Re: [Leica] Leica-what do pros use?

["Bryan Willman" <bryanwi@seanet.com>]

Oddly, the last article I saw about the white
house's own photographers (folks who work
for the President, rather than the press)
said they used .... Lecias....

bmw

- -----Original Message-----
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-what do pros use?


>At 10:59 PM 6/30/98 +0800, you wrote:
>
>>But if Leica does not have much credibility amongst such photojournalists
>>where will it find a market in future? I believe Leica needs to try very
>>hard now to gain acceptance in the markets it has lost amongst pro
>>photographers or they will find themselves the Bugattis of the photo
>>world: well-crafted, beautiful, highly collectible, exhilarating to use
>>but bankrupt and forgotten by most.
>
>Photojournalists are conservative, and lemmings! Way too much, anyway. And
>as you point out, the White House is the perfect setting for using the AF
>fill-flash sync high speed film with little time to think kind of shooting.
>AF country all the way.
>
>But they aren't the guys I'd talk to about what is quality equipment. The
>stuff they put out on a daily basis doesn't deserve Leica optics.
>
>But go to National Geographic and ask how many use Leicas there. I can
>think of a score right off the top of my head, and this is the elite of
>photographers anywhere. (There's some not top talents there too, but on the
>whole, they're mostly masters). Mangum too. Read the latest book about them
>and Leica is mentioned as the symbol of Magnum photographers.
>
>Who would I aspire to be more like? The White House Press Corps (whom I
>respect for what they do) - shudder - or Magnum and National Geographic?
>--
>
>Eric Welch
>St. Joseph, MO
>http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch
>
>He, who will not reason, is a bigot;
>he, who cannot, is a fool;
>and he, who dares not, is a slave.
>
>William Drumond, Scottish writer  (1585-1649)
>