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Subject: [Leica] Motley Crew?
From: zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 22:12:03 -0400
References: <CAE3QcF6fuzTgv9r7UCsXfGyzL7ViJKOKbeg8=0T_MSjhXbM0pQ@mail.gmail.com> <CDB2D948.2EE37%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <CAH1UNJ2t3Y35MuDZc5B8rRRBNHcnjFBw1Xzp0No+jz=ePeyXPg@mail.gmail.com> <2B3811FC-0423-4068-96D8-806FFDE1FEBB@mac.com> <CAH1UNJ2aVhZ=n_DtzfY86mfXRo+ia4f555AvLGJ6OFwr8i8Kgw@mail.gmail.com>

Hells yes :)



Chris Williams
504-231-6261
www.zoeicaimages.net

Sent from my iholga 


On May 10, 2013, at 10:07 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> 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
>>>>>> 
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In reply to: Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Motley Crew?)
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Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] Motley Crew?)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Motley Crew?)