Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found myself nodding along with Adam now and again - as a businessman, he's sane.? The auto-everythings are MUCH easier and more profitable than the M's.? They give tolerable (commercially acceptable) results with much less time spent practicing and working at it...? By any rational standard, a 'professional' photographer in the modern sense goes that route.? It's easier to pay the rent and buy the groceries.? The Toyota Camery.? (Disclosure: I own several and pay the rent with them myself.? Beats hell out of a real job.) But then there are the irrationalists for whom photography or photojournalism isn't a profession (or even a job, necessarily), it's who we ARE.? And that's a completely different calculation, and a different market... They build Ms for US, not the "profession."?? ? R. Clayton McKee PhotoJournalist from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >________________________________ > From: Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:42 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] a "pro-hobbyist" evaluates an M9 . . . ICK > >As one who had/has a 5D2 and moved to the M9, I understand what Adam >is saying.? I doubt Canon feels particularly threatened by the M9 for >its main market.? However for those who are proficient in operating >Leica rangefinders or for new Leica users like me who like to get >medium if not large format performance from a relatively light, >compact camera, the M9 simply blows the 5D2 out of the water.? At >native ISO, that Canon sensor can't touch the M9's.? Nor can the Canon >optics, and I have a boatload of "L" lenses.? But I do think he's >right that the average shooter would prefer the Canon.? The average >shooter in this group, however, is hardly average. > >Happy New Year LUGers. > >Paul >www.PaulRoark.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >