Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always get a real hoot out of that...It always happens to me, too. And it shows how meaningless the inspection system is. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of leo Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 8:48 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] The Times Have Changed I went through an airport last week and they had me take the lenscap off of my noctilux so they could look through the lens of the M7. Didn't bother to explain that it didn't work that way. Leo On Oct 3, 2004, at 6:17 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > If you'd been using Leicas he wouldn't have bothered you because he'd > have known instantly that anyone serious enough to be using Leica > glass to shoot birds is indeed a serious photographer... :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Rob McClure > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 6:51 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] The Times Have Changed > > > Hello, > > Last evening I went with my wife to shoot photos of water birds and > the sunset at a public pier in Sandusky, Ohio. While shooting, a > security guard approached us and started asking questions about length > of the lenses we were using (we had our Canon DSLR's and my wife had > an 80 - 200 mounted). He also seemed curious about what we were > shooting. I wondered about his interest until I noticed that the > Davis-Besse nuclear power plant was visible on the horizon. At that > point the war on terrorism became very real, even to us in the > Midwest. BTW, if we were using our Leicas, I doubt we would have > captured his attention. > > Rob McClure > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information