Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It all depends on if we are talking the photographers then you see which tend to be the photojournalists or the commercial photographers who most don't see as much. I tend to default at the ones you see. Even though I've been mainly the later. And there were rich as well as poor commercial photographers I was a poor one for the most part with rich friends. The ones really capitalized somehow or just plain doing well had a top of the line just out Nikon F5 or Canon equivalent. The ones doing less well would wait 6 months for the F100 to come out. Costing and weighing half as much but doing everything the hulking high end version did. Now its waiting for the D700 to come out in lieu of the D3s/x. Or Canonspeak. The bottom line in any case is photographer get the cameras they think they are expected to need. Its purely a PR decision. When one decides on Leica then she/he has a PR man who wears purple and drives a Saab. The marketing people would call them rugged free thinking individualist... Who loves to go against the grain. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:19:49 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Making a living as a photographer > > It all depends. I see a lot of 5D MII bodies out there (AP, and local > rags), > and a significant amount of D700 bodies (various local rags). > The 7D has been gaining ground also. > On the other hand, in the studios, it's all high end stuff. > All full frame at that. > Haven't seen a view camera in years. > Everything is tethered to a laptop these days. > I think that obsoleted the view camera more than anything else. > While the bodies might be older, or a model below the top of the product > line, > the lenses are usually the top of their line. > In my case, I take out the Rebel T2i more often than my 1D. > And depending on the situation, I also use an S90, and have used the G10 in > the past. > S.d. > > > On Dec 5, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> I do think most of the 8 grand bodies are owned by amateurs and the 2.5 >> grand bodies are owned and used by pros. >> "photography" as its talked about now for the most part is the act of >> amassing and trading back and forth large amounts of photo gear. By >> software >> designers. >> "Photographers" are the ones whose focus is not on their gear but on their >> images. >> >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >> >> >> >> >>> From: Marc Dufour <foto at marcdufour.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 01:06:34 +0100 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Making a living as a photographer >>> >>> >>> The matter isn't photography. Nor Photography. >>> No more than Plant Orchids, Play Football or Make Camembert. >>> The matter is about consider oneself as a pro or as an amateur. >>> A professional has a better gear and depends on commissions. >>> An amateur has worse gear, and photograph for pure enjoyment. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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