Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've always understood that you're supposed to pretend not to notice, I asked once if there was a secret salute or something. Whether there is one or not wouldn't have mattered today. I went downtown to the city hall demosnstration with the obsolete DCS520. This time I didn't see a single M. I guess the last throwbacks must have gone digital. Very few Nikons too, all Eos digitals. Scarey! One thing that struck me was how well behaved the police was. They even bothered to explain to demonstrators that they were undrer orders not to allow people to pass from one street to another. Never saw that before! The demonstrators were well behaved too. It wasn't like any demonstration I'd ever seen. The only act of brutality happened at the end when one policeman in the white shirt uniform starting singing Sinatra tunes through a blowhorn, That pretty much dispersed everyone right quick! Javier >From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: [Leica] Leica sighting, or how I tripped on a rude person.... >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:38:50 -0700 > >While shooting a demo today, I couldn't help but notice nearly 7-8 Leicas. >I even spotted an antracite R9. >I walked up to an individual who was standing around with an M7 in his >hands, introduced myself, and asked the person their name. The retort was >"I'm just me, just little me," claiming he didn't need a name. At that >point, after such a moronic retort, I decided to mind my own business. >I have noticed in the past that bumping into Leica using persons on the >street is, more often than not, not an invitation for conversation. >Although the rudeness of this last individual did become a topic of >conversation between a number of us while we were waiting for the action. > >Slobodan Dimitrov >Studio G-8, >Angels Gate Cultural Center >http://sdimitrovphoto.com > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information