Cesar ... I guess it all depends on what you're comfortable with, and what your preferences and pretensions are. Speaking only for myself, I don't really care what my gear looks like, although I do like to keep everything nice looking. But hey, black tape, Pentax hoods on Leicas, Contax hoods on Leicas, plastic container tops for lens caps ... it's what goes on the film that counts.
If she's a serious photographer she won't care much about what your gear looks like - why should you care what she thinks, anyway? The snakeskin LXs are just as much you as the older, beat up or more normal cameras. If she's a dilettante, she won't know or care either. Be yourself and wear clean underwear. "Matamoros, Cesar A." wrote: > > Had a 'date' with a fellow photographer on Sunday. We were going to > take some shots in a planned community about an hour west of here. I knew > that she shot Minolta autofocus. > > As I was preparing my camera gear I was torn. It was either take > the two snake-skinned LXs or the two 'normal' LXs (one with slide the other > b&w) with me. I have had extreme reactions about the snaked cameras. I was > not sure how she would take it. I figured I could not go wrong with taking > the two 'normal' LXs, and they happen to also be the ones in the best shape > of the bunch. One has the FA-1 the other the FA-2. Talk about classy > looking. But then again I find just about all my cameras beautiful, just > some more than others ;-) > > So is it vanity that one considers the appearance of their camera > gear - to some extent.? But once she really gets to know me, she will see > the old beat up LXs and will not care by then :-) Side note - she has seen > my photography and has complemented me on it. So I guess I am safe. > -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? - 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 .
