Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Over the years I think I've seen a total of maybe five M cameras on the street being carried by civilians, all of them here in Los Angeles. Three were up at the Getty Center and the others were on the 3rd street Promenade in Santa Monica, but it's pretty common to see street shooters there. I've spotted perhaps a dozen or more in the hands of PJ's and other professionals. In Europe I have yet to see one, but have come across many people who recognized what I was shooting with, black tape or not. ;-) I have never seen an LTM on the street, but once froze an ancient Japanese gentleman dead in his tracks when he spotted my IIIc. It turned out that he had owned one BEFORE the war, lost it and never quite got over it. I almost gave him the damn camera. Oddly enough I have seen at least three Rollei TLR cameras. feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com