Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe. But I'm thinking about the present. 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 12:52 pm In the film days you would have. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: jon streeter <jon.streeter at cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:34:02 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use > > I occasionally try to spot Leicas being used professionally, such as in a > flock (crowd? herd?) of photojournalists, but I have yet to see one. Sent > from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Bill Pearce" > <billcpearce at cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: > [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use Date: Sat, Dec 1, 2012 10:00 pm For a working > PJ, using a Leica exclusively is a fool's errand. There are too many times > when a long lens is necessary and the Leica can't do it. I have a friend who > is a working PJ, and her used two Leica M8's for five or six years along side > his Canons. Sold them two or three years ago, as it was for him too much > money tied into things that were not universally useful. Do I wish that it > were still possible for a PJ with a Leica and a 35 could earn a living? Hell > yes, b kSY57sut I would also be happy if newspapers weren?t laying them off > all the time, or there were still news magazines. -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Filippone Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 11:37 PM To: 'Leica > Users Group' Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras Real Pros Use The bottom line from > this story seems to be.... If you are a newly minted PJ, and go out and spend > your hard earned non-existent extra cash to buy a Leica, the Company could > give a hoot if your camera is in the shop and you cannot earn your > wages. Sounds like a resoundingly good reason to use a N or C camera. Frank > Filippone Red735i at verizon.net > Did the Leica Rep make an offer to supply a > backup when yours was in > the shop? Nope! Phil > Forrest _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information