[Leica] spouses

[Byron Rakitzis <byron@rakitzis.com>]

I know the subject of Leica spouses comes up every so often, so I thought
I'd offer this tale of deception:

Several months ago I got a new M6 "classic" which I fell immediately in
love with. My wife was very enthusiastic about the purchase, but what I
didn't tell her was that as I saw the M6HM was going out of production,
that almost a week later I got an M6HM to go with the M6.

I didn't exactly go out of my way to hide the two cameras, I simply made
sure they were never on the same tabletop at the same time. My wife is
not extremely observant in these matters, so things went along fine
for about 4 months.

Finally the other day she noticed a camera upstairs whereas she had
just avoided letting a camera fall into the baby's hands downstairs.
She asked me how it was possible for the camera to come upstairs so
quickly. Also, I think the different shapes of the 50mm and 35mm lens
hoods may have tipped her off.

So I sheepishly admitted my little deception, and I must say, it was nice
to see that she thought it was the funniest thing in the whole world,
at least for a few minutes.

It turns out, BTW, that while my wife never noticed two distinct camera
bodies, she did happen to think that I was the fastest photographer in
the West, always ready with an M6 at the right time.

Byron.