sjmurray Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 At a family reunion recently I was using my old Yashica 124 for some casual shots. Several adults and children had the same response after peering into the waist level finder: "Is that digital? It looks digital." To them the small square ground glass image looked a lot like the "screen" on a digital camera. In a way it does. They all thought it was "cool." So there you go, my 30 year old twin lens reflex still impresses folks, although for somewhat dubious reasons now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_calafut Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Did they ask you how you made the image backwards? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marke_gilbert Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I had the same response from some of my students a couple years ago. One spent a good half hour trying to find the power switch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrico__ Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Odd isnt it. About the cracked screen on one of my c33 TLR's (wait for it..) "shit! the LCD is cracked - thats going to cost you heaps to fix! you're probably going to need a new camera" i still look at this person with disbelief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in Austin Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 The one that pains me is when a kid's dad said, "Hey look, he's shooting with an antique." I have different camera, a 6x9 folder, which I used for a group portrait. It has a rather noisy self-timer. It was a perfect exposure of a group of folks with a worried look, as they were distracted by the painfully slow and buzzing movement of the self-timer lever. Best Regards - Andrew in Austin, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew in Austin Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 BTW, The that elicited the "antique" comment was a Rolleicord V. Best Regards - Andrew in Austin, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas5 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Yeah, but despite all of that, tell me you're not (all of you) pleased as all hell to say, "Naw. Shucks, this camera's older than I am!" It's vindicating somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrico__ Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 even more pleased to say - "this thing is older than your parents..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul ron Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 oph yeah, the first time my kids saw my vinal records on the turntable they asked me how to rewind em as if they were tape. The more you say, the less people listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b3 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Odd, I get a different reaction when I am out shooting with my Rollei's. Usually its on the line of "Wow my <insert title and name of some older and possibly deceased relative> used to shoot with one of those, it brings back memories". Or ?I used to shoot with one of those, I loved them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_seaman Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 The funniest for me, was when someone thought that I was a surveyor! I had a C330 on a tripod at the time... They were trying to point out thier property lines and it took me a little while to figure out what they were talking about. :) Jim Seaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger krueger Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Not only is my camera an antique, but I fear I (at 38) am too--twice now, my Mamiya Universal on a neckstrap has elicited "Wow, sick camera". Is "sick" a compliment? is it 50's "keen" or 90's "rad" or something else entirely? Gotta go, time for my prunes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent1 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 I got a "Wow, that's raw!" a few weeks ago when I was in my front yard, holding my 9x12 cm Ica Ideal (ca. 80 years old) up to the light, scowling at all the pinholes in the bellows (that was before I realized that the bellows was a retrofit, and was undersize for that camera, probably correct for a 3x4 format version and likely the wrong type for an Ideal, which should have had leather). Took me a minute to realize they were admiring the double extension bellows and leather covering... And yes, as long as the young dudes were dressed in either shorts and tanks, or pants that looked like they were belted around the knees, "sick" is a compliment -- it's a skateboarding term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin mayo Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 The Nikon Manual Focus list had a similar thread a couple of months ago Someone asked if a F2 was digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling_franken_steffen Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I was shooting tables (blah!) at a wedding last weekend with my Hasselblad 503CW with an CF 80mm and a Norman 400B flash-on-camera with the stroboframe "Dennis Reggie" bracket. A guest asked me (after I took two shots) if my Hassy was a REAL camera, like I'd be going around and disturbing guests just for sh!ts and giggles. Cracks me up how ignorant some people are, photographically that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwstutterheim Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 <i>One spent a good half hour trying to find the power switch....</i><br><br> That's an easy one! It switches ON when you open the hood, isn't it? It is an old Rolleiflex patent from 1928. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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