Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina's choice of Leica seems natural and insightful taking her marvelous body of work into account. I can hardly imagine her, with the subjects I'm now familiar with, being there toting about a Whammoflex. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use Date: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 12:46 pm Again while Phil's woes seem to be way off the bottom of the graph Tina's seem to be way off the top. Or visa versa. As a Leica optimist I'd love to believe Tina's and totally ignore Phil's but can't totally do neither. I think The new Digital M is going to work. And do a lot of fine work by a lot of dedicated people. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 10:55:13 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use > > Am I still the only one astonished at Phil's report that all 10 M9 cameras > in his circle have all needed repair several times?? > I cannot believe that is typical nor know of any other report of that level > of failures (actually a 200 or 300% failure rate) to that effect anywhere > in my years of Leica involvement (nor about any other brand either for that > matter). > I never suggested that the M9 is the best tool for professional > photojournalists. It has no video for a first consideration. > My comments were only on that reported failure rate. > > _______________________________________________ > 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