nicolas_douez Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I assume many of you all have read Tintin's adventures. In "Tintin au Tibet" that was written in 1960, Tintin and captain Haddock climb the Himalaya mountains to save Tintin's Chinese friend, Tchang, who was in a plane that had crashed accross the mountains on its trip from Katmandu. As they are about to found the young boy, they are warned by the local peasants that the Yeti (the Himalayan snow monster, an old actual myth equiv. to the Loch Ness monster one) is around, so that captain Haddock tells Tintin to take the camera and try to shoot the creature if it comes around. Finally the camera and its flashgun prove to be a decisive part of the scenario :) According to the date of release of the album, it might be a Leica M already, but it rather seems to be a screw mount Leica. The M appears in another Herge album, "Les bijoux de la Castiafiore", in the hand of a people photographer named Walter Rizzotto, that is a clear tribute to the actual Belgian photog. Willy Rizzo. Yipes !<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas_douez Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Then...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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r s Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Kind of sort of looks like my own setup: <br> <br> <center> <img src="http://www.pbase.com/rsilfverberg/image/38740719.jpg"> <br> Leica M3 </center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerp Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 That's Diax IIa for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas_douez Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Thanks Roger ! You're a knowledge reserve :) I just searched the Net about Diax IIa, I discovered it, as well as the Voss brand I had never heard of before. Thanks to you and to Herge I'm less ignorant now ! "Je dirais meme plus" : I'm less an ignorant :-) :)=<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I also got excited! It looks just like my Diax Ia (w/Xenar and Tele-Xenar), which looks just like the IIa. I suppose the IIa uses the windows for a rangefinder or something. Mine has the three windows as separate viewfinders for different lenses. It is quirky and, as you can imagine, takes wonderful photographs. I'm nuts over the Voss...the wind knob is a bit of a bugger, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msitaraman Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 That's no Yeti! That's just an ordinary human who has put off getting a Leica for too long...See what happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsignore_ezio Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 And talking about mistaken identification, it never fails to amaze me how legions of illustrators ALWAYS assume that an alpinist's ice axe is actually the same tool as a pick and would be used in the same way. Although I personally can testify that an ice axe would indeed double as a pick in an emergency, but that's a different story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Tin Tin has been a staple in my house since my daughter was old enough to read. She has all of Herge's works... oh yes, and the camera is mighty cool, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santiago_montenegro Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Wow, nice tread. Didn't know there was such a camera. Guess there weren't any cameras in Asterix ever... but since the Paris Metro appeared once, it's worth a try. I'll check my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskovacs Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I thought a Yeti was a white snow monster. This looks like a Sasquatch, aka Big Foot.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connealy Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 O.D. of Rogaine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 there was a news report in the NY TIMES recently about a sighting of a bird that was thought extinct, the ivory billed woodpecker, which used to be everywhere in the US South. The last previous sighting was 1944. A team went in to verify the new sighting and very quickly found the bird. The haunting aspect is that they saw just one. So is there only one. These woodpeckers live to an age of fifteen years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskovacs Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Did you guys have Rogaine in 1967? I should probably be using it now but I'll take the hair loss over the risks of a long-term drug therapy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicolas_douez Posted May 3, 2005 Author Share Posted May 3, 2005 Rogaine ? Whatzitt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfophotos Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Rogaine is viagra for the scalp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mskovacs Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Viagara ? Whatzitt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connealy Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 It used to be that Rogaine was available by prescription only, and it was marketed very coyly by the company without specifically identifying it as a remedy for hair loss. Now, you can buy it over the counter and I'm sure there is a tendency to over-use the medication by those seeking a more youthful, hirsute appearance. Couple that to the likelihood that over-dosing is likely to lead to irritability, and I think you have completely explained the Yeti/Bigfoot phenomenon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connealy Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 If your spouse is irritable, hairy and horny, he/she is likely to be on both medications, or variants thereof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis m Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 You all need to get back to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 In some south American countries, some sections of women show off hair as matter of pride. Interesting origins (reasons) for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_thoreson Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Yeti? I looks like the guy who lives down the street, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorn ake Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Dad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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