The staff of Big Camera love me. And why not, I am very loveable. I am greeted with big smiles, greetings and a wai from everyone whenever I go near their store; but the affection may not be totally due to my adorable personality.
Over the years I have directed large amounts of cash in their direction in exchange for assorted photographic goods; expenditure which has spiked over the past year or so with the arrival of the E-M1. I bought one, and I arranged for Nik to acquire one, and Kevin to buy two. Then I purchased one on behalf of The Son to take advantage of a deal they were running; then he arrived and promptly bought another for his friend in the UK. We arranged a little display of the latest silver acquisitions witht my black model:
Apart from the six E-M1’s, you can add on the lens I bought the son for Xmas and a new camera for She Who Must Be Obeyed. I reckon I must feature in Big Camera’s “Most popular customers” top ten.
But that’s it. No more purchases are planned for 2015. I don’t need anything new. Except perhaps for a tripod. Oh and….
Let’s face it, I will continue to be greeted with affection for the foreseeable future.
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2015-01-10| Grant saysDitto previous comment. They are a fine sight though… “No more purchases are planned for 2015.” We’re running a sweep on that one! I predict before the end of the year the ‘accidental’ acquisition of a Leica lens to screw on the front of last month’s lucky purchase.
2015-01-10| Pete saysYou could have lined up the lens caps - people with OCD will be going mad looking at that picture ….
Nope - not me.
2015-01-10| Grant saysYes, and he could have put the black one in the middle too…
2015-01-10| Andrew saysI suspect a quick cave-in if the EM-5II comes with sensor shift…or just a wait till they put it in the EM-1 …and a trip to the computer shop to get another drive to store the 40MB+ files…
2015-01-11| Grant saysWell, let’s just hope there’s no need for a new drone…