Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, Bryan: I got my first Leica (an M-3) seven years before I got my bar card. Don Rorschach - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell51@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] re: doctors and lawyers > I'm a lawyer and a Leica owner - but I got my first Leica about 13 years > before I got my bar card. > > Bryan Caldwell > > > > > > On 2/21/02 1:13 PM, "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > > > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html