Re: Tamarkin Wealth...

[Wolfgang Sachse <sachse@msc.cornell.edu>]

> Let me ask you this, when you have a photo that someone is interested 
> in for commercial purposes, do you give it to them to use free of 
> charge, or do you try to get as much as you can for it??

	Hi -

	To a friend - always free of charge. For the others,
	it depends on how onerous and dangerous the job was
	and whether there was any learning benefit to me.

> Question #2, what is the differance between your picture and the item 
> that Mr. Tamarkin bought??

	Are you comparing pleasures?
	I have no idea how much pleasure Mr. Tamarkin gets out
	of owning that $80K Leica. The pleasure I get seeing a
	friend smile at an image I recorded is priceless.

	Now back to the original posting. As I recall, the previous
	poster commented on the bidding "craziness" at auctions
	where Leica items are sold and the perceived investment
	potential of Leica cameras -- and the effect that these
	actions have on the ordinary person who wanted to just
	use this camera.

	-- Wolfgang

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