2010/8/24 Bob W <p...@web-options.com>: > > incidentally I was in a shop at the weekend with my M7 on my shoulder. The > shop assistant asked if it was an old film camera. I told him it was > digital. > > 'It has a great look. Is it a Lumix?' > 'No, it's a Leica' > 'Never heard of them. Where is it from, I mean, which country?' > 'Germany' > > Look of bemusement
Scary. Did he know where Germany is, though? I had an encounter once with a 13 year old kid in Northern Michigan when his mom and aunt gave me a lift in their Ford Tempo where I sat knee deep in Doritos bags but was happy to be getting somewhere. Francis wanted to know why I had no car and I tried to explain that, having come from Germany, to bring my car had been impossible on obvious grounds. The rather bemused - as you say - response was: "but there are ferries across Lake Michigan?". At this point his mom turned around and said: "Francis, when we get home, mommy will show you Germany on the 'risk' board. It is another country." OK he was only 13 and there was a familiar predisposition for underwhelming geography skills... but still... Cheers Ecke ----------------------------------------- Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
