Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hope Leica don't forget real photographers, after see 3 pages of this nice blog I was tired to only see cameras, stores, pretty girls.... Leica is for me and I think for all the members of this list an excellent instrument to do pictures, celebrities... "?what we call in Spain "Beautiful people" is a wrong way I think, in our days of international recession ... such concepts are "offensive" for me... another way to show snobbism! Cheers Lluis El 15/01/2013, a las 02:19, Philip Leeson escribi?: > Maybe if you looked like Ali Larter, they'd send you one: > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/fashion/leica-cameras-favored-by-celebrities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss> > > ;-) > > Phil > > On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:28 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > >> Lluis Ripoll OFFERED: >> Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: DVD: Henri Cartier-Bresson The Impassioned >> Eye(2003), een film van Heinz Butler >> >> >> "Dear Ted, buenos dias querido amigo! >> Has Leica any rough idea about your 380,000 images 99,99% with a Leica? >> I hope Leica gives you an special edition Leica MM "Dr. Ted Grant" and >> you come with it to Barcelona to the big meeting!<<<<<<< >> >> Dear Lluis, buenos dias querido amigo! >> No Luis, Leica don't do that for unknown photographers to them. Although >> they surely know who I am been there a few times while on assignments in >> Europe! Nor regardless of how many photographs your government's National >> Archives' and National Art Gallery have in their photographic >> collections. Even the largest in the history of your country? Or books >> you've had published and acclaimed by many many reviewers and subjects as >> the subject of the books. >> >> Nor my years of lecturing to professional photographer associations, >> schools and camera clubs all over the country. And at each, espousing the >> greatness of the Leica camera never ended simply because that's the >> equipment that allowed me to become the very fortunate lucky >> photojournalist I am! >> >> Even when you are the Lead Speaker for 16 years in Cape Cod for the Leica >> International Seminar! Where my lectures drew such demand each year until >> people had to be turned away because there wasn't teaching room for more >> than a 90 bodies. >> >> Oh they do give them to German's, American's, sport heros, Hip Hop so >> called singers! And free cameras to movie stars because they're movie >> stars! >> >> Give them to trust worthy hard working published international >> photographers for over half a century because the camera is the best tool >> on the market in carrying out thousands of assignments for many >> publications or books? Nope! >> >> Got a used slide projector one time when Leica closed the LEICA CANADA >> opertion in Toronto. But only because one of the senior people told the >> staff person I had a projector on loan and it should be returned! It was >> already a loaner that had the hell beat out of it shipped all over the >> country as a sample. >> >> But the VIP was convinced they should let me keep it as I was such a >> loyal and trustworthy Leica user. Besides it was really in junk condition >> and they'd only scrap it if I returned it! So that was my one big free >> reward after 60 years of "ALWAYS BUYING ALL MY LEICA GEAR!" >> >> A free MM???? Whatever you do, do not hold your breathe my friend it >> ain't going to happen!! >> cheers, >> Dr. ted >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information