Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Javier asked: >This leads right back to the question I posed about 2 years ago. >What is the official Leica salute or handshake? which is a question i answered two years . yes, there is an official handshake/salute. i copy this here from that post, (march 31, 2000 available in the archives) 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html