Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Frank, Our secret's out! Now everyone knows the REAL reason for moving up to medium format!!! Alexander Grigolia Arlington, Virginia - 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 .
Re: Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Should be sliding by a Henrys today for film.I'll worry about 905 land seveloping later. I missed last weekend doing a 2 day indoor,butstill cold,horse show.Next time. Dave Begin Original Message From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] How'd ya miss last weekend, Dave? Loads of snow here in Toronto on Saturday - that's what I was out taking shots of: Cabbagetown in the snow. Of course it all melted by Sunday or Monday. Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Big LOL! Excellent. Hope your Christmas is good, Frank. Cheers, Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Thank you, Cotty. Merry Christmas to you and yours. -frank Cotty wrote: Big LOL! Excellent. Hope your Christmas is good, Frank. -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
OT: Out with a TLR
Hi, all, Answering Malcolm's so-called OT thread a few moments ago reminded me about a recent occurance. I recall that (I think it was) two or three months ago, someone mentioned that walking around with a honkin' big brick of a TLR around your neck is bound to get you noticed, and that some will invariably think you a pro, since not many tlr's are seen in public these days (if they ever were). Well, now that I've had a chance to walk around with my Yashica Mat for a weekend (last weekend actually - my first roll of prints will be ready tomorrow - yippee!), all I can say is, Wow, do you ever get noticed! I had so many strangers ask me about/comment on the camera! And some of them were cute young ladies too! (not that I got any phone numbers, but at my age, just gettin' them to talk to ya is an accomplishment) I was quite surprised by all the attention! I heartily recommend it (I bet that 645's or 6x7's work just as well or better) for anyone who's social life is lagging a bit. regards, frank -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Frank... You betcha...I really get a lot of attention when I go out roaming with my Yashica Mat 124G. What a great camera. I had mine hotrodded with a new spit-image screen. I love that camera. It forces you to take time with your shots and I appreciate that (honestly, I never gotten used to the image being flipped in the viewfinder). Because of this, I notice a lot of folks wanting to come up and talk about it. They don't even notice my LX... ;-) Brnedan - 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 .
Re: Out with a TLR
Try a Speed Graphic (for an attention getter, they are too big to ware around your neck). Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 12:13 PM Subject: OT: Out with a TLR Hi, all, Answering Malcolm's so-called OT thread a few moments ago reminded me about a recent occurance. I recall that (I think it was) two or three months ago, someone mentioned that walking around with a honkin' big brick of a TLR around your neck is bound to get you noticed, and that some will invariably think you a pro, since not many tlr's are seen in public these days (if they ever were). Well, now that I've had a chance to walk around with my Yashica Mat for a weekend (last weekend actually - my first roll of prints will be ready tomorrow - yippee!), all I can say is, Wow, do you ever get noticed! I had so many strangers ask me about/comment on the camera! And some of them were cute young ladies too! (not that I got any phone numbers, but at my age, just gettin' them to talk to ya is an accomplishment) I was quite surprised by all the attention! I heartily recommend it (I bet that 645's or 6x7's work just as well or better) for anyone who's social life is lagging a bit. regards, frank -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
Re: Out with a TLR
on 12/23/01 12:27 PM, Tom Rittenhouse at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try a Speed Graphic (for an attention getter, they are too big to ware around your neck). Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or a tripod mounted Kiev. Even more so when they disacover it isn't a Hassy. JeffW. - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
I heartily recommend it (I bet that 645's or 6x7's work just as well or better) for anyone who's social life is lagging a bit. So, Frank - lemme get this right - if I'm a sad old pudding with about as much chance of scoring with a pouting young lady as Bin Laden has in getting a mortgage on a nice little hideaway up in the mountains somewhere (which I am), then the answer to all my prayers is to wander around with a paperweight, er, Yashicamat TLR around my neck and have them trotting after me like the Pied Piper That's gotta be a great cartoon - I'll run one up over the holidays. Cheers! Cotty ___ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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 .
