I like to use a rangefinder camera for some of my wedding photography photos. Last Saturday a man came up and looked at my camera that had the Sunpak 444 shoemount flash attached to Sunpak's Basic Grip. He looked at the camera and asked if that was a Leica. He said that my owning a Leica showed I knew "what I was doing" as a photographer. I had an LX and that didn't get any response at all. The Leica he asked about is an M2.
Jim A. > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:43:59 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sorta OT: The "Press" Photographer ? > > Those of you who've met me know that I'm an amateur/hobbyist at this. > You also know I use the Pentax LX for my SLR currently. > > Well, on Saturday afternoon, I was out at the much touted (and sold out I > might add) Toronto Beer Festival. It was quite nice and there was a lot of > fun and it wasn't too hot so everything sort of worked out nicely for those > in attendance. > > I was walking around snapping some shots with the LX and the Vivitar 283 > with the Lumiquest bouncer - using the flash for fill and under some of the > canopies that were set up (I had Pan F in the camera). I also had a lowepro > "reporter" bag slung over my shoulder with the usual suspects of lenses - > 19mm and 90mm; having the 50mm on the LX. > > Most of the booths that I walked up to took one look at the flash with the > lumiquest bouncer and immediately asked if I was with the "press" or > "media". This was never asked when I did not have the flash on the camera. > Other comments included things like "whoa .. that's some camera you got > there!" but this was again, due to the bouncer and 283 being on the camera. > > Is it due to the 283 and bouncer that people felt that I may have been a > press photographer ? The 283 @ 90degrees and the bouncer on top added > significant height to the LX and that made it far more pronounced. > It made me ponder this because NO ONE mentioned or asked why I wasn't using > a N*k*n or C*n*n camera. They also never mentioned "wow!! a Pentax!!"... > just sort of made me think that perhaps it's not so much about the actual > gear but the perception that it gives off. > > > Meandering On A Monday, > Dave > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
