Drop the condescending TOY label please.

heycow wrote in post #7709711
My wife calls my camera "she" or "her". As in, "Oh, what is SHE doing here???" Or, "Oh, I see you brought HER along..." Man I love her though...pretty fond of my wife as well.

Funny - thats how i feel as well

Im happy to call mine toys - this is a hobby, i havent made any money of them so they stay as being toys.
Now when i start making money and taking over the world (insert evil laugh here), they will become tools.

toy |toi|
noun

• an object, esp. a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult.


Hm, I'm good with toy. Never had an issue with the word before.

My camera gear is definitely in the toy category - I have a number of other expensive items I have because I want them, rather than need them, and they fall into the same category.

As you get older your toys get more expensive, that's all. Nothing derogatory about it.

SoaringUSAEagle wrote in post #7734335
toy |toi|
noun

• an object, esp. a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult.


Hm, I'm good with toy. Never had an issue with the word before.

So maybe we should call it an adult toy then everyone could feel better about it and not feel like it is a put down. Everyone likes adult toys.

Until they start paying for themselves and become tools, they're toys...

All the gear I've ever owned (guitars, amps, camera equipment) it's all.. really, just toys. Unless you're around 3 year olds. Don't want to confuse them :] lol

They're objects that us grownups can acquire and enjoy and amuse ourselves with, much like a child would with more conventional toys. Even if they are used pursing one's livelihood, they can still have a gadgety, toy-like aspect to them that brings enjoyment separate from the work tool aspect.

I think of a treat as an edible thing or an action. It was a treat that my wife made my favorite cookies, or had my car washed for me so that I didn't have to do it.

ToddR wrote in post #7744447
so that I didn't have to do it.

Or buy a new camera so you did not have to hire some to do it? Seems like a treat to me ...

cdifoto wrote in post #7744473

I was thinking the same hahaha. Good stuff.

Quad wrote in post #7738039
So maybe we should call it an adult toy then everyone could feel better about it and not feel like it is a put down. Everyone likes adult toys.

Not until they start selling them in "adult" stores (like that book and novelty shop you always check to be sure no-one you know is in sight before entering).

Hmmm. Brings new meaning to the phrase "I love my camera"!

Yes, part of it was our forthcoming second child, and doing his pictures myself.

GerBee wrote in post #7745486
Or buy a new camera so you did not have to hire some to do it? Seems like a treat to me ...

My cameras are my toys. I've earned exactly $0 from their use. Anything you play with and don't get paid for is a toy.

I think the OP is just a wee bit too sensitive.

20droger wrote in post #7745658
Not until they start selling them in "adult" stores (like that book and novelty shop you always check to be sure no-one you know is in sight before entering).

Hmmm. Brings new meaning to the phrase "I love my camera"!

So that was YOU in the corner with your hands in your pants pocket rattling your change.

20droger wrote in post #7745658
Brings new meaning to the phrase "I love my camera"!

and a new meaning to "IS"

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