Re: Out with a TLR
But not a Mamiya Universal, they tiptoe around you craning their necks to look, but are very careful not to disturb your obviously important work. It always bemused me. It seems like to the public that thing is the epitome of the big black professional camera. Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: JeffW. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 1:55 PM Subject: Re: Out with a TLR on 12/23/01 12:27 PM, Tom Rittenhouse at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try a Speed Graphic (for an attention getter, they are too big to ware around your neck). Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or a tripod mounted Kiev. Even more so when they disacover it isn't a Hassy. JeffW. - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Hi, Cotty, Short answer: yes. Long answer: they'll still think you're a doddering old fart (at least they do with me), BUT, they'll think you're an old fart with a cool camera. AND, they'll talk to ya (at least they do with me). My favourite line, after a snuggly young thing says, wow, that looks like an old camera, is to respond, yup, it's almost as old as I am! Of course, all I'm getting is a brief conversation, then a very polite goodbye. That's about all the excitement I can take right now, anyway! BTW, it's not only cute young thangs who were talking to me. Older (ie: my age) women and men of all ages were commenting as well - I just wasn't noticing them, that's all. ;-) Finally, my Spotmatics are paperweights. The Mat is a brick. :-) Look forward to seeing your cartoon!! regards, frank Cotty wrote: I heartily recommend it (I bet that 645's or 6x7's work just as well or better) for anyone who's social life is lagging a bit. So, Frank - lemme get this right - if I'm a sad old pudding with about as much chance of scoring with a pouting young lady as Bin Laden has in getting a mortgage on a nice little hideaway up in the mountains somewhere (which I am), then the answer to all my prayers is to wander around with a paperweight, er, Yashicamat TLR around my neck and have them trotting after me like the Pied Piper That's gotta be a great cartoon - I'll run one up over the holidays. Cheers! Cotty -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
frank theriault wrote: Hi, Cotty, Short answer: yes. Long answer: they'll still think you're a doddering old fart (at least they do with me), BUT, they'll think you're an old fart with a cool camera. AND, they'll talk to ya (at least they do with me). I must have been doing something wrong back in the days when I frequently wandered around with my ancient Rollei TLR. Never had a female sweet young thing say a word to me about it, or even give me a second glance. The only sweet young thing that ever tried to strike up a conversation with me was a cute boy in Washington Square Park (Greenwich Village) one day. I started leaving the camera home after that. :) Bob - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
You must be too good looking. The older and uglier you are, the less threatening and therefore more approachable you are. The TLR (or other medium format cam) is just a further ice-breaker. Try dressing down. An old ripped army surplus parka works for me. regards, frank Robert Harris wrote: I must have been doing something wrong back in the days when I frequently wandered around with my ancient Rollei TLR. Never had a female sweet young thing say a word to me about it, or even give me a second glance. The only sweet young thing that ever tried to strike up a conversation with me was a cute boy in Washington Square Park (Greenwich Village) one day. I started leaving the camera home after that. :) -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer - 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 .
RE: OT: Out with a TLR
Thanks, Frank. Now my fiancee wants to borrow my new Yashicamat and take it out for a spin in the city. ;) --Amita - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
frank theriault wrote: You must be too good looking. The older and uglier you are, the less threatening and therefore more approachable you are. The TLR (or other medium format cam) is just a further ice-breaker. Try dressing down. An old ripped army surplus parka works for me. I've been old and ugly for years, alas. Hasn't done me a bit of good. And all of my clothes are pretty old and ratty, too. Maybe I should just follow you around and pick up the leftovers. :) Bob - 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 .
Re: OT: Out with a TLR
Amita Guha wrote: Thanks, Frank. Now my fiancee wants to borrow my new Yashicamat and take it out for a spin in the city. ;) But according to Frank it won't do him any good unless he is old and ugly, and therefore unthreatening. You probably are safe. He will come home alone. Bob - 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 .
