Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not saying the Leica is a magic "invisible camera" That is just stupid. What I am saying is that when using the big professional SLR gear I get stopped and asked about my cameras A LOT more than when I am using my little G2 or even if I am using my Ms and shooting film. After the first 100 comments of the day it is annoying. I am talking about what happens while working. Not from "theory" but from my actual experience. When I am working carrying my two EOS 1D series bodies with the 70-200 2.8L on one and 16-35 2.8 L on the other I get stopped at least a dozen times by people commenting on my cameras. When I am shooting people they know I am shooting them. I am not "sneaky" shooting people. I see something I want to shoot I pick my camera up and wait for it all to come together, often with the 16-35 up close and personal. If people look at me I simply look over the top of my camera smile at them and say please just ignore me and keep doing what you are doing. Nine times out of 10 they do just that. I operate the same way using the Leica or the Canon cameras, so there is no magic bullet there. That is more the attitude of the photographer, not the camera in use. As I said this is not conjecture but my experience. I think, Mark, you are adding a lot more to this that what I actually said. Harrison. On 10/19/10 11:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Yes but this has nothing to do with the idea that a ubiquitous nikon or > canon makes you stand out while a million dollar M9 makes you supposedly > blend in. > And I hear Julia Roberts sold sneakers in Smyrna ?! NO ARCHIVE