Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am a lawyer but I was a photographer long before I became a lawyer. I started out in high school in the 50s and became a lawyer in the 60s. I learned a long time ago to not tell anyone that you are a lawyer. I am breaking that rule for this thread. I will be a photographer the rest of my life but I will not be a lawyer when I retire. I will get me some card printed with Photographer on the card. Ernest Nitka 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