[Leica] MAGNUM - HOME

[Gerry Walden]

I watched a lot of this on YouTube and it was very clearly sponsored by Fujifilm to display their camera which is in direct competition to the Leica ’S' series. A number of the photographers involved seemed to be saying they were not happy with the larger size and preferred a smaller camera, although they didn’t say so in so many words. The impression I got was that they were saying what was anted rather than what they thought.

Virtually every other Magnum promotional item on YouTube shows a strong preference for Leica equipment. Has Magnum really sold out to Fujifilm? Has their been some kind of lovers tiff between Magnum and Leica?

Gerry

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> On 11 Mar 2018, at 00:33, Robert Baron via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for posting these links, Peter, they bring up some interesting
> material.
> 
> As luck would have it I was just listening to an episode of a podcast
> (Visual Revolutionary, VR Shorts Episode #2) featuring David Alan Harvey
> and during the interview he mentioned this project.  Also of interest was
> his dismissal of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome), which of course I have to
> fight on a regular basis.
> 
> With regard to your thought about a LUG project it is a good one but I'm
> afraid I can't presently volunteer for a role, although I could certainly
> contribute an image if it does come to pass.
> 
> --Bob
> 
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I got a mail from "L'Oeil de la Photographie" about a book  - and
>> exhibition -
>> being published by Magnum called "Home":
>> 
>> <https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/16-photographes-de-magnum-
>> racontent-leur-chez-soi-en-images/?utm_source=Liste%
>> 20ODLP%20nouvelle%20version&utm_campaign=f5b4078d05-
>> Newsletter%20FR%206.02.2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_
>> 27b3627ade-f5b4078d05-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&ct=t(Newsletter%
>> 20FR%206.02.2018)>
>> 
>> The link to "Home" on Magnum's site is here:
>> 
>> <http://home-magnum.com/en/>
>> 
>> NFI by the way! (I should be so lucky)
>> 
>> The YouTube videos are very interesting and worth spending a few minutes
>> watching for their own sake - and much more interesting than TV!
>> 
>> The brief makes intetesting reading on its own too. And a thought crossed
>> my
>> mind, didn't we (The LUG) do things like this at one time? How about "The
>> LUG at
>> Home"? What do you think? An idea worth pursuing? I was fascinated by the
>> variety of things that people included and thought of as signifying their
>> "Home"
>> 
>> If it is let's discuss the topic first, mechanics last of all. If it were
>> done
>> it needn't be a physical book...
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Peter
>> --
>> 
>> ===========================================================
>> Dr Peter Dzwig
>> 
>> 
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