You know you're a rangefinder nut when...

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Most people know that in many US states, you can order 'custom' license plates that have cute sayings on them. For example, I've seen one that said IMSOGR8 ("I'm so great").

Well, last night, I saw one that I'm convinced is NOT a custom or vanity plate, but it might just as well be: CRF-411.

I told my wife that only the people on Rangefinderforum would 'get' this one. Which makes me a rangefinder nut.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

PS - For those who might not get this one - "Coupled RangeFinder - Information". In the USA, '411' is the number you dial for information, thus people sometimes say to each other "Give me the 4-1-1 on that situation."
 
You know you're a rangefinder nut when you see a camera you really want on eBay, and you refrain from bidding because you recognize the bidder's name from RFF.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
You know you're a rangefinder nut when you buy a camera accessory for a camera you don't have - because you know that sooner or later, you will have it.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
You know you're a rangefinder nut when you find yourself identifying cameras you see in movies and on TV for friends and family - like they really care.

Examples: In the movie 'Pecker', you see that the main subject is carrying a Canon Canonet GIII QL (possibly a 28). In the anime cartoon 'FLCL', (Fooly-Cooly or Fui Curi), the female character Eri Ninamori carries an Olympus XA.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks

PS - Come on, folks, chip in here!
 
I was watching Bush at the rodeo the other day, and one of the offical White House photogs was shooting with a M6 or M7. I went nuts and started yelling to my wife about the virtues of film and "thank god someone still uses film". She just stared. . .
Parker
 
bmattock said:
You know you're a rangefinder nut when you buy a camera accessory for a camera you don't have - because you know that sooner or later, you will have it.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
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:eek: I thought everyone did that! Does that mean that I need professional help? :D
 
oftheherd said:
:eek: I thought everyone did that! Does that mean that I need professional help? :D
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Yes, you do. Take two rolls of film on a fixed-lens rangefinder and call me in the morning.

Best Regards,

Bill "Dr. Rangefinder" Mattocks
 
... When you consider taking the Mamiya Universal a couple lenses, and a couple backs "light travel kit."

Of course you have to have a Moskva or Zeiss backup.
 
... when you spend a week in advance agonizing over whether to take either the 50mm or the 25mm with you on a two day trip because taking both along somehow feels blasphemous...

... and when in a last minute decision you grab the 35 because
you just can't decide...
 
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... when you keep telling your friends how the Soviets took over the Carl Zeiss plant after WWII and the strange Kiev around your neck is in fact a Contax II :D
 
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...when every coat you put on has a extra roll of film in it.
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Oh man, you nailed that one! I find rolls of film in pockets of coats I haven't worn since last spring!

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
 
jdos2 said:
... When you consider taking the Mamiya Universal a couple lenses, and a couple backs "light travel kit."

Of course you have to have a Moskva or Zeiss backup.
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Ouch! Been there and done that.:(

But oh, those beautiful big negatives.:p
 
I'm very guilty when it comes to cameras appearing in movies. They recently had Close Encounters of the Third Kind on TV. I knew every camera, the specs for most of them and blurted them out when I saw one. Fellow movie watchers responded with-
"He's still single right?"

Here in NZ someone is Leica nut. The personalised car licence plate "LEICA" is gone.
I've often toyed with the idea of getting HSLBLD on my car... oh dear, help!.

Stu :)

PS. Here in New Zealand, our licence plates are only six alphanumeric digits long.
 
...when some family member gives you small carton boxes, "just in case" you have to mail some lens or camera somewhere... happened to me this morning :)
 
... When your significant other leaves the room when she sees you have a camera (not specific to rangefinders...)
 
You're a RF nut... when you imagine you're focusing your lens while squinting to see better.

When your significant other tries to convince you to go on a vacation saying that the place is ideal for photography.
 
...when you take photos such as this one and you refer to them as 'family photo'...
 
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