Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Oct 15, 2012, at 2:43 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: Magnum guys got paid/ or were loaned free of charge to carry the cameras..... it was/is an advertising gimmick. The market and technology of cameras has moved. With a N or C camera, anyone can point and shoot as well as those in the old days. If you are a working pro, the competition is the 15 year old down the street.. ... Leicas ARE expensive, Yes, they are great optics, but not everyone needs that. Rich guys can afford it....whether they need it or not. Looking at it a bit differently, the Leica ads are no longer about optics, but about lifestyle..... and that should tell you something about what their target market really is...... it is not about working photographers. Frank, your posts may be true, but they are predictable and endless... why are you so invested in this? have you made any photos recently ? have you posted any? Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 11:08 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] D800E pixel-peepers I don't see it as a stereotype thing I see it as an oddball low cut to Leica camera. Called "Dentist" cameras or otherwise "rich guy" cameras it was most appreciated by top pros as in the Magnum people and some people who Saw that work and wanted to emulated it. Or the people who appreciated it in hand and knew the advantages of a rangefinder and premium glass. Or Care. The people who don't care are the ones who do quick write offs on it. Calling it a rich guy camera. Its a premium product. Cost a lot of money. Obviously your priorities would have to be there if you were going to get one. If you were in their target market. You have to "get it" to get it. In the past I've had to do extreme financial scrambling to get an M6 body or lens. And as it paid off for me I did more later. Its not in the category of a causal buy like a medium range nikon lens or mid range body even. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:07:55 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] D800E pixel-peepers > > It is not a stereotype, it is a market segment...... A desirable market > segment.... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > Frank Filippone wrote: > >> Be happy that Leica has produced a new M ... even if they forgot how >> to count beyond 9. But let's not get crazy.... >> >> As I have said in the past... made for Doctors, Lawyers, and Indian >> Chiefs..... > > I have an intense distaste for stereotypes. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information