Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My name is Lea and I'm not a doctor but my Leica was purchased from a camera store who purchased it used from a doctor. Surely that counts............. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:13 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] re: doctors and lawyers : Were to begin? : My Name is Ernie - I use Leicas and I'm a DOCTOR! ( read in the tone of a : 12 step program) : : It's inherited as my father, a physician infected me with the LAS ( Lecia : acqusition syndrome). He used to go out of his way to keep from telling car : salesmen that he was was a doctor - "they'll just abuse you ". I have long : ago given up on that as I don't think the salesmen care - if your in the BMW : showroom you are rich by definition and really who cares if you made your $ : in the stock market, in construction etc. : : I don't know who said much of the market are MD and lawyers who know nothing : of the mechanical nature of the Leica. I would challenge you on this one - : I think that amongst my friends most go for the Nikon F5 or Canon equivalent : - few if any even know about the leica. Seriously. If that person is trying : to say that some people own the leica simply for the name that's probably : true but then so is it true for many other camera brands. : : Anyway - Any of the doctors, lawyers, dentist care to add their name to this : new Survey. : : Ernie 'in rehab but it ain't working' Nitka : : : : On 2/21/02 3:30 PM, "Kyle Cassidy" <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote: : : >>> Much of Leicas market is Doctors and Lawyers.. Who buy the name and : >>> could care less if its mechanical.. : >> : >> is this literally true, or is "Doctors and Lawyers" a figure of speech for : >> "well-heeled amateur photographers?" i'd be interested in seeing any : >> demographic information about the new leica buyer. i did once buy a new : >> leica. : > : > i think it's anticdotal evidence based on lug postings. it ceritanly seems : > viable to me. they both seem to run thicker than normal around here. or : > maybe they just post more than the "well-heeled" non doctor and lawyer : > amature photographers on the list. i'd need a grant from the NEH to come up : > with more conclusive data. : > : > kc : > -- : > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : : -- http://home.twcny.rr.com/nitka : : : -- : 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