[Leica] A moment at Mac World Expo

[mcintyre at ca.inter.net (Jim McIntyre)]

Adam,

Neat story. I've never heard the Holga, but did some websurfing and now know
more that I really need to know ;-) I don't think I'll be trading my M6 for
one....Interesting though that the sales girl would know what a Holga is,
but be seemingly unimpressed about a Leica. I've only recently returned to
the M cameras, and since then have several of those "is that a Leica...can I
hold it?" moments. Gee, maybe I should look for a Holga too...

j

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: [Leica] A moment at Mac World Expo


> So I was at MacWorld on Friday poking around. I took the M6 and a 35
> and snapped off some photos but don't have them processed yet. I'm not
> expecting a lot because I was more in expo mode than in photography
> mode.
>
> But...Apple displayed their new tiny iPods by hanging them down on
> cables from supports about 8 or 9 feet in the air. There were maybe 50
> or so of them in a long line, out from the wall by about a foot. It
> was prime photographer fodder. I instantly pulled out the Leica and
> worked for some shots. After that I saw just about every other
> photographer doing the same - with big digital SLRs, little pocket
> cameras, cell phone cameras -- it just SCREAMED take a picture of me!
> Someone at Apple had a clue.
>
> But the defining moment of the show came when I was paying for a few
> books at the Peach Tree Press store where the sales girl looked up
> from her point-of-purchase terminal, saw the M6 in my hand and said
> "Oh...is that a Holga? I just LOVE Holgas. They are soooooo cute." I
> told her it was a Leica she looked at it like I was holding a cold,
> dead,dull fish.
>
> With luck I'll share her picture later.
>
> Adam
>
> PS: Some of the biggest booths were from Canon, Epson, Olympus and
> Nikon. Sony was absent (odd considering their new HD prosumer
> camcorder was prominently featured during Steve Jobs' keynote address
> and the head of Sony was there.) I hadn't realized just how vast the
> Epson 4000 is. Whew - a tank! Which is a good thing if you're going to
> be doing some serious printing.
>
> PPS: Yeah, I've put in my order for a 1Ds MK II. It's a tank too and I
> can use my R lenses. Canon's excellent  fast wide primes and zooms are
> better than half the price of Leica glass. But my M's will stay.
> Perfect for day trips like this.
>
> ab
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