I've gotten the "what a beautiful antique camera, how old is it" question countless times with my cherry and brass Tachihara. I love telling people that it's only a few years old.
My favorite questions have come when using my hasselblads in the field. While photographing some students at the local college one day, one of the girls asked me what I was doing with the lever after every exposure. "You mean the winding lever? I'm advancing the film." "Oh", she replied, "I know cameras used to shoot film, but I didn't know you have to wind it yourself."
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