What did your spouse say about your digital M purchase?

[eleskin]

Since I am married I thought I would ask the question just for the hell of it.

My wife is somewhat supportive, but only after taxes and bills are paid (another reason why I do not have an M9 yet, looks like later in the year for me).

So how have all of you married people on this forum approached their significant other with a multi thousand dollar M8/M9 purchase (business or pleasure or both)?

Were you open about it? Did you defy him or her openly? Buy in secret?

This should be very interesting!

 

[Lulu Rosenkrantz]

I couldn't hear what she was saying from inside the car trunk.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

ZANG!!!!

I'm spendier than my wife, but we live pretty well within our means, so this isn't a big issue. Besides, she isn't the photo nut that I am doesn't really notice what gear I'm using--it's all just cameras to her. We don't need to consult one another when we buy things, unless it's something very expensive that will affect us both, like a car or home renovation.

 

[Rob-F]

I don't have an M9, or even an M8. But just last night she said, "You have enough to get an M9 if you want. Why don't you?" And I explained that I can't see putting that much into a single camera, especially when I've been getting along well with my D200 and my two D-Lux models. So it's me, not she.

I believe I might, at some point, get an M8.2. Right now I don't even feel like putting $3500 or so into one single camera. Maybe $2000 for a D700? Somehow it seems OK to own an MP that cost me $2600; another MP that I paid around $2000 for; as well as five other M cameras. But when it comes to digital cameras, I hold tighter onto my wallet!

 

[Rob-F]

On the other hand, I won an old Wharfedale 8CS 8" speaker on eBay for $16.00 and she had to question that. You never know.

You really just never know.

 

[Pickett Wilson]

My bride of 32 years has no interest in photography, and has seen me with a lot of cameras in three decades. Never says anything about my purchases, but then I've never bought a camera that I didn't pay cash for or that strained the general budget. If I put one on a credit card to pay out on time, or borrowed the money, she would, I'm sure, question my sanity. 🙂

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Probably something like this : - "You worked hard, without a significant break for fifty years, you've never shirked your household duties, last year you almost died, who knows how much longer we have together - if your happy spending that much dough....go for it!...you silly old bugger! 😱.......but I didn't - I said -let's spend it on a bit more Mediterranean travel - while we have the strength, and keep on with those 'ratty' old Nikkormats and Barnacks that have been fun for years!. 🙂 .....I know folks!...I was that soldier!😉

 

[Athos6]

We practice "don't ask, don't tell" in our home... 🙂

 

[Bobfrance]

When I told her how much my M8 cost (after I'd bought it!) my O/H generously said,
"well it's your money and you don't spend much on your hobbies, so I don't mind."




However, I forgot to mention about the 35mm Summilux I bought a few weeks later. 😉

 

[kully]

She said "great, does this mean the kitchen won't smell of fixer any more?".

 

[Avotius]

my gf said...."get a car first"

 

[kknox]

You can buy a good cheap BMW for what an M9 costs.

 

[Thardy]

Probably something like this : - "You worked hard, without a significant break for fifty years, you've never shirked your household duties, last year you almost died, who knows how much longer we have together - if your happy spending that much dough....go for it!...you silly old bugger! 😱.......but I didn't - I said -let's spend it on a bit more Mediterranean travel - while we have the strength, and keep on with those 'ratty' old Nikkormats and Barnacks that have been fun for years!. 🙂 .....I know folks!...I was that soldier!😉

That's very nice of you both. That is called mutual submission, and it is practiced in many different types of relationships. Anyway, we're doing a Mediterranean and Paris trip this year also.

So maybe next year after I feel better about "things". Two girls in college, mortgage, stock market stagnation, effect of health care reform on my income ... etc.

Who am I kidding? I'll never buy one.

 

[alecgold]

Well, I've been supporting her through her studies for the last three years. She started working a few months ago, so we had a bit more space to spend.
And I could pay it in cash, didn't need to use any form of credit.
So I traded my M6 in and bought the M8 for 1400. So the Lux 35 and cron 90 and the M8 costed me 2200 in total. So if I ever come in some unforeseen tight corner and need to sell (it will be about the last I sell) I can get my money easily out of it. It was a nice investment, be it with a little (unseen) risk.

 

[Thardy]

You can buy a good cheap BMW for what an M9 costs.

Maybe for what an S2 cost. 😱

 

[Ronald M]

Can`t hear from the YMCA where all the guys go while divorce is being finalised.

Actually it is so overpriced, I would not consider it. I boughtt a boatload of Nikon gear.
which I am reasonably happy with. Digi RF still seem plagued with problems. Furthermore I will not buy something from a company on shaky finances. Who is going to maintain this toy? DMR already can`t get batteries and sensors. This is just not viable anymore.

 

[scottwallick]

"Take my picture."

 

[alecgold]

Actually it is so overpriced, I would not consider it. I boughtt a boatload of Nikon gear.

Without trade in I could buy a "demo" M8 for 2200. That is expensive, but IMHO not seriously overpriced?!

 

[ferider]

While my wife shoots digital herself, she would not understand if I did. Neither would I. Price is irrelevant.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Were you open about it? Did you defy him or her openly? Buy in secret?

This should be very interesting!

Yes - it should be - if everyone does not avoid the point, and make it the usual film versus digital, and - "I would not be seen dead with a digital rangefinder" nonsense! 🙄