Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley said wisely: >>> I send the cameras in for cleaning if they quit working or if I notice > rusty spots. I am on the Leica professional list, but I get no special > prices - just expedited returns. > > I can't afford not to carry Leicas.<<<<<< Hi Tina, I can't add anything to this, as it says it all! :-) And what I've been doing for 40 years with a Leica. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] full time photogs > At 12:49 PM 4/8/02 -0700, you wrote: > >2. That most working photographers must use less expensive > >equipment because they are not paid well enough to amortize > >anything as expensive as Leica. This is meant for those > >whose employer does not furnish their gear. > > > > Larry Burrows told me his Leicas were sent to Hong Kong > >for a complete stripdown and cleaning on a MONTHLY basis. > >He was carrying five Leicas and two Nikons on the day I met > >him. I am also sure that because of his fame and > > "connections" he received his equipment for much lower > >prices than you or I would have been offered. > > > > One friend was carrying a FTn and 50~300 zoom when they > >drove into an ambush. He dove into a ditch full of water, > >mud, algae and probably shit RATHER THAN GET SHOT. I will > >leave the shape of the camera and lens to your imagination. > > Well, my employer doesn't furnish my gear. Or I guess I do, since I am > self-employed. > > I use only Leicas - mostly M6's. I use them because I can drop them in a > river or in knee deep mud, wash them out, dry them and continue using > them. I can use them in the rainy season in Central America and not worry > about a deluge of rain frying the electronics. I can use them for weeks at > a time with no batteries. I can use them in dark, small, smoky adobe homes > and the shutter is quiet enough that everyone forgets that I am taking > photographs. I can rewind them quietly when conversation covers the sound > of the film slipping back through the camera. I can take pictures by > candlelight with the Noctilux. > > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > images available from http://www.pdiphotos.com > > > -- > 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