Anthropomorphizing Cameras - Do you find it odd?

As someone posted, all things have gender in Spanish. The are male and female articles. Male ones are: el (singular), los (plural) and female: la (sing.), las (plural). So "cameras" are female: "la cámara, las cámaras". Cars are male: "el coche". We don't use the "it" to talk about inanimate things. Guitars are female, violins are male but violas are female... You get the picture.

I don't consider my cameras to have female characteristics, thanks god. One girl in life at a given time is more than enough ;)
 
I've named only a very few cameras. When I was shooting stock my Nikon F4S's all got names ('Red', 'Goldie' and 'Blackie'), and an identifying dollop of paint on the hotshoe cover so I could tell them apart. You gotta know what body it is that needs work ya know.
 
I don't assign genders to my cameras but I wouldn't like to swear that I really believe them to be inanimate. And I do talk to them. Not conversations, obviously, more a sort of `you're coming with me, sunshine' type of thing. So mine are alive but genderless...is that better or worse? It sounds Basque if nothing else.
 
Pitxu, if English is your fourth language (am I adding that up right?) I think you win hands down on the sweet speaking front!
 
Ok guys...it's time we drew the line between loving our gear and "loving" our gear.

On the other hand, I spend more pleasurable time with my hands on my camera than I do with my hands on my wife. (TMI, I know.)
 
I think I agree with lazarza, my cameras are alive.
They may not have a specific gender, but they most certainly have personalities.
My Nikon S2 for example, is habitually "cranky."

Most of the swearing I save for myself. I malfunction more often than my cameras.
On a related note, my car is most certainly a "he" and he also has a name.
 
I name my cameras, it gives them an identity and makes them feel loved. So far I have Oliver and Vladimir. However, I need to name my others and the new one who's on the way, birth expected early next week when the post stalk delivers him.
 
Update: I have Oliver, Vladimir, Bogart and Cornelius.

Oliver is an Olympus SP35, Vladimir is the Petri 7sII, Bogart is the Ricoh GX-100 and Cornelius is the Contax G1.

I have just discovered however that I now need to name the lenses too...
 
mfunnell said:
And rather a few Holgas as well.

...Mike
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for me...it depends on the night! I may start as a LEICA, have a heavy dinner and become a CANON or NIKON, and a few drinks to turn into a HOLGA! the older I get though, the more I feel like a speedgraphic, he he
 
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