Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/25

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Pro Camera Def
From: leica@purdue.edu (Jason Tetzloff)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 19:30:23 -0600


I cannot help but agree with Stephen Gandy's definition of a "pro" camera.
I one worked with a photojournalist whose primary camara was a Mamiya
1000DTL--his back up, if you can believe it, was an M3.(He would always
say, "well, you know that the Leica just isn't an SLR like the 1000...") In
that case, this prosaic m-42 screw mount camera was pro gear.

Maybe we should consider Leica (and some Canon and Nikon and Contax) as
pro-capable gear.  To paraphrase Mr. Gandy, unless it is used, it isn't a
professional camera.

Jason M. Tetzloff
Dept. of History, Purdue University
1358 University Hall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1358