Digital addiction is good

[dr.bear]

I would like to say hi to everyone. Although I have not posted any messages in these forums yet, I am glad to see the wealth of information this site has to offer. After reading through tons of messages in this forum I have pulled the trigger and recently have bought a 10D, 100 2.8 macro and MR-14EX ring light. I also have a bg-ed3 and 17-40L on the way. If you are wondering why the macro setup first, well, I originally wanted a camera setup for digital dentistry. I have used the macro setup to take intraoral pictures on several of my patients with wonderful results. It is true what people say about this hobby. Once you start buying a piece of equipment there's always something else you want. The 50 1.4 and 70-200 2.8 ISM is on my near future wish list. Now only if I can find a way to hide that big, white lens (70-200) from my wife I'll be in business.

I'm am grateful for finding a forum with such wonderful and knowledged people. As a newbie I have lots to learn about photography and am sure this site will help me out a lot. Thanks everyone.

[Mills]

Welcome. You can never hide those big beautiful white lenses from the wife. The only real method to keep her from noticing those big white lenses is to introduce some type of beautiful jewelry to one of her fingers, both earlobes or perhaps around her neck. Damn, what an expensive hobby.

[Harry Settle]

I just tell my wife that I'll start spending my money at the corner bar "every" night from now on. . . if she thinks that would be better.

[MarkoPolo]

I started the same way, I needed good 35mm photos of dental work for the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Five years later and I have all kinds of cameras, lenses and the last year and a half, digital stuff out the kuzoo :D . I hope your wife is as understanding as mine has been, but you must be careful how fast you buy this stuff!
Mark

[catastrophe]

I just tell my wife that I'll start spending my money at the corner bar "every" night from now on. . . if she thinks that would be better.
That's a similar excuse I give my gf, then she happily excuses my hobbies (photography and computers). :P

[Bruce Foreman]

[quote="dr.bear"] Now only if I can find a way to hide that big, white lens (70-200) from my wife I'll be in business.

There was a similar thread on Glocktalk on how to get a new Glock past the wife and into the house.

Have a friend bring it in and in front of the wife say, "Oh, by the way I'm returning that lens I borrowed a few weeks ago."

...Was just one of many "sneaky" methods.

Bruce Foreman.

P.S. I too am new to this forum. I'm a retired photographer, had my own portrait/wedding studio for about 10 years after retiring from the military, then closed that down to work for the air force as a staff photographer for 13 years.

Was in on the change over from wet process film to all digital and was that ever a blast. Had to battle with Kodak DCS 200 and DCS 315's but did cartwheels when they took wet process B&W away from me, then the color graphics transparency camera, followed by wet process color, and a huge E-6 processor. (No more cleaning machines!!!).

I had been using a Sony Mavica for personal stuff, have an HP 945 5MP camera and just bought a Digital Rebel yesterday.

Bruce Foreman

[CyberDyneSystems]

Welcome to the Forum Doc! :wink:

Where do you practice?

Bruce, Marko.. allways good to see new names.. Welcome :)

[Big_B]

I just tell my wife that I'll start spending my money at the corner bar "every" night from now on. . . if she thinks that would be better.
That's a similar excuse I give my gf, then she happily excuses my hobbies (photography and computers). :P

I buy first and explain later. 'Sorry love but the shop just won't take it back. My hands are tied.' :? :lol:

[dr.bear]

Where do you practice?

I practice dentistry in Ocoee, Florida. Ocoee, what? It's a relatively small town just west of Orlando. 10-15 years ago Ocoee was nothing more than fields and fields of orange groves. Ever since the U.S. has been importing oranges from S. America and the popularity of those diet "no carb" book crazes, most of the orange groves has been demolished and replaced by malls, shopping centers, medical buildings, homes, etc. So what use to be a small country town is now no more.

So far I found a way not to get in trouble for the soon to come 17-40L lens. Last night my wife and I went to the mall. We stopped by Ritz Camera so I can take a look at some stuff. I was surprised to see they had the 17-40L on display because this store wasn't a Ritz "superstore." I asked the salesperson the price and he said $800.00. I told the salesperson thanks but no thanks. As we were leaving I said to my wife, " wow they were charging $800.00 for that lens when I bought it from BH photos for only $689 with a $40 rebate. Plus I didn't have to pay sales tax. Are you proud of me for saving us so much money." My wife bought the story. She said it was good of me to be money conscious. It was a good feeling, but I don't think this scenario would work for the 70-200.

Another funny thing, when I asked the Ritz salesperson if they had the 50 1.4 in stock, he said Canon only makes a 50 1.8. He said I must be mistaken because only Nikon carries the 1.4 normal lens. With total internal laughter, I asked him to look it up in the catalog. When he realized Canon did make a 50 1.4 he tried to cover up his blunder by saying, "well, its a lens Ritz never stocks." That seems kinda strange to me. Because of situations like this, anytime I go out to purchase something I always do my research at home so I'm well informed of what's out there.

Tom

[Bruce Hamilton]

Expensive hobbies make me glad I'm single. Don't have to explain that $1000 lens.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Expensive hobbies make me glad I'm single. Don't have to explain that $1000 lens.

Ditto... but you see,. I have this older sister who has these concerns for her younger brother's economic wellfare... :roll:

[Belmondo]

Expensive hobbies make me glad I'm single. Don't have to explain that $1000 lens.

Ditto... but you see,. I have this older sister who has these concerns for her younger brother's economic wellfare... :roll:

I can see how that might happen. My wife is an 'older sister.' Her bachelor brother has to deal with a lot of her attentions as to his economic well being.....and he's a doctor! :wink: