[Leica] WOW I love you, Ted...go Ted go Fuji X Pro 1/2/?

[Mark Kronquist]

I need that 800! Mark in PDX


Fuji makes their X Pro 1/2 in a high wage country…Japan…

Fuji makes their X Pro 1/2 out of METAL

Ten and Euro are both equally unhealthy against the dollar

Fuji sells their bodies for sat $1400

Leica M cameras are better made and I am not going into whether an X Tran or Leica Sensor costs more…

Say it costs twice as much  retail is $2800 not $6800

Ditto lenses…

Have you played with the 7 Artisans lenses? They are superb Leica should buy the company redo the QC and fit and finish a TINY bit, double the price  (the L multiplier effect)  

Look a 28 1.4 for $500 no, now $1000…excellent




> On Jun 21, 2019, at 5:08 PM, Ted Grant via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> NATHAN mon ami!
> ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!
> Any camera! No matter how much it costs, or lens used? Make, electronics or
> every new fangled aspect created by super technicians is only as good as the
> person holding it! 
> AND MAKING IT "CLICK @ PRECISLY" MAGICAL EMOTIONAL, PEAK OF THE MOMENT! 
> Oh sure some of the newly created electronics, lenses etc. make the captured
> image "sparkle like well polished diamonds & gold!"
> 
> SO WHAT????????? If the lighting is crap, the composition sucks like a brick
> and whatever other dumb-ass mistake the shooter makes?
> 
> WAKE-UP CREW! THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONTENT!!!!!!!!!!!Nor the eyes
> of the photog! His/her reactions to the peak moment.
> COMPOSITION AND WTHOUT QUESTION? 
> The gut feeling as the camera clicks capturing the emotions of the shooter,
> male or female and "what triggered their emotions!!!" NOT THE SQUIGGLY
> GADGET INSIDE THE LENS?
> LEICA FOR EXAMPLE MAKING THESE NEW FANGLED CAMERAS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
> PUTTING THEMSELVES OUT OF BUSINESS! NO YOU SAY????
> JUST WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(
> BECAUSE THE GREAT NUMBER OF US WHO HAVE MANAGED TO SUPPORT THEM FOR YEARS
> (me? 50 OR MORE years buying their gear" at least, if not more! Owning and
> using at the same time! 6 bodies, 3 M's hanging around my neck, different
> lenses. And at the same time, 3 motor driven SLR's, all at once! 2 on left
> shoulder and one on my right shoulder with a tele lens just in case! A few
> lenses not mounted, just in case you require a TELE-800! 
> We "CAN NO LONGER BUY Their GEAR/CAMERAS etc. BECAUSE THE INCOMES OF
> PHOTOGRAPHERS OR POSITIONS FOR THEM ON MAGAZINES, WIRE SERVICES,NEWSPAPERS.
> Commercially etc. are diminishing!
> HOWEVER? LEICA ADD ALL THIS NEW FANGLED BITS & PIECES, JACK-UP THE PRICES
> WHEN ALL THIS STUFF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH "SEEING, CAPTURING THE MAGICAL
> MOMENT!" 
> Mark my words crew the day is coming!
> UNFORTUNATELY :-(
> Dr.Ted Grant 0.C.
> tedgrant at shaw.ca
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: June-21-19 10:57 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica: 100 Jobs lost
> 
> Usually the root cause has little to do with the equipment as opposed to the
> person using that equipment.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> 
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>> On 21 Jun 2019, at 16:24, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> What are the MAJOR causes of lousy photographs, from the majority of
> users.............  Camera movement, missed focus, crappy lenses, and
> exposure.  Others?
> 
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