Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > so here's me this weekend, standing at an event w/ a bunch of EOS laden > photo-j's. i've got my M6 around my neck, hands in my pockets, whistling a > happy tune waiting for the magic to start when the photo-j standing next > to me looks over and notices my leica. > "hey jim!" he yells over the crowd to another photographer. > jim looks over. > the first guy points to my leica. > "ha! ha! ha!" jim laughs very loudly. "Where'd you get that?" he wants > to know, "a camera shop or a jewelry store?" > "ha! ha! ha!" laughs the first guy, "you shooting gold plated film?" > > _whistle the happy tune_, i'm thinking, _just keep whistling the damn > happy tune._ > > kc The Neanderthal was obviously jealous. I work occasionally around PJs that I used to work with and they admire my Leicas. Usually, I'll have one around my neck while working with EOS bodies with zooms. The Leica is the grab camera- pre-set and pre-focused. It has its place even with the other techno stuff. - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/