badpets Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share #21 Posted January 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) guess i have to make it part of life with your spouse or friends. i always feel guilty though if i say no to someone. No problem to share... just for the time to take some pic with MYSELF into... and my wife says "I know, I must take care to not put my finger over the lens... don't repeat again..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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StS Posted January 7, 2009 Share #22 Posted January 7, 2009 Good friends and family are even allowed to break my Leicas. The keenest borrowers of my M8 are my eight year old niece and my ten year old nephew. Someone has to pass on the virus Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badpets Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share #23 Posted January 7, 2009 you are in some up level regarding how to share things. how did you do that exactly such as how you feel about it? Share with Barbara (but she doesn't like taking photos) and share with two friends -- One has an M6 and has been a friend for decades. The other is in France, a member of this Forum, and has one of my cameras on loan. I have since met some other Forum members with whom I'd be comfortable letting them use my gear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peyton Hoge Posted January 7, 2009 Share #24 Posted January 7, 2009 NOPE!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 8, 2009 Share #25 Posted January 8, 2009 ... How do you reject them so you don't hurt a good relationship? (Pardon me for such a cunning question) Ask them "If there was a fire in your house what is the one most prized possession that you would stop to find and take with you?" When they tell you what it is, ask if you can borrow it from them. They might not want to lend it to you and if so they will better understand why you're reluctant to lend your Leica to them. If they will lend you their prized possession then you might feel more confident that they will take care of your Leica. And you'll have some collateral. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted January 8, 2009 Share #26 Posted January 8, 2009 Valuable and all as it is, my camera gear is still only a working tool. I respect all my gear and make a careful assessment of any would be borrower. Successful ones are rare but not what people would expect. My now 11 year old grandson has been seriously using my Leicas since the age of 3 years. In the early years, it was always on a tripod simply because he could not hold it. Eventually, I learned it was a lot cheaper (for me) to let him use the Pana Lc1 (D2). From that moment on he became very creative, actually setting up toy warriors and shooting "movies" as stills, frame by frame. Last week, bought him his own Canon G1. His first act was to disturb his mother in bed the next morning by bursting into her bedroom and shouting "paparazzi in the house!" and shooting her reactions. I won't describe them. When he wants to return to RF photography, I have three idle Leicas waiting to be used. I guess he was indoctrinated very early. Before he could walk, I used to babysit him in the darkroom wash trough while I was prcessing. He was fascinated and learned to pour 'chemicals' (I gave him water) into flasks without spilling at a very early age. When I'm gone I expect someone with experience and love for the gear to immediatly take over, but they still have a long wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnastovall Posted January 8, 2009 Share #27 Posted January 8, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Would you share your wife? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted January 8, 2009 Share #28 Posted January 8, 2009 Would you share your wife? What do you offer in return? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted January 8, 2009 Share #29 Posted January 8, 2009 No. I would not lend/share with someone who does not understand what is special about these elegant machines. Amongst people I know, anyone who would ask doesn't understand. Anyone who understands would not ask. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted January 8, 2009 Share #30 Posted January 8, 2009 I once let a friend use my M6 and 35 'Cron Asph to shoot a roll of film on his own while I borrowed his Nikon dslr. About half way through this experiment, he called me to ask, "Are the red lights in the viewfinder good or bad?" This, combined with his admission that he had no idea what DoF was, led me to conclude that he wasn't cut out for a manual film camera, much less a Leica rangefinder. Other than this one time, nobody asks to borrow, so I have no need to think about lending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveco Posted January 8, 2009 Share #31 Posted January 8, 2009 It would depend on who asked, and how responsible I felt they were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted January 8, 2009 Share #32 Posted January 8, 2009 Every situation is different. As stated above, I do lend to 'selected' borrowers, but there are many to whom I would not lend. A general rule is no use here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted January 8, 2009 Share #33 Posted January 8, 2009 Would you share your wife? I understand it is some trouble to send one's wife to Solms, when she is returned broken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 8, 2009 Share #34 Posted January 8, 2009 Would you share your wife? If you have the same emotional attachment to your cameras as you do to her then expect to be upgrading to Wife MkII before long <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted January 8, 2009 Share #35 Posted January 8, 2009 I was kind enough to gave somebody my LEICA M 4 some time back and I got it back with sand in it. It was taken to the beach and had the 50mm-lens detached without having another one to change. They must have had a look inside in the middle of a sandstorm ... From then on my LEICA only left me when I still was around. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted January 8, 2009 Share #36 Posted January 8, 2009 ...how many of you share your leica with family memebers/spouse/friends? They would not even ask me i'm afraid. No live view in my stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted January 8, 2009 Share #37 Posted January 8, 2009 There's an old saying, something like: Books and wives should never be shared - you never know in what condition they come back to you. If ever! For me, this applies to Leicas, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andit Posted January 8, 2009 Share #38 Posted January 8, 2009 I don't mind handing the camera to someone to have a look at, but unsupervised use of the camera, NO. While some folks look after your stuff, I have the experience that most people don't give a damn since it's not theirs. Plus, as one of the previous posters said, they need to know their way around a manual camera. So handing the camera to someone who only knows their way around these "modern marvels" will not result in any decent images. Quite a few members here, probably most, started off with manual focus and film - they would not have a problem using an M8. Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 8, 2009 Share #39 Posted January 8, 2009 you are in some up level regarding how to share things. how did you do that exactly such as how you feel about it? Quote: Originally Posted by stuny Share with Barbara (but she doesn't like taking photos) and share with two friends -- One has an M6 and has been a friend for decades. The other is in France, a member of this Forum, and has one of my cameras on loan. I have since met some other Forum members with whom I'd be comfortable letting them use my gear. Ryan - Clearly the people I reference have shown me to be reliable, caring and knowledgeable about how to use and treat the equipment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badpets Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share #40 Posted January 8, 2009 i think that will only happen around me after maybe another decade. many people around me still upset me from time to time. you are in some up level regarding how to share things. how did you do that exactly such as how you feel about it? Quote: Originally Posted by stuny Share with Barbara (but she doesn't like taking photos) and share with two friends -- One has an M6 and has been a friend for decades. The other is in France, a member of this Forum, and has one of my cameras on loan. I have since met some other Forum members with whom I'd be comfortable letting them use my gear. Ryan - Clearly the people I reference have shown me to be reliable, caring and knowledgeable about how to use and treat the equipment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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