Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I went to the Netherlands in '96, I carried two IIIIfs and four or five lenses in a little Lowe bag. The airport security guard at Dulles said he needed to "look through" the viewfinder. I obliged by showing where to look on a IIIf. He replied, quizzically, "No, I need to look *through* the lens." I explained that this couldn't be done with an RF and politely offered to dismount the lenses. A little to my surprise, he asked me to do so and proceeded to peer through every lens and auxiliary vf that I carried, to the annoyance of all in line behind. Finally he patted the bag, grinned, and said, "Very, very cool!" I've wondered since whether he's become a Leica user. Chandos ><< In Atlanta, a security lady asked me to turn on my camera. I said I could > not really turn it on. Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown