Re: [Leica] leicaetiquitte

["Timothy R. Kuntz" <covbldrs@usit.net>]

TWO thumbs up Kyle!!
Tim K.

> Javier seyz:
> 
> >I was shooting off a roll in the park a few days ago
> >and crossed paths with a fellow with an M6. I
> >pretended not to notice him or his camera and he pretended not
> >to notice me or mine. I think we both understood each other.
> >It set me wondering though; Is there an secret Leica salute
> >or hand signal that should be used at times like this?
> 
> javier, that is definately a SERIOUS breech of leica etiquitte. i've
> notified solms and they are sending you a box, please pack your M6 snugly
> inside and return it for redistribution. the proper confrontation is this:
> 
> (leica user A walking along, carrying an m6 and wistling "strangers in the
> night" comes across leica user B walking in the opposite direction
> whistling something off of "Plastic Surgery Disasters" also carrying an
> M6)
> 
> Leica user A: Hey! holy smokes! is that the .72?
> Leica user B: Yeah! Wow! is that a chrome finish?!
> A: Yes it is!
> B: That's really nice, i saw a chrome finish M3 the other day, on lombard
>    street, some guy with a cane.
> A: oh, guy with a cane and an M3, that's harry. yeah. he's got a IIIf as
>    well.
> B: I have a IIIc, with a 50mm elmar and a squidthorp multifinder.
> A: I had a broken IIIc once. it wouldn't advance and the shutter wouldn't
>    fire.
> B: That's nice. that's really great. How'd you get it?
> A: I got it off ebay for $750.
> B: Nice. So what kind of lens is that?
> A: This is the 50mm protolux --
> B: Oh, the f .75? i heard about that!
> A: A yeah, it cost six thousand dollars.
> B: Oh yeah, i got the 35 1.1 here, i paid like $3,250 for it. as you can
>    see, i've got it hooked up to a viseoflex rig.
> A: Cool. yeah, that's great. so what are you shooting?
> B: Nothing. I mean, i don't have film in it.
> A: Yeah, me neither. 
> B: let me give you my card, here
> A: ah, cool, you're on line, "leicadude212@hotmail.com" that's cool, i'm
>    "leicadude103@hotmail.com" i'll e-mail you.
> B: yeah, yeah, i'll send you some pictures of this m2 i used to have.
> A: woah, cool! i'll send you some scans of a leica brochure from 1972
>    that someone e-mailed me.
> B: that would be tops! maybe we can get together, there's a nice tree
>    in my back yard, i'd like to see how your protolux compairs to my 
>    summalux.
> A: yeah, cool, i'll bring my 60x schnieder loupe.
> B: that would be great! we could examine my m2 for microscratches.
> A: great to meet you!
> B: it was a real pleasure.
> 
> (then you may part company)
> 
>                               kc     
>