Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, You're 100% correct, and much more eloquent than I am. That's what I was trying to point out. Scott > ---------- > From: Ted Grant > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 10:31 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Clear Plastic Tape (now Camera destruction) > > Scott Sanders wrote: "as a news guy!" ;-) > >>. However, the reason our equipment looks used is > > precisely because we do use it everyday in frequently harsh conditions. > When > > the "news guys" were photographing people running for their lives in > NYC, > I > > doubt if they were too worried about an extra scratch or two showing up > on > > their cameras. <<<< > > Hi Scott, > Well we're a breed apart and our cameras are merely tools of the trade, by > the same token we don't beat the hell out of them just for something to > do, > simply because if we did our tools wouldn't work when we most need them. > > "Right in the middle of an assignment!" > > However, they do get nicked and dinged, it goes with the territory of a > working professional and if we worried ourselves about many of the teensy > marks that happened while we molly coddled the cameras for fear of getting > it wet in the rain, we'd not be making our living using Leica's very long. > > And on a news disaster, the last thing we're thinking about is whether > we're > getting dust on the gear or any more nicks or dings, as the pictures are > all > that counts and sometimes we do that at our peril! > ted > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html