[Leica] M Sighting--Victoria's Secret Leica!

[Gene Duprey]

Darn!!  I forgot to tune in for it.  i also would have picked up on the
Leica. ;D

Gene


On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Dr Ted. Glad to give you a chuckle.
>
> —howard
>
>
> > On Dec 8, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > OH MY GOSH! That's the funniest bit of on screen human nature humour
> I've read in a while! J
> >
> >
> >
> > if my Irene were still here with me should have re-acted just as similar
> as your wife! Both in relation to camera, models and most certainly the
> testosterone! J
> >
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > ted
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Howard Ritter
> > Sent: December-08-15 7:31 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group; MUGers at yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Leica] M Sighting--Victoria's Secret Leica!
> >
> >
> >
> > Just before turning off the TV after the preview of next week’s “NCIS
> New Orleans” (yes, that is the actual reason that I caught this!), I saw
> the first few seconds of the Victoria’s Secret TV special on CBS. For a
> fraction of a second, there was a (staged, I’m sure) scene of what
> purported to be The Press Breathless With Excitement. There was the
> obligatory fellow with the Scary Big Nikon and, in the left foreground, a
> highly decorative young lady with a demure M6 in front of her face (since
> it was a film camera I know it was staged). From the position of the
> preview lever and the appearance of the lens, I think it was a 35mm ‘cron.
> Maybe ‘lux.
> >
> >
> >
> > The scene appeared for only a fraction of a second, I think, but my
> recognition circuitry flashed “LEICA ALERT!”, though I had to rewind and
> pause for a longer look to identify the model (of the camera!). My wife,
> watching all this, was dumbfounded that in that brief glimpse casually seen
> I was able to recognize the camera as a Leica. (She said the camera is not
> what I was supposed to be looking at.) I explained that in my sixth decade
> of Leica-ing, the Leica M “gestalt” is so imprinted in my brain that
> nothing escapes my notice. As with all of us.
> >
> >
> >
> > She wants me to have my testosterone level checked.
> >
> >
> >
> > —howard
> >
> >
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