Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V2 #149
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 20:42:27 -0600

At 12:35 PM 2/6/98 +0100, you wrote:

>So then, why is the current generation of Photojournalists with Canon?

Because they are paid poorly? :-)  It's truer than you might think. In the
U.S. journalism graduates are the lowest paid college graduates in the
country.

They are still mostly with Nikon. Though many are deserting to Canon
they're a long way from taking over. 

There are many who are still shooting with F3s and F4s and have no
intention of switching or upgrading. They are going to run their cameras
into the ground because they are just fine, and think they're more reliable. 

And they often don't use AF except for sports. Most of their shooting is
with the AF turned off. And several of my friends have for the first time
ever become interested in Leica because of the R8 and it's bright
viewfinder. And the lenses, of course.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.