Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul Chefurka wrote: > > > > I have a lot of experience using Leicas, > > > >1970's "pecker-cameras" > > [snip] > > > > Eh? Pardon my iggerance, but I need some exegesis of that term. > > I think he was referring to the movie "Pecker" about a young photog who > achieves fame and notoriety by documenting his family and friends with a > Canonet rangefinder he got at his mom's thrift store. By extension, a > "pecker-camera" is any of that raft of '70s fixed-lens leaf shutter > rangefinders. > > But I'll admit to preferring the other image that popped into my mind when I > read the term ;-) In this day of sky-cams, web-cams, etc. the potential for > a pecker-cam for in-depth reportage boggles the mind... > > Sorry, > Paul I think of a 105 2.5 with scalloped rings on a Nikon F2 and no meter finder as a pecker-cam but that's getting into a whole lot of psychology which I'm not sure anyone is in the mood for. Mark Rabiner Is this a guy thing?