Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When using a Leica, I sometimes get a glance of recognition, but nobody ever comments. I tape over the red dot on my M6, though. When using a Rolleiflex, I frequently end up in long discussions with former owners or even youngsters who just think it looks cool. I've not even been asked if it's digital for a while.... Nick ----- Original Message ---- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, 11 April, 2006 8:48:05 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica sighting, or how I tripped on a rude person.... Seems to be a matter of where you are, In the UK, North and South, I've only ever had pleasant chance encounters with other Leica users/lovers. In Germany, nobody seems to be bothered much about Leica users - maybe they are too much part o the landscape. All of the people who spoke to me when I was out for a walk with my unobtrusive ;-) set up - SL2Mot with motor and a 400 Novoflex fast focus - were techy freaks or just wanted to have a look through it. In Northern Italy nobody notices either - or maybe it's that people just keep their distance from broad shouldered heavily built Brits (1.87m 105 Kg) who usually wear black and shades :-) Douglas Javier Perez wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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