Should I apply for a divorce?

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Earlier today, my wife of almost 25 years refered to my new 70-200L f2.8 as the "horrible beige thing" Is that grounds for divorce? Am I with the wrong woman?
 
trade her in for a newer sleeker model but with less memory... lol
 
Unless your lawyer is Canon photographer you won't get much sympathy - there is a worse case scenario that her lawyer is a Nikon photographer.

Think laterally - get a set of Lenscoats so that the 70-200 can have a different coat each day.:D

Tom
 
Your not thinking laterally enough-ask her if you can buy the bigger more expensive lens with the camourflage-maybe a 600mm LOL
 
Ahh - divorce or bankruptcy!

With the 600 you would need new accessories - tripod, tripod head etc........

Tom
 
Divorce or bankrupcy-mmmm are they not two sides of the same coin LOL
 
digitalmaniac said:
Divorce or bankrupcy-mmmm are they not two sides of the same coin LOL
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Well there is that way of looking at it.

Seems the problem is going from bad to worse - maybe Badger_UK should just give the lens away.

Tom

[Badger_UK - I'll pm you with the address to send it too :thumbs:]
 
Badger UK said:
Earlier today, my wife of almost 25 years refered to my new 70-200L f2.8 as the "horrible beige thing" Is that grounds for divorce? Am I with the wrong woman?
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My husband first noticed my exact same lens the other day (Ive had it for about 2 months!!) "What the hell is that?" he said!!

I think Canon should keep their lenses black so our other halves don't notice we have bought something new!! :D
 
Janice said:
My husband first noticed my exact same lens the other day (Ive had it for about 2 months!!) "What the hell is that?" he said!!

I think Canon should keep their lenses black so our other halves don't notice we have bought something new!! :D
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Should have gone with Nikon, I change gear with alarming regularity without it being noticed, she did notice the 120-300mm f/2.8 sigma though :D
 
Your wife sounds like a woman with excelllent taste in lenses!

Obviously, it should have the letters "VR" instead of "L", be black, and have a tasteful plate, lovingly embossed with the word "Nikon".

Nikon of course being the ancient Greek God of Imaging Devices. The petulent upstart Canon is of course only the sub-god of photocopiers:exit:
 
Janice said:
My husband first noticed my exact same lens the other day (Ive had it for about 2 months!!) "What the hell is that?" he said!!

I think Canon should keep their lenses black so our other halves don't notice we have bought something new!! :D
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Isn't the Canon lens colour called "hearing-aid beige"? :exit:
 
Perhaps you need to cover it in the latest fashion trend then your wife would say it's so cool, so hip and what a fashion trend setter you are!
 
Tell her they go white when you need to replace them and buy another L :lol:
 
Least its only the lens shes refering to. Theres a part of me my wife calls the "horrible beige thing":shake:
Dean:)
 
I think it will come under the gamut of " Unreasonable behaviour"
I beleive there are still some places in the world where you can get the marriage instantly annulled, usually with spectacular landscapes, so, dont forget to take that lens as evidence!
Allan
 
There is another approach........get her interested in photography....then you will need even more lenses and when she realises how good those "horrid beige things" are, she will happily acquire a few more!! Works for me!!:lol:
 
Badger UK said:
Earlier today, my wife of almost 25 years refered to my new 70-200L f2.8 as the "horrible beige thing" Is that grounds for divorce? Am I with the wrong woman?
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Hope you have signed a pre-nup? :D
 
Janice said:
My husband first noticed my exact same lens the other day (Ive had it for about 2 months!!) "What the hell is that?" he said!!

I think Canon should keep their lenses black so our other halves don't notice we have bought something new!! :D
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:agree:
 
Janice said:
I think Canon should keep their lenses black so our other halves don't notice we have bought something new!! :D
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There is another way to look at this....

Can your other half really tell the difference between a 70-200L, a 100-400L, 300 f/4L, 400 f/5.6L, ...? As someone else put it to me: "She [his wife] only ever sees one big white lens at a time. Therefore there is only one big white lens."
 
until she notices the empty bank accounts and wonders why!!
 
Are bank accounts supposed to be full then :thinking:

Its only grounds for divorce if she does not get some shoes or a dress next time there is something in the account :lol:
 
Twenty five years, that's more than a life sentence, you don't get that for murder these days:), after being married myself for more than forty years, I've realized there's a good reason the bride wears white, and the groom black !!
 
Ben Myerson said:
Twenty five years, that's more than a life sentence, you don't get that for murder these days:), after being married myself for more than forty years, I've realized there's a good reason the bride wears white, and the groom black !!
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Congrats dude, thats a rarity these days! Well done :thumbs:

Gary.
 
StewartR said:
There is another way to look at this....

<SNIP>? As someone else put it to me: "She [his wife] only ever sees one big white lens at a time. Therefore there is only one big white lens."
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I worked on this theory with my dogs - one Dobermann often looks the same as another to many people and it was a while before he noticed I had five - and occasionally an extra one or two that stayed on a temporary basis :D

I must remember to make sure any new lens are white :lol:
 
Pfft, mine encourages me to buy the right kit. That said she's just had a load of kit herself and is getting right into this togging lark :)
 
Joe T said:
They will be soon though, the law is changing. :(
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you keeping an eye on such things Joe to ensure that LB can't lay claim to all your gear ;)
 
My other half hasn't yet spotted my Tropical Grey Nikkor 300mm:naughty:
 
cunningly disguised as a big stone in the garden??:shrug:

(best place for it though!!):lol::lol::coat:
 
I got away with a D300 and a 300 F2.8 Recently.

Also managed to not have to sell the D2x :lol::lol::lol:She couldn't work out what to get me for our 10th anniversary so I gave her a solution....
 
how am i going to explain away a 5d (replacing a 35mm slr) with a 24-105mm strapped on the front :eek: :lol:
 
Tell her your sending your camera back to cannon for a service, when you get your 5d tell her its the same camera but they updated it to digital for you :D
 
reddeathdrinker said:
Your wife sounds like a woman with excelllent taste in lenses!

Obviously, it should have the letters "VR" instead of "L", be black, and have a tasteful plate, lovingly embossed with the word "Nikon".

Nikon of course being the ancient Greek God of Imaging Devices. The petulent upstart Canon is of course only the sub-god of photocopiers:exit:
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Sorry, but no Canon was originally Kwananon the Shinto god of light and dawn and was changed to Canon to make it more acceptable to western ears. Nikon was originally Nippon Kaggaku that just means Japanese cameras.
 
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