Re: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?

[Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr>]

le 04.09.2001 11:06, Mxsmanic à mxsmanic@hotmail.com a écrit :

> Tarek writes:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tarek Charara" <tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 02:16
> Subject: Re: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?
> 
> 
>> le 03.09.2001 21:55, Mxsmanic à mxsmanic@hotmail.com a écrit :
>> 
>>> Tarek writes:
>>> 
>>>> If you build your business around ONE camera that
>>>> may need servicing every now and then...
>>> 
>>> A lot of people build their businesses around one truck, or one musical
>>> instrument, or one boat ... or one camera.  How many cameras does a
>>> photographer
>>> have to have before he can be "professional"?
>> 
>> A lot of people also go out of business because
>> of how they conduct their business.
> 
> Yes, but there is little overlap or correlation between those who go out of
> business for that reason and those who do not have redundant equipment or
> plant
> resources.  Most people with only one truck upon which they must depend do not
> go out of business if the truck breaks down ... because trucks can be fixed in
> less than a day.  And they do not buy spare trucks because trucks are too
> expensive to make that cost-effective.  Leica cameras are somewhat similar to
> trucks, except that they cannot be serviced in one day, and so anyone who must
> depend on a single, expensive Leica camera for work may go under if it fails,
> simply because he cannot get it fixed quickly enough to stay in business.

There is a lot of correlation between dumb business decisions and going out
of business. Building a photography business around one camera (any brand)
is a dumb business decision.

You seem to have more experience in the trucking business than I have, but
from what you write you hardly seem to be in the photography business.


> 
>> Having two or three bodies while on assignment is
>> a way of securing my job and minimizing the risks
>> of hardware failure.
> 
> Perhaps you have unlimited capital to invest.  Most businesspeople don't,
> however; indeed, if they did, they wouldn't have to work for a living.

It's not a matter of capital, it's a matter of business. I cannot take the
risk of losing ANY business. Yes I do invest a lot into my business, but I
certainly do not have unlimited capital. Compared to other businesses my
investments are pretty low. I have a client who invests the value of my
complete gear into his business EVERY YEAR, and that's a one (wo)man
business. It keeps the taxes down and the equipment up to date. Any
businessman knows that.

> 
>> What a joke! You tell me how to get any camera body
>> repaired in the middle of nowhere ...
> 
> Most photographers do not work in the middle of nowhere, as there is very
> little
> demand for photographers in such places.

Right. ROFL. Either you are really stupid or you're just pretending to be
stupid and the performance is outstanding.

Tarek