Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I was lucky enough to get an job that required digital (pics had to be wired > to regional press immediately after every shoot) and that paid enough for it > to be worthwhile buying a D1, G3 laptop, SB28DX flash and 17-35mm Nikkor. > The fact that there are new D1 variants out there is an irrelevence, I will > use this camera until it falls apart and then will replace it with a newer > model if the price/spec combination is right. Digital wasn't just handy, it > was a necessity. Incidentally, a mate of mine who strings for one of the > largest selling British Sunday papers was told that they would no longer pay > film and processing costs. I love my M6 and IIIg but when speed is an issue, > they get left at home > > Johnnie Having been a photographer for a coupla newspapers and a stringer for UPI in my "youth", I can echo this....a good friend of mine just went BACK to work for AP last year or so....the requirements?.....digital.....ONLY digital.....complete with laptop/cell modem/etc...... Since my background >was< PJ, and since I have no interest in digital beyond email-ing and web sites, I can truly say I'm now, and forever, an "amateur"... (I've been in the employ of a university long enough, and I'm old enough, that I doubt I'll ever return to daily "photography", if in fact it's still a viable "profession") Somehow being "offically" an amateur (I refuse to use the word artist) comes as something of a relief. For years, I've carried a complete "outfit", ready for any reasonable "job"..., simply for self-assurance.... Now I guess the M4/35mm will be all I need!!! Sure lightens the load!!! Going to take my pills, now, Mark.... Walt - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html