Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you are a fan of Motley Crue, then average also becomes an overestimation (-: Cheers Jayanand On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote: > You're calling me an average joe!!! > > Chris Williams > 504-231-6261 > www.zoeicaimages.net > > Sent from my iholga > > > On May 10, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Chris, Don't forget that it is the average Joe that funds Motley Crue, by > > attending their live shows and buying their records. They do not get rich > > as if by magic, you know. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:41 AM, 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 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >