leonid_kotlyar Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 This previous wednesday I went to the photo expo at the Javits center in New York . There I was amazed as to how many people were walking around with leicas .... . What for , to photograph the other leicas ? Just an observation ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_schank Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 Maybe its the correct fashion accessory to have so you look like you are in the know about photography. You might have gotten an interesting shot of a group of people milling about looking at the expo all with Leicas hanging from their necks. I think that could be a humorous image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilhelm Posted November 4, 2000 Share Posted November 4, 2000 When I go to a camera show I "wear" my Leica M6 with an Imarect and 35mm Summilux. It lets the exhibitors know that I am a serious collector, and can appreciate and afford to purchase any items that I might ask to examine, not just "kicking tires" and wasting their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_rowlett2 Posted November 5, 2000 Share Posted November 5, 2000 One doesn't dare take any other camera! A lizard skin model would be the best, though, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonid_kotlyar Posted November 5, 2000 Author Share Posted November 5, 2000 Remember nothing is really sold at the expo , it is only displayed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergus_hammond Posted November 5, 2000 Share Posted November 5, 2000 I went to the opera on Friday night. My girlfriend was wearing black pants and I was wearing black pants and a black turtleneck. How did we accessorize? With the M6, of course! The black body with silver accent was perfect. <p> Oh, boy, that's scary... <p> {Actually, it was a good crowd photography scene with the 35/1.4. Seattle's opera crowd is very amusing: half black-tie, half gortext and fleece.} <p> fh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_collier Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 At the last photo jumble I was at, an exhibiter noticed my Leica and motioned me over. He dug around in his bag and came up with a mint lens hood for a 50/1.2 Noctilux. A very rare item indeed. I bought it for $68US and passed it on to a Leica-user group member who needed one (for the same price of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msitaraman Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 My M6 seems to generate an quite a bit of comment here in Japan, all of it friendly. People are quite camera aware here, especially retired men, an huge proportion of whom pursue photography as a hobby, or so it seems. So its hardly an unobtrusive street camera. I also see many people with CLs and Minolta CLEs. The Japanese have a thing about simplicity and smallness and Leicas seem to fit a certain aesthetic, if that's the right word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kl_prager1 Posted November 6, 2000 Share Posted November 6, 2000 Obviously, one of the great benefits of the M series Leica is that they are so easy to carry along everywhere. I once encountered a group of Orthodox Jews praying together in a remote part of a convention exhibition hall at the PMA Show in Las Vegas. A Leica M would have been very handy to have at that moment indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_roaldi Posted November 8, 2000 Share Posted November 8, 2000 $68US for a lens hood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_fleischman Posted November 11, 2000 Share Posted November 11, 2000 OK, how about $75 for a hood for the 35mm Summilux? I wanted it . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_brookes5 Posted November 25, 2000 Share Posted November 25, 2000 Some cute answers there, but would you take you M6 to the opera like Eisenstadt ? - and dress in a black tie as well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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