algrove Posted June 27, 2015 Share #121 Posted June 27, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I had a security guard at a costume shop on Hollywood blvd explain to me how it was illegal in California for me to take pictures of people coming out of the store. That wasn't what I was doing, but that's beside the point. I wonder if I didn't have the M if he would still have told me all my actions were being recorded by police on cameras across the street. Who ever said renta-security guards have anything between the ears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jdlaing Posted June 27, 2015 Share #122 Posted June 27, 2015 Wackenhut. Brinks. Joe Bob's Cops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJFlowers Posted June 28, 2015 Share #123 Posted June 28, 2015 I purchased my Leica on June 1st 2015...MP240 Safari...I was on a business trip in Canary Wharf and rushed back to the hotel to charge up the battery and have a "play" walking around the Wharf....after about 1/2 hr wondering around getting used to RF focusing (this is my first Leica having had Olympus and Nikons), an old gentlemen came up to me as he'd been watching me fiddle around taking a picture of a sculpture. He commented that he had a Leica back in the early 60's and you couldn't mistake the design!....and seeing me obviously enjoying myself reminded him of his early Leica days. He had unfortunately sold his Leica in the 70's to pay towards a car. We then had a nice chat about what lovely cameras Leica make and how photography can be such a relaxing hobby. Nice chat with a very pleasant chap! I probably drew attention as I was fiddling around playing with LV and menus....I was after all just getting used to it and it was only 1/2hr into the RF world.... Since then, far less "fiddling"of menus, very rarely use LV and the menu is all pretty much set....so no more comments or "getting noticed"....which I'm very happy with as I much prefer to blend in! However, its always nice to have a chat with a fellow photographer or observer....so if you see a chap with a MP Safari around Oxford, London or Devon with a happy smile on his face (I absolutely love using this camera, I haven't picked up the Nikon since!), then don't be shy, come and say hello...I could be me!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai_Print Posted June 28, 2015 Share #124 Posted June 28, 2015 I get out and shoot pretty much daily, either paid work or personal projects that eventually will pay. 9 out of ten times, my M's attract someone's attention...they have a unique look and even if the person does not come up and talk to me, I get the look. I find having a Leica around is excellent marketing too, today's attention included a diplomat from Malawi, the U.S. Surgeon General and Ashley Judd... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted June 28, 2015 Share #125 Posted June 28, 2015 I purchased my Leica on June 1st 2015...MP240 Safari...I was on a business trip in Canary Wharf and rushed back to the hotel to charge up the battery and have a "play" walking around the Wharf....after about 1/2 hr wondering around getting used to RF focusing (this is my first Leica having had Olympus and Nikons), an old gentlemen came up to me as he'd been watching me fiddle around taking a picture of a sculpture. He commented that he had a Leica back in the early 60's and you couldn't mistake the design!....and seeing me obviously enjoying myself reminded him of his early Leica days. He had unfortunately sold his Leica in the 70's to pay towards a car. We then had a nice chat about what lovely cameras Leica make and how photography can be such a relaxing hobby. Nice chat with a very pleasant chap! I probably drew attention as I was fiddling around playing with LV and menus....I was after all just getting used to it and it was only 1/2hr into the RF world.... Since then, far less "fiddling"of menus, very rarely use LV and the menu is all pretty much set....so no more comments or "getting noticed"....which I'm very happy with as I much prefer to blend in! However, its always nice to have a chat with a fellow photographer or observer....so if you see a chap with a MP Safari around Oxford, London or Devon with a happy smile on his face (I absolutely love using this camera, I haven't picked up the Nikon since!), then don't be shy, come and say hello...I could be me!!! Or come to Rotterdam the 1. August where we have a meeting. : http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/245379-leica-meeting-in-rotterdam-with-photowalk/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJFlowers Posted June 28, 2015 Share #126 Posted June 28, 2015 I wish I could join you, but unfortunately have work commitments... