Re: [Leica] "Your ancient camera!"

["onetreehillclw" <onetreehillclw@compaq.net>]

Those young photographers!

Chris Williams


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>
To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: [Leica] "Your ancient camera!"


> OK gang here is, the latest Leica description!   "Your ancient camera!"
:-)
>
> On Sunday there will be a story in the local paper about moi, apparently a
> nice story along with a few photos from my illreputed life as a
> photojournalist. ;-)
>
> The young guy who wrote the story a few weeks ago had taken a picture,
> however, not to the liking of the photo editor who insisted a new one had
to
> be taken.
>
> Photo editor says to the editor.  " You can't use this picture for cryin
out
> loud, this is about Ted Grant!"
>
> I thought that was cool, sort of like photographer's looking after
> photographer's.  Editor says, "Well OK if he's that important send Bruce
for
> a new snap." Typical editor response.
>
> So Bruce turns up. "I'd like to take a picture of you with one of those
> little ancient cameras you use!" So I dig out an old chrome IIIG and hold
it
> up.
>
> "No that's not the one, that's too new. One of those black jobbies you
carry
> around all the time."  I get the M6, with a 15mm and viewfinder and hold
it
> up.  "Yeah that's the one, the little old ancient camera! Like you must
have
> been using it for hundred years!"
>
> And that's the description of an M6 by a young modern day newsphotographer
> using a new Canon digital camera! ;-)
>
> So it's the "ancient guy with the ancient camera !"  So from now on lets
> have a little respect here for the ancient photographer and his ancient
> camera already!";-)
> ted
> Ted Grant Photography Limited
> www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>