Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Rodgers writes: > Why is it that adults are more nervous about > being photographed, than are children? Adults watch too much news on television, and that makes them paranoid, since the whole purpose of television news is to instill fear and worry. > People get edgy when somebody takes aim with > an SLR. The bigger the lens, the more nervous > they become. A bizarre reaction. What do they fear from an SLR that they would not fear from a disposable? > An M seems to be less intrusive. Is it because > of the smaller lenses? Smaller everything, I think. Plus that very old-fashioned look, like something you found at a garage sale. Everyone knows that the Internet-pedophile-pornographer-paparazzi always use SLRs (even though the eponymous Paparazzo in _La Dolce Vita_ used a Leica, as I recall!). > I wonder what people's reactions are when they > realize a camera is pointed at them. If they watch a lot of news, fear and hostility. Otherwise, mostly curiosity, possibly shyness or a slight ego boost (all of these are seen in children, for example). > Is it true that an SLR forms more of a wall > between the photographer and the subject than > an M? It makes a better weapon for self-defense, at least.