Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the public playgrounds here the mothers will yell at you or even call the police when you start making pictures of their kids, regardless which camera model you use. It's true the Leica's are discreeter in many situation. But my boys, 6 and 8 yrs old, asked me why I have only "such a small camera" as their friend's fathers have "much bigger ones". Anyone here can borrow me his "menacing" Canon gear for the next boy's party? :-) Didier >>Odd - I shoot children; I shoot people in public places; I shoot weddings >>in >>hushed churches; and I have never had anyone react any differently to my >>using a DSLR than they used to react to my using my M6s - > >Perhaps I just look more menacing than you. > >Last week, for example, I was shooting a kindergarten class' Christmas >concert. One little girl simply couldn't cope with my Canon DSLR with a >6-inch-long zoom lens. I replaced it with the 85/1.2 and asked her if that >was OK. She said "it's still too big". A nearby mom loaned me a silk scarf >and I covered the camera with that, and the girl calmed down. The next day >I came back to do the other class' concert, and used my M6 (gasp! actual >film) and there was no issue. I didn't do a scientific experiment by >comparing the two. > >Children seem to equate "camera" with "mama's point-and-shoot". >After the first show, one little boy came up to me and pointed to the >camera and asked "are you a doctor?". Maybe he thought it was medical >equipment.