foggie
the foggiest
A few days ago, someone noticed my rangefinder and stopped me in the street to take a closer look. He shuffled it from hand to hand, inspecting my R3a + 40mm from every angle. "Wow", he said, "I've been wanting to get a Leica".
"Those are really nice!", I replied, "but I love this combo. It's my favorite camera".
"Is this just a backup or a novelty camera or something?", the man asked, with genuine curiosity.
A nice gentleman but severely misinformed. As I replay this conversation in my mind, I can't help but laugh. I love my cosina-voigtlander and I don't see their lineup as playing second-fiddle to anyone.
Anyway, the circus is in town and I must head off to buy a few new cameras.
"Those are really nice!", I replied, "but I love this combo. It's my favorite camera".
"Is this just a backup or a novelty camera or something?", the man asked, with genuine curiosity.
A nice gentleman but severely misinformed. As I replay this conversation in my mind, I can't help but laugh. I love my cosina-voigtlander and I don't see their lineup as playing second-fiddle to anyone.
Anyway, the circus is in town and I must head off to buy a few new cameras.
bmattock
Veteran
I don't believe a word of it.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
You should have shown him the phone feature of this novelty camera...
Yesterday, this is what I was told...
"That's a beautiful camera, I need to get one of those...what is it???"
My smiling reply..."It's a Nikon F2A..." :bang:
BillBingham2
Registered User
OMG, did that guy grow up on the North Shore near Chicago? It seems jerks are everywhere, did not think you have any so bold up in BC, must be a NAFTA thing, we get to export them to you, no taxes, UFB.
You should have said to him that your finder does not flare like several of the Ms. You have a 1:1 finder which allows you to shoot with both eyes wide open. Your finder is probably brighter than an M7s and you can purchase a lot of glass with the money you saved on not getting a Leica.
I've owned several Leicas, some Bessas and now I'm on to Nikons. While there is a feeling difference between cameras, they all take great glass. I'm keeping a Bessa R for either of my sons if they want to get into photography. Carrying a Leica does not make you a better photographer, it just makes your wallet lighter. Do not get me wrong, Leicas are wonderful cameras. But so are Bessas, Nikons, ZIs and a whole lot of other ones over the years.
B2 (;->
You should have said to him that your finder does not flare like several of the Ms. You have a 1:1 finder which allows you to shoot with both eyes wide open. Your finder is probably brighter than an M7s and you can purchase a lot of glass with the money you saved on not getting a Leica.
I've owned several Leicas, some Bessas and now I'm on to Nikons. While there is a feeling difference between cameras, they all take great glass. I'm keeping a Bessa R for either of my sons if they want to get into photography. Carrying a Leica does not make you a better photographer, it just makes your wallet lighter. Do not get me wrong, Leicas are wonderful cameras. But so are Bessas, Nikons, ZIs and a whole lot of other ones over the years.
B2 (;->
kshapero
South Florida Man
My favorite line when I am holding my Zeiss is, "What's that?"
here are some of my answers:
1. My rocket ship
2. My camera, duh?
3. My Digital camera, its a Sony.
4. My child's tuition.
here are some of my answers:
1. My rocket ship
2. My camera, duh?
3. My Digital camera, its a Sony.
4. My child's tuition.
R
rich815
Guest
Sorry but this sounds like another "please make me feel my VC is as a good as a Leica" threads.... ;-)
sockeyed
Well-known
My M's and Voigtlanders are conversation-starters in Vancouver, too, but most folks speak with genuine interest and positive curiousity. Maybe it's the neighbourhoods I spent time it, but most folks seem more excited about my film rangefinders than DSLRs.
bmattock
Veteran
The other day, I was standing in the street in downtown [insert city], minding my own business, when this [insert gender] came up to me and said [insert remark about item] about my [insert item name].
I said to him [insert witty remark] and he went went off in a [insert mental state subject left reeling in].
What do you all think of that?
[Insert seething remark meant to buoy you up and justify your pretend hurt feelings.]
I said to him [insert witty remark] and he went went off in a [insert mental state subject left reeling in].
What do you all think of that?
[Insert seething remark meant to buoy you up and justify your pretend hurt feelings.]
foggie
the foggiest
He wasn't a horrible person. He wasn't being mean or dissing my bessa. He was just unfamiliar with my brand made a comment which came off as rude even though he didn't mean for it to sound that way.
Perhaps I am jealous of the attention leica gets compared to other brands of rangefinders. However, when I'm not being an unreasonable jerk, I know that it makes little difference what others perceive my camera gear as. It matters only that I love what I use and do.
(I still believe this story makes for a humorous anecdote!)
Sockeyed, my rangefinders get a lot more comments and curious remarks than my DSLR ever did. The truth is, i only got a rangefinder to pick up babes. ~~
Perhaps I am jealous of the attention leica gets compared to other brands of rangefinders. However, when I'm not being an unreasonable jerk, I know that it makes little difference what others perceive my camera gear as. It matters only that I love what I use and do.
(I still believe this story makes for a humorous anecdote!)
Sockeyed, my rangefinders get a lot more comments and curious remarks than my DSLR ever did. The truth is, i only got a rangefinder to pick up babes. ~~
M. Valdemar
Well-known
A woman with a baby gets on a bus.
The bus driver does a double take, and says to the woman, "I'm sorry, lady, but I just have to say that you have the ugliest baby I ever saw in my life."
The woman is furious. She goes to the back of the bus and takes a seat.
