Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] full time photogs
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 14:24:09 -0700
References: <B8D7B434.1D8B6%tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr> <5.1.0.14.2.20020408161409.022a6930@infoave.net>

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
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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
>
>
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In reply to: Message from Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@wanadoo.fr> (Re: [Leica] full time photogs)
Message from Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> (Re: [Leica] full time photogs)