colonel Posted August 27, 2015 Share #141 Posted August 27, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have also had pretty girls comment on my Leica in public. People I am meeting in social situations do generally ask about it as well. However funnily enough in the street its much more ignored then when I use other cameras. I think people assume its a film camera and for some odd reason people have no issue having their photo taken with film cameras. Odd but seems to be true .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belle123 Posted August 27, 2015 Share #142 Posted August 27, 2015 I get more people noticing when I carry my Canon 5Dmiii. Think once with my M240 had someone remark liking old film cameras. I just smiled. My experience is only other camera buffs notice it's a special camera. Most people could care less which is a good thing. But when I shoot the Canon, if around tourists, they often want to see what I am taking a picture of and copy! Cracks me up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted August 27, 2015 Share #143 Posted August 27, 2015 I have also had pretty girls comment on my Leica in public. People I am meeting in social situations do generally ask about it as well. However funnily enough in the street its much more ignored then when I use other cameras. I think people assume its a film camera and for some odd reason people have no issue having their photo taken with film cameras. Odd but seems to be true .... Are you sure it was the Leica they were ogling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted August 27, 2015 Share #144 Posted August 27, 2015 Are you sure it was the Leica they were ogling? well it d@mn well wasn't me actually both were walking with their partners ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert blu Posted August 27, 2015 Share #145 Posted August 27, 2015 Grabbing attention? Not really! A couple of years ago, on holiday in Austria I met on the top of a mountain (reached by cable car!) a japans tourist with his wife, both were shooting a Nikon F6, I had my M7 and I and guess we were the only three people shooting film in Austria! So we chatted a little and at the end they said "nice camera" ...with a nod in directions of my wife DSLR... robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted August 28, 2015 Share #146 Posted August 28, 2015 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. What a load of crap. The Bill of Rights applies even in California, despite the California politician's and rent-a-cop's hallucinations to the contrary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkgmatt Posted August 28, 2015 Share #147 Posted August 28, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I was standing on a street in Kyoto with my Monochrom when a foreigner walked by and asked me whether it was a digital Leica. When I said yes, he pretended to spit to the ground and said: "Leica M6 and M7 film cameras only since 1985" and walked away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted August 28, 2015 Share #148 Posted August 28, 2015 I was standing on a street in Kyoto with my Monochrom when a foreigner walked by and asked me whether it was a digital Leica. When I said yes, he pretended to spit to the ground and said: "Leica M6 and M7 film cameras only since 1985" and walked away. That just reinforces my supposition that there are idiots on every continent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 29, 2015 Share #149 Posted August 29, 2015 Yesterday I had a Leica T-shirt on whilst taking a photo and an elderly German gentleman walked up and asked whether that was my Leica I was using, as he had his own 1930-s one at home, used Leica all his life etc.. I was shooting an NEX 7 with Canon LTM 2.8/35 at the time... I didn't know what to say and just mumbled I left my Leica Standard home today... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBHewee Posted August 31, 2015 Share #150 Posted August 31, 2015 The oddest one was going through airport security at Schiphol. After having my M240 go through X-ray, the security guy asked me without looking at the camera inside the bag whether it was a Leica. When I said yes, his reply was that they always came up on his scans because they're made of so much brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted September 2, 2015 Share #151 Posted September 2, 2015 That just reinforces my supposition that there are idiots on every continent. Whatever you might think of that person's response, Leica needs such user loyalty if they are to survive product choices like the Kravitz. s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffry Abt Posted September 2, 2015 Share #152 Posted September 2, 2015 " so much brass. " I like the phrase... Leicas- so much brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted September 19, 2015 Share #153 Posted September 19, 2015 On a recent visit to the west of Corsica my wife and I went on a boat trip to see the calanches. The skipper of the boat asked if my camera was a Leica, which he pronounced "Leeka". I told him it was and he made a big thumbs up gesture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Spackman Posted September 19, 2015 Share #154 Posted September 19, 2015 Just back from the Boddington Vintage Association working weekend - just down the road from us and a fine display of agricultural machinery. One of the chaps setting up the steam driven plough looked in my direction at the Leica M. "Nice camera!" he called. "Nice plough!" I replied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted September 20, 2015 Share #155 Posted September 20, 2015 So I was out with my M7 and 2.8/50 Macro-Elmar 2 weeks ago at Bondi. Tourists everywhere including one with his immaculate silver M2 with DR 50 Summicron. He spotted my M7 with 2.0/40 Summilux. He looks surprised, smiles, shows me his camera and says 'M2, film, no light meter' clearly thinking mine was digital. I smile and say 'M7, film, light meter' He was on holidays from Singapore with his family and camera! First time in ages I've seen someone else with a Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Poole Posted September 20, 2015 Share #156 Posted September 20, 2015 On a boat trip in Greece the boatsman saw my m9, "is that a Leica? Made in Germany. The best camera in the world". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpm Posted September 20, 2015 Share #157 Posted September 20, 2015 In two weeks in England, I think I saw 2, maybe 3 Leicas. In Bath, I was approached by 2 Japanese gentlemen who were intrigued by my M. In a matter of minutes, I was swarmed by some 8 others who were fascinated with my Leica. One woman wanted to lift the camera by the strap around my neck to see how heavy it was. We all agreed it was heavy. Other than that, I ran into a Nikon shooter at the Tower of London who commented " nice camera." Had to agree with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted September 21, 2015 Share #158 Posted September 21, 2015 I got talking to an ex military guy (UK navy) and we started discussing photography. He said "what camera do you shoot" and I said Leica, "ah", he said, "best cameras in the world". Lucky he doesn't visit this forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kilmister Posted September 21, 2015 Share #159 Posted September 21, 2015 Great irony, Colonel. LMAO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
douglas fry Posted September 22, 2015 Share #160 Posted September 22, 2015 I get stopped far more often shooting on LeicaM240's than I ever did on Canon 1DX's - Clients look at the screen and say that they are soooo much better than anything shot on an DSLR, I modestly decline and suggest otherwise, but its coming to a point where I actively promote it. Shooting on a Leica promotes a kind of aura (rightly or wrongly btw I accept that) and it gets me more work. In my view the images are better and I much prefer shooting on them. I've even been on eBay and bought a load of film for my aged M6's, my photography has been rejuvenated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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