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigrisJK Posted June 29, 2015 Share #127 Posted June 29, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I definitely get second glances with the M. But recognition is rare. Other photographers, mostly, and an older crowd. Unless I'm in Hong Kong. HK is so camera crazy someone is bound to spot it. A street vendor asked me in Cantonese if it was the new M once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayewing Posted June 29, 2015 Share #128 Posted June 29, 2015 I find that very few people comment on my camera though last year when I was enjoying a cappuccino at a sea front cafe in Bunbury W.A. with my silver M240 on the table in front of me, an attractive young waitress approached with a winning smile and said "Oh a Leica. Aren't they lovely!" Previously I have had occasional comments from usually men of my own generation (70+) who have commented on how good the film Leicas were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted June 29, 2015 Share #129 Posted June 29, 2015 Who ever said renta-security guards have anything between the ears. Sir, I beg your pardon! - Don't denigrate hard working people of any sex, color or trade.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk.kat Posted June 29, 2015 Share #130 Posted June 29, 2015 I know some pretty dumb medics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Lowe Posted June 30, 2015 Share #131 Posted June 30, 2015 The LAPD is notoriously shite when it comes to attacking photographers, too. http://www.laweekly.com/news/photography-is-no-longer-a-crime-in-los-angeles-5416532 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AB007 Posted July 2, 2015 Share #132 Posted July 2, 2015 It happened only once - an elderly gentleman stopped me and asked whether my M5 was a Leica while holidaying in Santa Barbara few years ago. Generally no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijo Posted July 2, 2015 Share #133 Posted July 2, 2015 During Pride weekend in San Francisco, for the Trans March, I ran into a young man with a M4 who came up to me when he saw my MM. As we were chatting about B&W filters when his friend showed up with a mamiya 7 and we spotted a women with a M9 on one of the floats taking pictures of the three of us. The next day I bumped into both of the guys at the Pride celebration at the Civic Center and the guy with the mamiya 7 had a MM. In a sea of DSLR shooters we were an island of rangefinders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted July 2, 2015 Share #134 Posted July 2, 2015 A few years ago I was walking across a small bridge and a man wanted to know if it was a Leica or film camera, don`t remember which. I said, "it is one of those digital things" and showed him the back side. He shook his head and walked on. One morning I had my Zone 6 4x5 set up and a lady asked if it really worked. I assured her it did. It is mohogany wood, lacquered brass hardware, with a black bellows and quite attractive. No red dot or any other color either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Aurmont Posted August 18, 2015 Share #135 Posted August 18, 2015 Very fun thread, read through all 7 pages. Just curious, which one is likely to get less attention: Chrome or Safari? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Lowe Posted August 19, 2015 Share #136 Posted August 19, 2015 I was in Union Square in San Francisco and a person _immediately_ noticed my camera. Like he beelined to me from across the square. He was very nice, he knew Leicas, but he kept asking me about price and I generally don't like discussing that stuff with strangers. Particularly when I'm out wandering in a city I'm not entirely familiar with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2015 Share #137 Posted August 19, 2015 ...San Francisco... Driving cable car at Frisco in the early 90s I got most attention of all passengers when the gripman suddenly shouted out very loudly, "Ey man, an M3." At the turning station he gave some hints, where to get 2nd-hand Leicas and lenses in SF. In the same evening we met again on his cable-car but he wasn't impressed much by my just buyed 2nd-hand Tele-Elmar 4.0-135, which he thought I should have bought it better for some less money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted August 19, 2015 Share #138 Posted August 19, 2015 Any camera generates a lot of attention. Be it a Leica, a Fuji, or any camera. I personally feel that no camera is stealthy. Any device that covers your face will attract attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deliberate1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share #139 Posted August 20, 2015 My M9 is a total chick magnet. At a farmer's market last weekend a lovely young woman kindled a conversation after seeing my Leica slung in an irresistibly jaunty fashion over my right shoulder.My wife of 30 years simply rolled her eyes. She is very, very good at that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musotographer Posted August 20, 2015 Share #140 Posted August 20, 2015 Less than half an hour after buying my first Leica, a second-hand silver M9P, silver 50 1.4, I was trying it out in the street and a scruffy young guy approached: "Wow, that's a cool old camera - how old is it? - Well actually it's only a couple of years old - But it's a film camera right? - No, actually it's digital - No way man, it can't be." He wouldn't believe me until I (rather nervously, and firmly hanging on to the strap) showed him the screen. That's nearly two years ago now and no-one else has commented, except one of my students, "My uncle had one like that, it's beautiful." Now that I have a black MP240 I neither expect nor hope the frequency to be any greater...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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