What car do you drive your camera around in and is it a he or a she?

What car do you drive your camera around in and is it a he or a she?

  • Him

    Votes: 15 13.3%

  • Her

    Votes: 22 19.5%

  • Hermaphrodite

    Votes: 6 5.3%

  • It

    Votes: 70 61.9%
  • Total voters
    113
  • Poll closed .
Well, mine is Skoda Octavia so no way you can call it "him" 😉 On top of that both "Skoda" and "Octavia" are feminine in Slovak language.

Once I move to New Zealand I will get the Defender too, but here in Germany there is not countryside left to drive over in 4x4 (if you do not own a large field) 😀
 
illuminati_02 said:
The cameras are alot easier to hide around the house too..
My wife and I are expecting our second and she has decided that I should wait to get a motorcycle again, but I found a nice deal on a Vmax... not sure where I could "store" it until I could convince her that I need one.. hmm.
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that is indeed what happend, but what you should have written here would be something like ... we agreed that ...
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Maybe you should try to get something less scary than a Vmax 🙂
 
A 2006 Peugeot 407 SW 2.0 HDi (which must mean "station wagon" as it's an estate car 🙂 with a six speed manual gearbox.

I only just noticed I called the car 'it' so it must be option 4.

Ronnie
 
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Roger Hicks said:
A harsh choice, 88" and 109". Mine's a 1972 Station Wagon 88, sometimes referred to as 'The Old Girl'. Yes, with a shooting platform on top. And bridging ladders on the roof-rack.

Cheers,

R.
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Nice, I also have an 86, 1953 MY, SHE gets pampered more than driven. I've had 3 RRC's, another 109 and an 88. Take a wild guess at what my other passion (for dead things) is?
 
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no gender for any of them, but here goes:

daily rides
2009 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited - mine
2008 Chrysler Town and Country LX - hers

nice day rides
2010 Buell XB9SX - mine
1971 Chevy Nova SS - hers

semi-current restoration projects
1959 Chevy Viking 60 (aka the BFT) w/hydraulic dump flatbed
197x Kawasaki H1 Mach III

it's pretty strange for us having such a young fleet - the 2008-2010 stuff replaced my old first year Dodge Neon autocross car, her old Dodge Caravan at 339k miles, and a Harley Sportster. Give us 10 years or so and they'll all be nicely broken in and comfortable. don't know if I can ever haul a camera around in the big truck tho - it's not smooth and virbation-free like the Harley was even....
 
I don't own a car, but I do own 6 bicycles. The one I use mostly for commuting and getting my camera around town, is an old Redline Team cyclocross bike. I believe NYC should be mostly car free except for public transportation and taxis.
 
Hmm... many cars, many cameras...

My Kodak Signet 35 rides around in the 1961 Rambler American Custom convertible. ( A mint sunny-day -only car ! )

Daily ride is an unrestored 1928 Ford Special Coupe.

Other vintage drivers include:

1941 De Soto De Luxe sedan
1960 Chrysler Windsor sedan
1964 Valiant Signet 200 convertible (slant-six with factory four-speed on floor !)
1982 Honda GL 500 Interstate "Silverwing".

Cameras seen with the above:

1934 Leica III (chrome)
1955 Exakta VX II
1999 Canon Powershot G-1
1950 Pacemaker Speed 4x5
1895 Rochester Optical "Premo" 4x5
1956 Retina IIIc
Various MF folding cameras

None are show queens, all get used.
 
An '08 Toyota Tacoma with a canopy I use to sleep in while camping. It helps my photography by getting me out to natural areas with subjects of interest where the city buses don't run. And soon, it will help same even more by enabling me to live in a small coastal town where allergies don't turn me into a shut-in for two months out of every year.

I don't believe in anthropomorphizing my vehicles. Americans are too attached to car culture, and I refuse to participate in this fetishism. It's a tool, not a lifestyle. I've lived without one before, and I could do so again.
 
... nothing can truly match the true go-anywhere capability of a small European hire-car
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The humorist P.J. O'Rourke agrees with that sentiment:

Even more important... is having the right car. You have to get a car that handles really well. This is extremely important, and there's a lot of debate on this subject – about what kind of car handles best. Some say a front-engined car; some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car. Nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind. You can also park without looking, and can use the trunk as an ice chest. Another thing about a rented car is that it's an all-terrain vehicle. Mud, snow, water, woods – you can take a rented car anywhere. True, you can't always get it back – but that's not your problem, is it?
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From his infamous article:

http://www.heretical.com/miscella/reptile.html 😀
 
Jeep TJ rubi and Buell xb9SX. I've settled into both very comfortably, but I agree about personification. I would live with just the bike or bicycle, if I could.
 
awesome choice for a daily ride! guy a few houses down has a '50 ford and a pair of '31 Model A's, hopefully to be in daily-driveable condition fairly soon.

odd to see a floor-shift on the '64, I've only seen column shift manuals and the old push-button auto.

Luddite Frank said:
Hmm... many cars, many cameras...

My Kodak Signet 35 rides around in the 1961 Rambler American Custom convertible. ( A mint sunny-day -only car ! )

Daily ride is an unrestored 1928 Ford Special Coupe.

Other vintage drivers include:

1941 De Soto De Luxe sedan
1960 Chrysler Windsor sedan
1964 Valiant Signet 200 convertible (slant-six with factory four-speed on floor !)
1982 Honda GL 500 Interstate "Silverwing".

Cameras seen with the above:

1934 Leica III (chrome)
1955 Exakta VX II
1999 Canon Powershot G-1
1950 Pacemaker Speed 4x5
1895 Rochester Optical "Premo" 4x5
1956 Retina IIIc
Various MF folding cameras

None are show queens, all get used.
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sykotec said:
awesome choice for a daily ride! guy a few houses down has a '50 ford and a pair of '31 Model A's, hopefully to be in daily-driveable condition fairly soon.

odd to see a floor-shift on the '64, I've only seen column shift manuals and the old push-button auto.
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The Valiant with "four on the floor" and a six, is indeed odd, but it is factory legit... apparently special ordered by the original owner.

The '60 Chrysler has the push-button Torqueflite... 😀
 
I drive the Hasselblad around in a Volvo. I drive all the other stuff around in a Volvo too.
I suppose I should also have a VW/M-B/BMW/Audi to drive the Leica and Linhof around in.
I would need an FJ Cruiser to haul all the Japanese hardware around.
 
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