Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Similar event with me a couple a weeks ago. Subject dissapointingly and bit condescendingly said, "Oh, we can't see if the photos are any good"? And just yesterday a staffer for the Austin American Statesman asked me, "So do you just like shooting with 35mm". Sure, I "just" like it and I don't have a choice since I haven't invested 4 more thousand dollars in photo gear yet... Clif --- Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > I was having lunch with a model last week and > happened to snap a photo of > her across the table with my m6. after which she > said "ooh! Let me see it!" > (meaning the photo). And I realized not only had she > grown up in an all-AF > world, but an all digital world. In all of her > twenty or so years she'd > never been photographed by anyone using film before. > But that was not the > end of my creeping-methusila: when I handed her the > camera she asked about > the function of both the winder lever and the rewind > knob. And I realized > that the pro-nikon's haven't had either since the > F4, and that was ... Ye > gods, a long time ago. She gave the leica a curious > going over, pronounced > it "cute but strange" and we continued with lunch. > > Remember when I used to be the youngster in this > group? I'm falling apart > anymore. > > Kc > > Frank f. had sed: > > >My son got his first M6 camera. He has been a SLR > user for many years, so > >this was a first time for him to not have AE or SLR > focusing. He reported > >back that he had a problem with his new M6.... he > forgot to focus when he > >set the aperture, or he forgot to set the aperture > when he did focus..... > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html ===== "The eye is for looking, not for thinking." Marc Riboud __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html