Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey it was heroin (he died twice) and it's Cr?e!!!! He went from Nikon to Leica like it was 10 Seconds to Love. Knock 'em Dead Kid, he gets all the Girls Girls Girls he wants playing Louder Than Hell. I'm gonna give Sixx, Seal and Bryan Adams a call, I'm forming a leicable band called the Red Dots. And Leica is way more reliable than Canon. At least if a Leica image is OOF I know it's user error :) Chris Williams 504-231-6261 www.zoeicaimages.net Sent from my iholga On May 10, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > I disagree. There are a LOT more photographers than there are rich > celebrities, or even rich non-celebrities. Leica just doesn't give a fuck > about us, because if they did, they'd have to produce cameras that are as > reliable as Canon and Nikon and they'd have to sell them at prices > photographers could pay. That takes real work, so they took the easy way > out. > > Since Motley Crue uses Leica digital, does that mean if I start snorting > $1000 a day in Cocaine that Leica will give me a camera too? Oh Hell, if I > could afford the Coke, I'd just buy my own damned camera and keep my > health. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > > > On 5/10/13 4:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Tina you are thinking like a photographer only ;-) Leicas are luxury goods >> conveying status as well as unique photographic tools. Image and profile >> sell cameras too. If they only sold cameras to dedicated photographers >> like >> you they would be broke. (and there would be no Leicas for dedicated >> photographers!). >> >> >> *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> On 11 May 2013 06:34, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> LUG: >>> >>> I do not understand Leica's obsession with "celebrity photographers" >>> >>> >>> http://loudwire.com/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-leica-camera-photography-serie >>> s/ >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>>