rangefinders are in vogue as home furnishings now

[JoeFriday]

I was wandering around a Crate & Barrel store today and glanced at a bookshelf that was set up for display purposes, half full of old books, and did a double take as I saw 3 old rangefinders mixed in as bookends.. nothing terribly interesting or valuable.. I don't even remember any of them other than one was an old Kodak and another was similar to a Leica III-something

just thought it was interesting that a large pseudo-upscale store would choose that as part of their motif

 

[FrankS]

We're a chic and happenin' group on the cutting edge of fashion!

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Wandering around? You can tell us... (she dragged you in, didn't she?) 😉

Actually I've seen in some chain restaurants the ocassional Brownie and odd rangefinder here and there too, but like you said, nothing terribly interesting.

 

[Biggles]

Ate supper in a Manhattan restaurant called Vespa a week ago- the wall above my table was plastered with old fixed-lens rangefinders and super 8 ciné cameras.

None of them looked like they'd been recently CLA-ed. The pasta was smashing, though.

 

[aad]

Sundance now sells a "Seagull" TLR.

 

[JoeFriday]

Wandering around? You can tell us... (she dragged you in, didn't she?) 😉

Actually I've seen in some chain restaurants the ocassional Brownie and odd rangefinder here and there too, but like you said, nothing terribly interesting.

well, she dragged me in inadvertantly.. I was shopping for her.. didn't see anything that was a 'must have', tho.. I actually do shop in stores like that quite frequently.. right from there I went to Williams Sonoma.. only thing I bought was some olive oil

 

[KoNickon]

Well, looking through the current issue of People magazine (a gift subscription -- I didn't buy it!), there's a picture of Uma Thurman taking some snaps on a recent beach holiday with a Contax G1 and one of the G lenses, couldn't tell which one. So she obviously is a woman of discernment -- and if the Hollywood types are using rangefinders (or pseudo-RFs), can the masses be far behind??

 

[furcafe]

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Eltu&tag=

 

[physiognomy]

Last september I was taken to the aquarium for my birthday... I was surprised to see that by the tiger exhibit (yeah, in an aquarium... beats me?) there is a little hut in the display with a camera or two... I think one of them may have been a retina I, but I can't recollect exacly... Again, nothing too exciting. Now if it was an M3 I might have taken a picture!

Peter

 

[flashover]

"rangefinders are in vogue as home furnishings now" Tried this one on my wife today. She said and I quote " Get that pile of crap of my side board and put back in the basement where it belongs" so much for being in style 😱

 

[flashover]

No she has not seen that one yet.

 

[Alec]

Now that's a brilliant plan!
I only have to persuade my Marie-Claire journalist friend to cover that store, and voilà! we will absolutely need to buy lots of RF cameras to adorn our shelves...

 

[ywenz]

Remember this? You can tell she's a freakin' poser...

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11476

 

[geezer]

I truly am a geezer, I actually use my old rangefinders.
geezer

 

[einolu]

only beautiful people use leicas, its a well known fact.

 

[aizan]

here's one with a rolleiflex.

 

[Kragmeister]

Just saw that ad in a dept. store for Ralph Lauren. Instead of the clothes though I looked but couldn't find the Rollei with prism....oh well....

 

[vladhed]

just thought it was interesting that a large pseudo-upscale store would choose that as part of their motif

oh crap, now prices are gonna go up even more!

 

[Little Prince]

Well, looking through the current issue of People magazine (a gift subscription -- I didn't buy it!), there's a picture of Uma Thurman taking some snaps on a recent beach holiday with a Contax G1 and one of the G lenses, couldn't tell which one. So she obviously is a woman of discernment -- and if the Hollywood types are using rangefinders (or pseudo-RFs), can the masses be far behind??

Hollywooders using film ? 😱 Who would have thought ..

 

[RML]

Actually, RF cameras do look good and I can imagine why they end up as living room decorations. I prefer them over sand boxes, pebble vases and a ton of fancy tiny pillows everywhere. 😛