Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Judging by the photos of young photographers I see in News Photographer magazine -- you know "Joe Blow wins college photographer scholarship" (they're always holding a camera) -- an increasing number of young newspaper photographers and wanna-bes are toting Leicas these days . . . Of course I had an M4 in college but sold it while working as a $180 a week newspaper photographer in order to buy a Nikon F3 and motor so maybe the college photographers are just better heeled than actual working stiffs . . . Bob (approaching middle age and once again enjoying the camera of my youth) McEowen In a message dated 11/10/99 6:58:30 AM, robslaurat@earthlink.net writes: >Regarding putting M's in the hands of young "users," don't Hasselblad, >Bronica, and Mamiya all have a discount purchase plan for full-time >students of art and photography? And these are deep discounts as I >recall. If Leica wants to cultivate new users, couldn't the M6 be >promoted as the same kind of artistic tool (better, some might say) as >a top-end MF camera?