Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the only "consumers" that care about the equipments are the Fashion Ad agencies and the like. Certainly art galleries don't care a hoot, and neither does Reuter or cnn. "PRO" only use Leica or Canon or Hassy etc. is a worn out mantra. On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:48 PM, slobodan dimitrov < slobodan.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote: > What I use, for what a situation calls for, is my business. As it is, most > clients are visual illiterates. The better editors rarely interfere. These > days one is bound to get a kid who's on the job by default. All they know > is > pricing, from there end, and rarely know shoot requirements. > But I have to say, I have an image of Paulo Freire, shot with an M4 and 3rg > gen 35mm 'cron, going into a sociology textbook. It was shot on TX, > indoors, > and barely printable. Today, I can outshoot that equipment combination with > the Canon S90, or better with a T2i, never mind any late 1D. The only > reason > the shot is being printed is that he's dead, and the only image that I know > of where he's looking into the camera. Otherwise, it's a poor technical > quality image. > S.d. > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > > Say, so you are a PRO and shooting with a finger nail sized sensor and > get > > paid for it?!! > > > > Blasphemy! :-) > > > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:03 PM, slobodan dimitrov < > > slobodan.dimitrov at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have one, along with the dedicated underwater case. While it's not as > > > good > > > in low light as the most recent Canon, or Nikon, it's better in low > light > > > than a G10, by far. I've had a number of shots published shot with it. > > The > > > client asked no questions about the quality. > > > I'm thinking of getting this little critter for it; > > > http://www.kleptography.com/rf/#camera_s90 > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > > replies in your msgs. ] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]