Tell her to be happy that you're only out there fondling... the gear. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Brent wrote:
> Does anybody else get in trouble from their partner for collecting
> semi-functional cameras off *Bay... and then never having the time to
> fix / use them?
>
> Got the comment last night "Another camera??? But none of the ones you
> bought work anyway!"
>
> I guess I might be a bit odd, but when I get time I actually like
> pulling the old vintage cameras apart and trying to fix them... then
> running a film through to see what I get, forcing myself to work with
> all the weird old technology and learn it along with making all the
> mistakes. I don't often get good results from the really old gear
> (except for from my OM gear which is finally getting into a fairly
> decent state of repair), but they're improving and there's always the
> chance of a rare shot which works perfectly.
>
> Composing / imagining the end photograph, getting out there with the
> sole intention of capturing images, it's almost like meditation. Same
> thing with fixing the cameras. I'm not particularly good at it, but
> trying to figure it out and learning as I go is a welcome relief from
> the pressures of work and life. In a way the actual resulting
> photographs are secondary... a bit like fishing - the ritual of
> preparation, being out on the water etc is to me more important than
> actually catching fish (not that I've done any fishing in recent
> history).
>
> The frustrating thing is that because work and family take up so much
> time, I tend to collect the various camera bodies and never get the
> time to spend fixing them, and extremely rarely get the time to
> dedicate purely to using them. So I end up with a rather mournful
> hoard of semi-functioning camera gear.
>
> Anyway, my wife doesn't get it... she doesn't get fishing either for
> that matter.
>
> Wondering if there's anyone out to commiserate, or am I just odd?
>
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