Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Darn!! I forgot to tune in for it. i also would have picked up on the Leica. ;D Gene On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > Thanks, Dr Ted. Glad to give you a chuckle. > > ?howard > > > > On Dec 8, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > OH MY GOSH! That's the funniest bit of on screen human nature humour > I've read in a while! J > > > > > > > > if my Irene were still here with me should have re-acted just as similar > as your wife! Both in relation to camera, models and most certainly the > testosterone! J > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > > ted > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Howard Ritter > > Sent: December-08-15 7:31 PM > > To: Leica Users Group; MUGers at yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [Leica] M Sighting--Victoria's Secret Leica! > > > > > > > > Just before turning off the TV after the preview of next week?s ?NCIS > New Orleans? (yes, that is the actual reason that I caught this!), I saw > the first few seconds of the Victoria?s Secret TV special on CBS. For a > fraction of a second, there was a (staged, I?m sure) scene of what > purported to be The Press Breathless With Excitement. There was the > obligatory fellow with the Scary Big Nikon and, in the left foreground, a > highly decorative young lady with a demure M6 in front of her face (since > it was a film camera I know it was staged). From the position of the > preview lever and the appearance of the lens, I think it was a 35mm ?cron. > Maybe ?lux. > > > > > > > > The scene appeared for only a fraction of a second, I think, but my > recognition circuitry flashed ?LEICA ALERT!?, though I had to rewind and > pause for a longer look to identify the model (of the camera!). My wife, > watching all this, was dumbfounded that in that brief glimpse casually seen > I was able to recognize the camera as a Leica. (She said the camera is not > what I was supposed to be looking at.) I explained that in my sixth decade > of Leica-ing, the Leica M ?gestalt? is so imprinted in my brain that > nothing escapes my notice. As with all of us. > > > > > > > > She wants me to have my testosterone level checked. > > > > > > > > ?howard > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >