Robinyuill Posted August 15, 2016 Share #241 Posted August 15, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've been in my home town of Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival over the past few days and it always seems someone will approach me and comment on the M240 or my M7. There has been a number of other Leica users , including two with SL, and it always ends up with a conversation on the good and bad points. Never happened with other cameras I owned. Great owner community spirit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 15, 2016 Posted August 15, 2016 Hi Robinyuill, Take a look here Does your M grab people's attention?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pico Posted August 15, 2016 Share #242 Posted August 15, 2016 Funny not how it is that there are those who will compliment a person on his camera and not recognize that his clothes, outfit is a collection of over $20,000 US. That's not me, but it could be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted August 16, 2016 Share #243 Posted August 16, 2016 You know what's nice? When the images printed from my M's grab peoples' attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted August 16, 2016 Share #244 Posted August 16, 2016 People usually say nothing, unless I am using a vintage M from the 1950s or an LTM. Generally, older guys (women never ask), who remember such cameras when they were new, ask the questions. Red dots are irrelevant to such conversations as the cameras in question don't have them and the enquirers don't need to see one in order to recognise a Leica. I believe that nowadays Leica are putting red dots on Panasonic cameras and selling them as Leicas. Nearly as confusing as the FSU LTM copies! As for people who tape up red dots, I suggest that they either go to see a doctor or get a 'real' pre-dot Leica. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 19, 2016 Share #245 Posted August 19, 2016 3 observations on My 240 in the last 2 weeks (hiking on Mountains) 2 recognized it correctly (1 italian 1 german)with comments in the "Great camera " mood... The 3rd one (aged in the sixties i'd day)commented that "film is Always the best on Mountains" and i let him think that so was For me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted August 19, 2016 Share #246 Posted August 19, 2016 Got stopped at security at Manchester airport today as I had an old camera that was digital and it was suspicious... Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted August 25, 2016 Share #247 Posted August 25, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) The only, rare, comment I get on my silver M 240 is: Ah, you're still shooting film! And I say: Yes, of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernstk Posted August 26, 2016 Share #248 Posted August 26, 2016 I've been in my home town of Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival over the past few days and it always seems someone will approach me and comment on the M240 or my M7. There has been a number of other Leica users , including two with SL, and it always ends up with a conversation on the good and bad points. Never happened with other cameras I owned. Great owner community spirit. Role reversal: I was out at Edinburgh Festival last night when I saw a guy with an M. I talked to him and discovered he was visiting from France. He had an M-P (240), very nicely brassed, with a 50mm APO Summicron. We had a very pleasant chat about Leicas for 5 mins or so... Ernst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted August 30, 2016 Share #249 Posted August 30, 2016 In Cambridge with my MM and 50 Apo. Passed a camera shop, with one of the assistants idling outside having a smoke. 'Wow!! Is that a Fuji XPro1?' he asked...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted August 30, 2016 Share #250 Posted August 30, 2016 In a cafe on Monday when a working photographer noticed my T - he was intrigued by it being a Leica (and was clearly unaware of its existence). I showed him my rather battered M9 too. He was surprised when he saw the screen on the back....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted August 30, 2016 Share #251 Posted August 30, 2016 No the Leicas do not draw attention. The only odd comment I've received is, "Why the hell are you even taking pictures ... of what?" I'll post one from this soon. (One old-timer did note that he had never seen an orange camera with an orange strap. Ugh.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted August 30, 2016 Share #252 Posted August 30, 2016 Over the weekend an old friend from the village we lived in (2miles, 3km away) 25 years ago met me at the local beer festival. I'd taken my M-P 240 over my shoulder and he asked if it was a film camera. I showed him the back and he said, "Ah, a digital film camera!" When I was trying to take a shot of a dog (canine partner for a disabled friend) he asked if I had installed image stabilisation. I started giggling at that stage and said it was manual focus, just like a real camera should be, and you had to hold it steady or use a high speed. He look perplexed and wandered off for another pint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddus Posted August 30, 2016 Share #253 Posted August 30, 2016 "Ah, a digital film camera!" I do get comments on my blackdot black M9 every once in a while. Quite a few people think it's film, sometimes even Leica owners think it's an MP or M4 .. I do hear the whole "digital film camera" quite often though. Sometimes I am surprised when people have not even heard of Leica, despite shooting very expensive CaNikon equipment. Anyhow, my favorite comment was probably on my silver M8 (silver dot ..) "nice, a film DSLR, way to go.." I suppose with all the auto features today one does not have to know any camera history .. or any specifics in order to take good pictures. Some people are talented and you wouldn't even know that they don't know s**t about how a camera works let alone any history on cameras, brands, film and so on. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/244720-does-your-m-grab-peoples-attention/?do=findComment&comment=3104426'>More sharing options...
pico Posted August 30, 2016 Share #254 Posted August 30, 2016 I am tempted to place a "Play School" sticker over the Leica marks. Really, it makes no difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWC Doppel Posted August 31, 2016 Share #255 Posted August 31, 2016 I usually carry my M9-P or MM in hand and it's very rarely noticed. Probably once in every 30 times out, I have had a chat at a coffee shop once or twice when my camera was noticed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted August 31, 2016 Share #256 Posted August 31, 2016 Interestingly it's usually young people who say "nice camera" when they see my M. Older people are probably too cynical, reserved or competitive. Or unobservant. Or just not interested. I did have an old gent once say in a sneering tone "there he is snapping away with his Leica" as though he'd caught me out doing something shameful. I assumed he thought I was showing off by using a Leica, an attitude not uncommon on photo forums. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted August 31, 2016 Share #257 Posted August 31, 2016 I paused, standing, on the road to change the film on my M6 and a guy with a rather heavy looking DSLR couldn't stop staring at my camera throughout whilst I changed the film. I know tis not a M240/262 but what the hell I gave him a big smile and he seem very confused. Its moments like this that make it all worth whilst ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted August 31, 2016 Share #258 Posted August 31, 2016 Interestingly it's usually young people who say "nice camera" when they see my M. Older people are probably too cynical, reserved or competitive. Or unobservant. Or just not interested. I did have an old gent once say in a sneering tone "there he is snapping away with his Leica" as though he'd caught me out doing something shameful. I assumed he thought I was showing off by using a Leica, an attitude not uncommon on photo forums. Sadly, this is quite common among certain camera folk. In the camera club I've been a member of for a year, I avoided any mention of the equipment I use for photos I've shown or posted on their forums. When asked, my response has always led to comments about cost and the characteristics of Leica owners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted September 6, 2016 Share #259 Posted September 6, 2016 Got stopped at security at Manchester airport today as I had an old camera that was digital and it was suspicious... Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk I was in Zurich last week and the security people did that again. They had me to dismount my Konica Dual lens from the body and took my another lens, my Konica limited 50/1,2 and looked through the un-mounted lenses, then had me to mount both lenses one by one on my M9 and looked through the viewfinder. Lol I do not understand the purpose of this manipulation with my gear. Even then they were not satisfied and sent my gear for radioactively testing. It was my second time, when the Zurich security people made the full check of my Leica stuff. Maybe I just Look like a bad guy... During the trip I encountered a group of Chinese tourists in a small Swiss town and they had among themselves two M240, one SL and one S007. One of them noticed my Konica Dual and gave me a compliment . They also had a lot of other cameras , N and C, but the only old little lady surprised me when she showed me her Leica X-U 113 with an optical viewfinder in the cold shoe. It's the first time, besides the Leica workshops, I saw so many Leica users in one place. They were not timid to ask all sort of questions. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted September 6, 2016 Share #260 Posted September 6, 2016 I was in Zurich last week and the security people did that again. They had me to dismount my Konica Dual lens from the body and took my another lens, my Konica limited 50/1,2 and looked through the un-mounted lenses, then had me to mount both lenses one by one on my M9 and looked through the viewfinder. Lol I do not understand the purpose of this manipulation with my gear. Even then they were not satisfied and sent my gear for radioactively testing. It was my second time, when the Zurich security people made the full check of my Leica stuff. Maybe I just Look like a bad guy... During the trip I encountered a group of Chinese tourists in a small Swiss town and they had among themselves two M240, one SL and one S007. One of them noticed my Konica Dual and gave me a compliment . They also had a lot of other cameras , N and C, but the only old little lady surprised me when she showed me her Leica X-U 113 with an optical viewfinder in the cold shoe. It's the first time, besides the Leica workshops, I saw so many Leica users in one place. They were not timid to ask all sort of questions. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk In a battle of wits the security forces are only half there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.