Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:34 AM 2/17/2002, you wrote: >Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 21:30:41 -0500 >From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> >Subject: RE: [Leica] looks like personal attack time, I am game! >Message-ID: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJKENGOJAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com> >References: > > > >Well, I believe he's right. I can't say if that's true for you > > or not, but > > >I know that I sometimes like to "show off" my Leica (or what > > ever happens to > > >be the "drool objet de la moment"). I certainly don't rub it in people's > > >faces, or strut it about, but I do know I am proud of what I > > have, and I'm > > >sure eager to get into a discussion with someone who is interested. > > > > Austin > > > > I spent a couple of hours this afternoon in my local with my wife and > > mother. I had my M3 and a couple of lenses with me -- I shot off ten or > > twelve exposures on 100 Delta with the 2/90 APO and had a blast. I doubt > > if any of them will come out, though I DID imbibe some Guinness to steady > > me nerves and so forth. > > > > Not one person rushed up to me and said, "My GOD! You have a > > LEICA!" They > > just muttered, "There's Small again, with his damn cameras, ruining our > > privacy, grumble, grumble, grumble". > >Hi Marc, > >It is most interesting you say that. In fact, that has never happened to me >either, with my Leica. Funny enough, it happens ALL THE DAMN time with my >Hasselblad, RARELY with my Rollei 6008, never with my GX, but a LOT with my >Contax... Go figure! I'm certainly not looking for it, but it is kind of >"cute" when it happens, especially if it's someone who is very interested in >photography, or knows a lot about it...and wants to chat a bit. > >Believe me, I don't flaunt my equipment. I may flaunt my wife, perhaps, but >my equipment, no...at least not since I met my wife ;-) Never had a comment on my Leica...but using a Koni-Omega will get you all sorts of attention...not an especially subtle piece of equipment, particularly when the film gets advanced :) ... and a Nikon F is sure to grab somebody's eye. - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html Entropy isn't what it used to be. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html