the leica world, "well, you bought it with the intention of keeping it forever. Who cares if its value goes down with a scratch. Just use it and forget about it."
No clearer words have been spoken. They struck me like an arrow in my chest.
I had no reply.
I feel like a dope now reflecting back on my early Leica days...the learning curve is rough...
So take my advice and just use the hell out of it as it was intended.
Hope this is all somewhat helpful my friend!
