Leica M-Are they Male or Female?

You might be a red neck if...

You might be a red neck if...

ernstk said:
I work for a Texan company so I have heard the term! Not sure exactly how you might translate it?

Ernst
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Todd.Hanz said:
hmmm.

the M5 would be male...like a big ass Italian hairy-backed grandpa, tatoos and all ;)

Todd
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Substitute "Italian" with a similar person from just about any state south and west of Washington, D.C. and east of New Mexico.

It's a state of mind thing. :eek: :D ;) GOOGLE Jeff Foxworthy.
 
Leicas are said to be long-lasting, sturdy, and reliable; moreover, they are said to always do what their master wants them to do. This being said - can a phenomenon like this be female?

Jesko

(Leica IIIc from 1935, not so reliable)
 
Ok guys, you convinced me. "Camera" is a latin word which is clearly female. "Camera obscura", as the mother-priciple, comes even closer, a dark hole :angel: that doesn't seem to forget anything once one has touched the right spot, you can see the negative or positive result of such an act for ages - cameras must be female...

Jesko
 
Oh my dear!!!!!!
This has been quite the thread to read, thank you all for making my day!
(well, this thread, and the fact that I just aced an exam 20 min ago!!!)
 
Ladies?

Ladies?

Are there any ladies on the forum who would be prepared to offer a female viewpoint, as an antidote to all this testosterone?

Ernst
 
Leica Ms are definitely not female, because:

-they are silent (and they don't nag about things)
-they are simple / they are not complicated (they don't pretend that "everything is ok" even if somehing is not working...If they are not working properly, you'll see it from the photos or in actual use)
-life with Leica is easy ...but with women...just the opposite :)

So they can't be female. But now I feel a little bit weird because I slept with my camera last night :rolleyes:
 
ernstk said:
Are there any ladies on the forum who would be prepared to offer a female viewpoint, as an antidote to all this testosterone?

Ernst
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I don't know about a female viewpoint..but I can tell you this: in Dutch, there are two words for camera - "de camera" which, according to the dictionary (the fat one) is feminine, and "het fototoestel" which is genderless. BUT: if it's a little camera, it becomes "het cameraatje", and genderless too.
(Needless to say, I did not learn this language overnight.)

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My M6 is definitely a lady. I always call my cameras after the people I bought them from (the M6 answers to "Caecilia", the Yashica GSN to "Pherdi", the Autocord to "Doug") or after the people who made them into the loveliness that they are today (my Canonet QL17 GIII, for instance, answers to the name of "Dave").
I'm not sure about my Bronica. Whatever his name is, his purple satin shirt is unbuttoned à la Tom Jones, and that poster in his living room: ohmygoodness.
 
In German "die Kamera" is feminine and so is "die Leica". How could it be male? Doesn't it "receive" the lens and "give birth" to the film?
 
lynn: oh that's very sweet of you:)
Are you still using the gsn once in a while?
The twin brother I kept, gives me a kick once every few months by the result it provides... silently, in his shy simple big-eyed way he functions.

And sometimes he drops a few tears in remembrance of the twin brother that left us.
 
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