Richard G
Veteran
The X100 is the spoiler. I have had friends and colleagues who know of my old film cameras check themselves after asking for flash or asking to see the image immediately, only to be completely bamboozled by the on-board flash going off and me leaning across to show them the image.
Ah, I love a good bamboozling. I'm going to steal this move.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Depends on the chicks you're chasing, and where you are.
If I were 20 years old again; at art school; and as unscrupulous as the average 20-year-old male, I think I'd choose quite carefully which camera pulled the largest number of attractive young ladies. Different cameras certainly used to differ in pulling power, and I imagine they still do.
In all probability, too, they attract different kinds of girls. I think I'd almost certainly prefer the ones who wanted something a bit out of the ordinary (no DSLRs, therefore) and who fancied young men who clearly knew how to use what they had...
My wife says that if she were 20, and studying theatre at USC again, she'd feel much the same way. At that age, any advantage you can get is welcome when it comes to spotting attractive companions. It's what you do with it afterwards (whether you're a decent human being or not) that matters.
Cheers,
R.
True Roger, but the M6 I used in Art school didn't get me any women. I guess even a Leica cannot polish this turd. 
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Seven years ago, I had an M6 at work, and a guy looked at it, and said: "Very nice! How many megapixels?"
Then I had my first taste of "film vs. digital" when somebody at a wedding went on and on just how digital was not the same, and then at another party somebody went on and on about how film was stupid.
I'm not mocking. I just find it curious how we all make assumptions and move forward as if we're right from the get-go.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
True Roger, but the M6 I used in Art school didn't get me any women. I guess even a Leica cannot polish this turd.
No, no, dear boy: you went to the wrong art school!
Cheers,
R.
dreamsandart
Well-known
In the two years I've had the M9 I've had exactly one person comment on it and recognize it for what it was, and that was a woman that was part of a national television crew that was doing a special on a temple here in Kyoto I was visiting.
I can't say I've even gotten a sideways glace that I've noticed.
Now when my black paint M4 was my usual knock around camera I'd have people in the know raving to their girlfriend's and pointing telling them what it was.
In general Japanese a fairly well educated about cameras. So I don't know.
I can't say I've even gotten a sideways glace that I've noticed.
Now when my black paint M4 was my usual knock around camera I'd have people in the know raving to their girlfriend's and pointing telling them what it was.
In general Japanese a fairly well educated about cameras. So I don't know.