Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi all! If I remember correctly, it was Alfred Eisenstaedt´s wife who once asked him, where his "real" cameras were. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Well in my neck of the woods, M cameras attract very little attention >(predatory or otherwise). Most amateurs and pros up here have had very >little exposure to Leica Ms and seem to write them off as p&s cameras (like >an old Canon SureShot). My most frequent comments are: " So where are you >from?" and "Are you enjoying your stay in Edmonton?". These are followed >closely by: "Hey! The flash did not go off." People found my big SLRs much >more intimidating in the "substitution" swing of things and now must assume >my "performance" will be lacking as I presently carry only Ms. Occasionally >someone recognizes the cameras but not very often. Once a chap came up and >asked if he could handle my Ms and I cheerfully obliged him (seemed harmless >enough to me). With M cameras you get the best of both worlds: great >pictures and your subject's sympathy as you could not afford a "real" >camera. > >John Collier, (who looks suspiciously like a child molester when he sees LTM >stuff too) >