felipe
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backalley photo said:
in short: I was annoyed and embarrased by and over some peoples/clients comments when using it..
To be precise, when they began lecturing me about how those dearly expensive antique really was the wrong camera to buy and which Canon/Nikon auto everything would be cheaper and much better for everything down to wiping your rear end.
Then there'd be the other half, who would want to contemplate about what a fine piece of equipment those leicas were and how expensive they are, like only an elite circle of people could afford a Leica..
In some cases you can probably use that sort of gear talk as an icebreaker, but as I said I found it highly embarrassing and annoying.
Once I had it taped, the only person who still wanted to fondle it is was my girlfriend ("can I hold it?")
Using it in public, people either don't seem to take it for a camera or they don't consider me a "threat" in general with my 70s tweedcoat - pick one 🙂
OTOH, using the horizon feels like being a salesman, people walk up to me and ask what I am doing with this - what is this?.. though I haven't yet tried taping it. (maybe I should glue on a wood pannellin, paint it red and act like a mailbox.)
The mamiya never got any compliments, could be because of it's dark "menacing" overly professional look 😉
cheers,
phil
