Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I saw three "M" Leicas in Central Park on Thursday, but the park was not that crowded. Lots of Japanese stuff, lots of digital, at least two or three manual SLRs but I wasn't counting. Also saw an x-pan (and wished I had one) and a few medium formats, including one film hassie. No TLR. I had my Ikonta 6x9 and an M5 not included in the above count. I have my kids' pics back from their point&shoots. Hope mine come out as good. Max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica sightings > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information