My wife asked me about my white lens last night

Wives sound expensive and complacent, as well as jealous. I am going to get a 1Ds instead, they don't complain and they cost 1/2 as much

Funny a wife's wedding ring is usually 8-10 times the cost of the man's ring but if you buy a lens, that's spending too much money!!

Here's a trick I use when I want to buy a new lens or camera. I wait until Nov 1st, then I tell my wife that's it's getting close to buying Christmas gifts (she's thinking gifts for her) and I will be buying on the internet. I caution her when a package arrives, don't look at it and don't ask questions. (Again she thinks it might be for her.) I intercept the package and store it in a closet, then open it later. Works like a charm.

bad karma wrote in post #6626381
Wives sound expensive and complacent, as well as jealous. I am going to get a 1Ds instead, they don't complain and they cost 1/2 as much

Just do us a favor and don't start posting in the G&N section if you do that.

But once you find someone worth marrying, they're not expensive at all. It's all the shopping around and trying different products before finally finding one you like that costs money. If only there were a review site for current and previous owners of the product.

griptape wrote in post #6628372
Just do us a favor and don't start posting in the G&N section if you do that.

But once you find someone worth marrying, they're not expensive at all. It's all the shopping around and trying different products before finally finding one you like that costs money. If only there were a review site for current and previous owners of the product.

Returns and Exchanges can be costly however...

advaitin wrote in post #5703080
At least it's better than having to say. "I painted it to reflect the heat from the sun!"

Or that it just faded in the sun .. "you didn't see it when it was grey" ..

cheson74 wrote in post #6627754
Funny a wife's wedding ring is usually 8-10 times the cost of the man's ring but if you buy a lens, that's spending too much money!!

Yeah...her band and engagement ring was...7 times. I can't remember. I think I could have gotten a 70-200 IS now that I think about it.

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #6628394
Returns and Exchanges can be costly however...

Yeah, that re-stocking fee can be outrageous if you're not careful about the terms of purchase before hand.

aladyforty wrote in post #5745018
I am so lucky. My husband has always said get what you want. It’s become even easier since I started passing on my used cameras and lenses to him as I upgraded. The only thing he complains about is me spending weeks (sometimes months) trying to decide which lens, prime or zoom, IS or not, etc etc.

I do this by passing on my older kit to my two daughters.
"If I buy this 30D, daughter1 can have my old camera"
"If I buy this new lens, daughter2 can have my old one"

I get two upgrades for the price of one ..

Sfordphoto wrote in post #6088513
^lol nice

my gf almost killed me when i told her i was going to sell my 70-200/4L non IS, because she loved the images it produced of her. i told her that the new white lens (70-200/2.8L IS) would produce the same images. at first she didn't believe me, but after i took her out on a shoot and she saw the pictures, she didn't miss the f4 version

My wife was the same .. once she saw the results she was totally amazed.

aerocowboy wrote in post #6250759
Try the Men In Black mind trick --- Put on some shades, fire it right at her, then tell her "I've always had this flash unit."

Maybe?

Tried that .. but she could still aim a punch even tho I'd blinded her ..

OC Zoom wrote in post #6627975
Here's a trick I use when I want to buy a new lens or camera. I wait until Nov 1st, then I tell my wife that's it's getting close to buying Christmas gifts (she's thinking gifts for her) and I will be buying on the internet. I caution her when a package arrives, don't look at it and don't ask questions. (Again she thinks it might be for her.) I intercept the package and store it in a closet, then open it later. Works like a charm.

Until she susses and says "didn't you buy that for me back in November"

I have no idea how my wife doesn't ask about how much this stuff costs yet. The 40D has become a 5D / 1D Mark II combo. My lenses have doubled in weight, and almost all have this bright red ring on them. I know that she fully knows, but denial is awesome.

The Tamron 17-50 transformed into a Canon 17-55 IS a few weeks ago. I had it delivered to work. I told her about it after I gave her the laptop I bought for her. Everyone was all smiles!

maybe it is because she knows full well where the money is going and is happy with it, rather than the possible alternatives to where that money could be going My wife is happy to hear that I was at the Camera store, rather than the local brothel.

I've been slowly and quietly adding to my home "studio" lighting setup for a while now. Initially, I had an umbrella and lightstand for my 580EX. Over the last couple of years, that morphed into an additional 3 Dlite-4 strobes, couple of octaboxes, small softbox, Hilite, several other Lastolite backgrounds, numerous stands, bags, reflectors, grids, snoots, stool, bench....(you get the idea!). After only looking puzzled on occasion, just the other day, she finally said, "Is it my imagination or are your studio lights reproducing in here?" Calmly and cooly, I said, "Do you mean that?" pointing at my new Elinchrom Deep Throat octa, "Oh, I finally got around to putting that thing together now that I need it for group shots and the reflector won't do for fill..." She went back to that same puzzled look again...

TheDA wrote in post #5753742
The key is to have many lenses. If you only have 2 or 3 she will notice an additional lens or one that dosen't look like the others. But.. if you have 10 lenses, some white, some black, some short, some fat, she will never know when you add, subtract or trade.

This theory served me very well when I was amassing my SIG SAUER pistol collection. At first it was difficult to slip a new one in but then I had so many she couldn't keep up.

that is very true, i got away with changing my gripped 5d with a 1dsmk2... im spying a 300 f4 or a 400 5.6 but not really sure where to "hide" it, dont wanna leave it in the car....

I can't believe how many of y'all share bills--unless only one person works. We both work, make decent money, live in a smallish house. We have a set amount we each contribute the house each month, and the rest we are free to do as we please with.

He buys a ton of books and music etc. lots of little things. I wait and every few months get something "nice for myself" He has no clue how much it costs, and really doesn't notice the upgrade either. I too went from a black canon film camera, to a silver rebel, to a 30D and then a 5D and I don't think it was until the 30D that he even realized I'd gone digital LOL let alone that they were all different cameras in spite of the fact that he's often with me when I'm shooting!
This is a very interesting thread though!