Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What you said is very interesting. My three week trip to Europe (England, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland) saw 50 rolls of film through my M6 and 10 through my R7. My M6 was used EXTENSIVELY on the streets of Bradford, Stratford-upon-Avon, Banbury, London, Windsor, Amsterdam, Interlaken, Vallorbe, Neuchatel, Uckerath, Bonn, and K=F6ln. And numerous hotel lobbys and restaurants. Not a single person. NOT ONE! Looked at my M6 and said anything. I took pictures of lots of other people. Basically right in their face, since they were in the scene. And not a single person flinched, ducked, pointed, said anything... NOTHING! It was as if my M6 was invisible. It was as if I was invisable! I swear that people think that it is just another tourist and his Point and Shoot. People simply don't pay any attention to P&S users and cameras. And this was the same in all of the above listed countries. One person, in a canal boat in Amsterdam, pointed to my daughters R7 and said "that's a Leica." They were German and said something like "Das ist ein Leica."=20 I don't think you M6 users need to worry about being "camera jacked". Jim At 07:12 PM 9/30/98 -0400, you wrote: > >BUT If you are one of the LUG members who is concerned about red dots >attracting attention - carrying a hasselblad, even an all black one,=20 >attracts a staggering amount of unwanted attention.=20 >Over the last week I have visited the Isles of Harris & Lewis and Islay ( >for work - non photographic ) and was asked at least 5 times about the >Hasselblad. The question was not ' thats a large camera what is it ?' but ' >that's a Hasselblad itsn't it '. >No one commented on the M6 under my jacket. > >Donald. > Jim Brick (650) 470-1132 http://www.photoaccess.com