[Leica] Which camera would you NOT CARRY IN YER POCKET

[rhc3vt at hotmail.com (Richard Coutant)]

If you always carry a camera around the same people, perhaps... but if the 
point is to be inconspicuous among strangers, then the desired effect is 
lost, I think. The point of pocket cameras is not to dig them out and turn 
them on in an obvious way, but to be able to walk around in a leisurely 
manner, not identified as a tourist or photographer, get a few shots without 
being noticed or at least without offending anyone or getting caught 
breaking any rules, and stroll off to the next spot.
Confining the question above to 35mm cameras, the least likely to be carried 
in as pocket must be the Contarex.

Richard




>If you ALWAYS carry a camera, , then becomes invisible. People  notice  
>only
>that you do not have it along.  If you fiddle with the camera in  meetings 
>and
>church services and on the street in your neighborhood, people will  ignore
>you, if they are used to seeing you with it.
>
>If you dig into your pocket, and pull out a camera, and turn it on and  
>focus
>it, you are lost.  They have your number.