Weird Question- Camera Gender

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mayerk wrote in post #7421623
My cameras do not have genders or names, however, I guess the lenses have the male ends and the body has the female end so I guess the body by itself could be "her" and a body/lens combo would be more like a hermaphrodite.

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perryge wrote in post #7421666
Well, in French it's "un appareil photo", so technically cameras are masculine .

which is quite true. What were the French thinking! :P

(I'm a French speaker myself... if anything, I'm just expressing how difficult it is for me to learn all the genders of objects.)

perryge wrote in post #7421666
Well, in French it's "un appareil photo", so technically cameras are masculine .

In German it's "die kamera", which is feminine, so . . .

Jon wrote in post #7422087
In German it's "die kamera", which is feminine, so . . .

So you're saying that French men = German women?

You're saying that. I'm just saying that the Germans consider a camera to be feminine. Just like they consider a rabbit to be neuter. :{)#

My camera is an it
But if I had to give it a gender it would be female and the lenses, batteries and CF cards would be male

It's a very serious sign of instability to place a gender or name to camera gear. Vehicles, on the other hand......

RayHenry wrote in post #7422771
It's a very serious sign of instability to place a gender or name to camera gear. Vehicles, on the other hand......

LOL Yeah, my car has issues... It's definitely male, but my mom likes to call it "Miisu" - that translates to something like "Kitty" in english...

oldvultureface wrote in post #7421289
Is "it", referring to my camera, a gender?

Only in San Francisco.

PeaceFire wrote in post #7421271
Do you assign a gender to your camera bodies? My hubby pointed out to me today that I refer to my 5D as "him" and my 40D as "her" ("pass her to me", "can I see him", etc.). Does anyone else do this? If so, what gender(s) is(are) your camera body(ies). Do you name them?

To add for the record: I've always referred to my XTi as a male and his name is Skippy. The 5D and 40D do not have names, just genders apparently.

Well, All I can say is....... (all meant in fun, of course)

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DennisW1 wrote in post #7423505
Well, All I can say is....... (all meant in fun, of course)

Ugh.. I'd remove that before the mods see it.

LOL, nice one.

mayerk wrote in post #7421623
My cameras do not have genders or names, however, I guess the lenses have the male ends and the body has the female end so I guess the body by itself could be "her" and a body/lens combo would be more like a hermaphrodite.

All my sexy toys are female... camera or lenses. I fantasize before I get them. They're all beauties. I know what buttons to push, where to hold them... so yeah... none of them are male.:p

oldvultureface wrote in post #7421289
Is "it", referring to my camera, a gender?

Yes, it is. Neuter is as much a gender as masculine or feminine.