Unbelieveable. What does it matter what a camera looks like? I like the "manual film" quote...It's not too often you hear stories of people talking down Leicas. What a maroon.
It's funny, but I get the same looks and type of questions about the 67 every once in a while. It's interesting how incredulous some are that people still shoot film. -Brendan ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bob W <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:29:25 AM > Subject: How to lose a sale > > I was in a shoe shop today, looking at shoes (surprise, surprise). I had my > M8 hanging from my shoulder. After staring disconsolately at the footwear on > offer I heard somebody muttering something in my ear. It was a shop > assistant. > > "Is that old thing an SLR or a rangefinder?" > "It's a rangefinder" > "Does it still work?", he said, laughing. He was really taking the piss out > of the camera. > "What do you mean?" > "In this digital day and age! Does manual film still work?" > "It's digital" > "Digital? That?! It likes a really old thing. Is it a Rioch (sic)?" > "A what?" > "A Rioch" > "No, it's a Leica" > "Man! That looks so old!" > > I can't imagine how he expected to get a sale out of me after that, even if > they'd had any shoes I wanted to buy. > > Just to keep it on topic, as I was walking away shaking my head in disbelief > I heard him tell one of his colleagues that he had a Pentax K1000. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
