Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search].......which reminds me of a story from a cinematographer friend who during the Reagan White House was in the news gallery with his 16mm Aaaton when the Sony Betacam shooter beside him looked at the camera and asked "What kind of camera is that?" To which my friend answered "Why this is the latest High Definition TV camera." Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] my m6 stands out in the crowd.... >Date: Tue, Oct 12, 1999, 11:13 AM > > so here's me this weekend, standing at an event w/ a bunch of EOS laden >photo-j's. i've got my M6 around my neck, hands in my pockets, whistling a >happy tune waiting for the magic to start when the photo-j standing next >to me looks over and notices my leica. > "hey jim!" he yells over the crowd to another photographer. > jim looks over. > the first guy points to my leica. > "ha! ha! ha!" jim laughs very loudly. "Where'd you get that?" he wants >to know, "a camera shop or a jewelry store?" > "ha! ha! ha!" laughs the first guy, "you shooting gold plated film?" > > _whistle the happy tune_, i'm thinking, _just keep whistling the damn >happy tune._ > >kc >