Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes That's pretty much the working rule. There is of course one exception. When a group of M users run into another group of M users, it's OK to talk. Javier >From: Austin Burbridge <leica@cinemaminima.com> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica sighting, or how I tripped on a rude person.... >Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:23:37 -0700 > >On Apr 10, 2006, at 20:38, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >>I have noticed in the past that bumping into Leica using persons on the >>street is, more often than not, not an invitation for conversation. > >Nothing makes me squirm like someone remarking my Leica in a public place. > >I do not wish to advertise that I am carrying a camera+lens which costs >more than my car (I admit, it is an old car). I had to save up for years >to buy my Leica rig, and I could not replace it in the event of theft or >loss. Most people just think I'm carrying an old, >too-small-to-be-professional camera, not one of the big sexy SLRs. Maybe a >thief will pass me by for one of those obviously expensive big hunks of >plastic and glass. (And maybe I've never gotten over the theft of my first >Leica. A good tool is an extension of the body; losing my Leica would be >like an amputation.) > >Also, I am one of those who put a strip of black tape over the red dot. >When I am on the street, trying to forget about the tools, to contemplate >the moment and the spectacle, I really don't want to encourage discussion >about the equipment. I want the picture -- and the people around me -- to >be about what *they are doing*, and not about what *I* am doing. > >When I see somebody else with a Leica, the most I might do is to ask for a >URL to see the work. But mostly, I try to give the photographer the same >consideration which I would like given me -- which is to ignore him, >respectfully. > >Having said that, someone who is trying to make a friendly remark should >be treated with tact and courtesy. > >Regards, > >A U S T I N , > >Austin Burbridge, > >Expose for Shadows/Develop for Highlights ><http://cinemaminima.com/leica> > >Sprezzatura <http://sprezzatura.editthispage.com/> > >Cinema Minima <http://www.cinemaminima.com/> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information