She turns to a man in the next seat and says "That bus driver is the RUDEST man I ever saw. He said a terrible thing to me. He insulted me! He ought to be fired!"
The man was sympathetic. "Gee lady, if he was that rude to you, you should go back up to the front of the bus and write down his badge number so you can report him. A man who is rude to customers should be fired."
"You're right," says the lady. She looks in her purse and finds a pad and a pencil. She now has her hands full.
"Go back right now, and do it," the man says. "I'll hold your monkey."
The bus driver does a double take, and says to the woman, "I'm sorry, lady, but I just have to say that you have the ugliest baby I ever saw in my life."
The woman is furious. She goes to the back of the bus and takes a seat.
She turns to a man in the next seat and says "That bus driver is the RUDEST man I ever saw. He said a terrible thing to me. He insulted me! He ought to be fired!"
The man was sympathetic. "Gee lady, if he was that rude to you, you should go back up to the front of the bus and write down his badge number so you can report him. A man who is rude to customers should be fired."
"You're right," says the lady. She looks in her purse and finds a pad and a pencil. She now has her hands full.
"Go back right now, and do it," the man says. "I'll hold your monkey."
M. Valdemar
Well-known
God appears to a man and says "If you want to go to heaven you'll have to give up smoking, drinking and sex."
A week later God re-appears and asks him how it's going
The man says the cigarettes and alcohol were easy, but when the wife bent over to take meat out of the freezer, he had to give her one there and then.
God says "They don't like that sort of thing in heaven."
The man replies, "They don't like it in f**kin' Walmart either."
A week later God re-appears and asks him how it's going
The man says the cigarettes and alcohol were easy, but when the wife bent over to take meat out of the freezer, he had to give her one there and then.
God says "They don't like that sort of thing in heaven."
The man replies, "They don't like it in f**kin' Walmart either."
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...The truth is, i only got a rangefinder to pick up babes. ~~ ...
howse that workin' for ya?
howse that workin' for ya?
bmattock
Veteran
Hehehehe! :angel:
sos
tilted.
I'm new around here, so correct me if I'm wrong, but...
What's the point...? Ego boost? Last I checked, most people didn't know a whole lot about cameras, particularly rangefinders. So?
What's the point...? Ego boost? Last I checked, most people didn't know a whole lot about cameras, particularly rangefinders. So?
Spider67
Well-known
At least he compared an RF with another RF!
"What kind of antediluvian thing is that?" was a question I was asked once in a good mood (there is a mania that some people think that products like cameras and cars always have to be the latest and the newest -puts the under a lot of pressure to afford them!)
Believe Girls are actually very charmed by folders! Especially a Moskva 5 or a Bessa I ..."Wow that lovely/intersting/astonishing!"
"What kind of antediluvian thing is that?" was a question I was asked once in a good mood (there is a mania that some people think that products like cameras and cars always have to be the latest and the newest -puts the under a lot of pressure to afford them!)
Believe Girls are actually very charmed by folders! Especially a Moskva 5 or a Bessa I ..."Wow that lovely/intersting/astonishing!"
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M. Valdemar
Well-known
A man on a visit to a lunatic asylum is suddenly approached by an inmate.
The inmate calmly and politely asks if he may have a moment of the visitor's time.
He explains carefully and in exquisitely rational detail why his incarceration in the asylum is a bureaucratic error, that someone has made a terrible mistake, and that he - who is perfectly sane - has been wrongly condemned for 10 years.
The visitor, who first wishes to free himself of the inmate, begins to listen sympathetically. And eventually he determines that the man is indeed sane and sound and a victim of somebody's grievous error.
"I will come back next Tuesday with the necessary papers for your release," he tells the inmate.
"Excellent," says the man, who then accompanies the visitor to the doorway, kicks him violently down the stairs, pulls down his pants and calls out, "Don't forget next Tuesday."
The inmate calmly and politely asks if he may have a moment of the visitor's time.
He explains carefully and in exquisitely rational detail why his incarceration in the asylum is a bureaucratic error, that someone has made a terrible mistake, and that he - who is perfectly sane - has been wrongly condemned for 10 years.
The visitor, who first wishes to free himself of the inmate, begins to listen sympathetically. And eventually he determines that the man is indeed sane and sound and a victim of somebody's grievous error.
"I will come back next Tuesday with the necessary papers for your release," he tells the inmate.
"Excellent," says the man, who then accompanies the visitor to the doorway, kicks him violently down the stairs, pulls down his pants and calls out, "Don't forget next Tuesday."
foggie
the foggiest
howse that workin' for ya?
excellent. I haven't even loaded a roll of film in 4 months! I keep it dangling around my neck
beethamd
Unix-like
Foggie - Great Pics on your site. Well done! Very refreshing.
Superbus_
Established
I was with my family in the riverside of the Danube in a peaceful and friendly willage during this long weekend. In the centre, a girl was making photos with the latest DSLR Canon of her boyfriend (!) and when I was filming my family too, I've heard they are talking about my camera (Yashica electro) something like that:
- What kind of camera could be?
- I think it's a zenit.
- What?
- You know an old russian film camera...
And so on. Nowadays an older camera and film is so rare (especially in the hands of a young person) that the majority can not make any difference.
Cameras are not so important for people.
- What kind of camera could be?
- I think it's a zenit.
- What?
- You know an old russian film camera...
And so on. Nowadays an older camera and film is so rare (especially in the hands of a young person) that the majority can not make any difference.
Cameras are not so important for people.