Why your wife should have her Leica!

[Richard G]

Pablito is dead right about the film loading. Follow Leica's instructions to the letter and you won't have a problem. Meanwhile the justification: there just isn't one. But you have a better reason than most of us to get it. Don't try to explain it as the others said. Just show him the pictures. For this reason too, going for the Summilux was inspired. Good luck.

 

[Aziz]

Don't know if anybody mentioned it yet, but you're spending is helping out the economy.
Think of it like this:
You pay Person A for the newly acquired gear
Person A now has money to spend on gizmo X and pays Person B for gizmo X.
Person B now has money to pay for a wedding photographer.
Person B pays you to shoot their wedding 😉

 

[rover]

The verdict is in.

Here's what happened:

After dinner I told him I had something I wanted him to read and gave him the laptop with the browser opened to this forum. I watched him from afar and he had a surprised smile and gasped a couple of times. He is in utter disbelief, but not quite upset... He said, "I can't stay mad at you for very long". Ahhhh, he loves me. I'm a lucky girl.

He wants everyone to know that my credit card is now being taken away and I will have to use cash-only. I'm relieved that my sudden GAS attack didn't result in permanent damage. He understands that the Leica isn't just something I decided I wanted out of the blue. The hubby is taking a shower right now and is "mulling things over" in his head. Trying to come to terms with it.

The forum actually helped in my opinion. I'm sure he was amused that I came up with a creative way to drop it on him and probably felt more at ease knowing there are guys who would actually WANT wives who buy gear. Haha... Thanks everyone for commenting. I'll be sure to post a photo of me and my M6 when it gets in.

See ya.

Cash is nice. Nothing wrong with cash.

Now that that is over with, lets talk 50mm and 28mm.......😱

 

[Bingley]

Is there a link to a website?

There was last night. It appears to have been deleted.

 

[newspaperguy]

A late post, but I hope all went well.

FWIW - I thought Jason's approach was the best one.

(One that would have saved me aingst over 46 years of marriage.)

 

[Sisyphus]

either I get to keep my leica or we get a divorce; its that simple.
Yuore choice!

This what itell my wife all the time, so far r she she chooses not to have the debate.

Hope that helps.

 

[simplethings]

Hey guys,

I took the link down after getting two random calls. 😛.

 

[reagan]

either I get to keep my leica or we get a divorce; its that simple. Yuore choice!

Right. My wife would reply, "Thank God. Simple sounds good to me." And then throw me my suitcases. 🙁

 

[KM-25]

either I get to keep my leica or we get a divorce; its that simple.
Yuore choice!

This what itell my wife all the time, so far r she she chooses not to have the debate.

Hope that helps.

If I had to make a choice between Leica or my lady, I would keep my lady. But if she told me I had to stop being a photographer, then I would part ways since that is who I am.

Thankfully, I have the greatest girlfriend I could ever want, so none of this is even close to being an issue.

 

[simplethings]

If I had to make a choice between Leica or my lady, I would keep my lady. But if she told me I had to stop being a photographer, then I would part ways since that is who I am.

Thankfully, I have the greatest girlfriend I could ever want, so none of this is even close to being an issue.

I just realized I contacted you awhile back on the Kodachrome Project. You're right, I should hunt down some rolls in Hawaii and give it a try! 🙂

 

[ERV]

Simplethings- congratulations.
It was my wife who had the first Leica in the family- a M6 with a 35mm summicron V4 and a rigid 50mm summicron.
She's a pro photographer and uses it for her personal work.
I also used it from time to time and when I bought my own M6- secretively, of course- I never told her that it wasn't was hers.
I was finally busted when she looked for own camera and it had a body cap on because I was using the 35mm..

Now I'm the official family photographer and she boasts to our friends that I took all of our family photos with my 'antique' cameras.
In order to maintain order I decided to only buy the same models - M6's, M5's, barnacks- so she wouldn't notice how many I have.
My strategy never really worked, so I sold some stuff and bought her a very nice road bike for her birthday.
Now, everyone is happy. Have fun!

 

[Eric T]

And don't forget - if you use it for your work, you can write it off your taxes (if you are in the USA). That cuts the cost by almost a third.
Also, think of something he would like to buy for about the same amount of money and tell him go buy it.

 

[simplethings]

And don't forget - if you use it for your work, you can write it off your taxes (if you are in the USA). That cuts the cost by almost a third.
Also, think of something he would like to buy for about the same amount of money and tell him go buy it.

I forgot about that one... 🙂 Thanks for the heads up!

 

[rover]

If I had to make a choice between Leica or my lady, I would keep my lady. But if she told me I had to stop being a photographer, then I would part ways since that is who I am.

Thankfully, I have the greatest girlfriend I could ever want, so none of this is even close to being an issue.

A little more perspective.

My wife wants to buy a horse. I ain't got no defense. So, I am just trying to get the right to name the beast.

 

[Merkin]

A little more perspective.

My wife wants to buy a horse. I ain't got no defense. So, I am just trying to get the right to name the beast.

Go with 'Elmer.'

 

[reagan]

Go with 'Elmer.'

Go with "Herleica" (pronounce it any way you want 😕 )

 

[rover]

I already proposed Elmer. She didn't laugh.

 

[simplethings]

I'm planning on naming our first family dog Leica... Like the dog that went to outerspace. 🙂

 

[peter_n]

I had a cat once. His name was Vomit Mulligan.

Vom for short. 🙂

 

[Roger Hicks]

The verdict is in.

Here's what happened:

After dinner I told him I had something I wanted him to read and gave him the laptop with the browser opened to this forum. I watched him from afar and he had a surprised smile and gasped a couple of times. He is in utter disbelief, but not quite upset... He said, "I can't stay mad at you for very long". Ahhhh, he loves me. I'm a lucky girl.

Bottom line:

You love each other

Photography is important to you

You can afford it (for a given value of 'afford')

No problem

Tashi Delek

Roger
(Who is frighteningly close to buying a 24 Summilux -- with his wife's approval and some of her money, though over 80% of the purchase price will come from my earnings).