Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Clough wrote: >>> Society, as a whole, is so camera conscious these days, > that some professionals have concluded that someone seeing > a photographer with a black body is instantly on guard, > because, if he or she is using a black body, he MUST be a > member of the media. Therefore, the subject is immediately > on guard. > > But, a person shooting with a chrome camera COULDN'T be > a professional, therefore he or she must be an amateur > photographer, which means he doesn't know what he or she is > doing, therefore not worthy of attention.<<<<< Hi Bill, An excellent observation and one I, and I bet a bunch here hadn't addressed in this manner. Yep black usually denotes a pro, of course not always, as many point and shoots are black. But then they look like little black boxes and can appear just as suspicious as an M6 or whatever. And without question, society on the whole, certainly in North America, are far more suspicious of a camera being pointed in their direction than they were 20-30 years ago. Which of course can make life very miserable for those of us earning our keep as photojournalists these days. Maybe the answer would be, buy a new chrome what's it and be blatantly obvious in a stumbling manner in handling and making it look like we're learning and dismissed as a learning amateur, therefore no threat whatsoever. It may well be worth trying some day with a new M7! ;-) Be a hell of a baptism for the camera used only because it "looks like a mickey mouse amateur toy all bright and shiny!" ;-) Still an interesting thought on your part, as I've always worked black Leicas simply because they were unobtrusive but never thought that would give me away as a professional. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html