Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/29

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Subject: Re. [Leica] Conformity in Athens NOW BEING A SHOOTER!
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Sun Aug 29 01:27:01 2004

Of the hundred or so regular pros covering the Motor
Racing World Championship  I can only think of two who
still use Nikon, the rest changed to Canon years ago.
When I started in 1976 it was all Nikon. Olympus has
figured and is making a small comeback following their
sponsorship of Ferrari, but the E cameras are only
seen on a couple of Olympus supported pros. The last R
user stopped covering motor racing almost 10 seasons
ago.
I can't speak about the non sport pros but for Sports
Nikon was too late bringing out competing products to
Canon and by then even 99% of the Nikon faithfull had
changed over.
cheers
Frank  

--- Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: 
> On 8/19/04 10:30 AM, "Peter Klein"
> <pklein@2alpha.net> typed:
> 
> > 
> > Everyone:  Didn't mean to stir up a hornet's
> nest--I was struck the sight
> > of all those Can*n white lenses scrunched
> together. No "ragging"
> > intended at all.  In fact, it made me think, "Free
> Press Zone"--kind of
> > like the "Free Speech Zones" at the political
> conventions.  Minus the
> > barbed wire.
> > 
> > I'm well aware of Can*n's capture of the Pro
> market by offering great
> > programs and service, as well as good equipment. 
> Again, I was just amused
> > by that repeating pattern of *big* white
> cylinders.  As HCB might have
> > said, it was all about geometry.  :-)
> > 
> > --Peter
> > 
> Having just read an article on this a few months ago
> I'd like to say that
> the "pro market" even if all those photographers in
> that shot where just
> shooting canons includes a lot more than press
> shooters. Or sports shooters.
> Or what ever you call those "guys" in a shot like
> that.
> According to the article which I think I sent to BD
> a while back the bulk of
> the commercial or professional photographers market
> is not of course the
> very visible press photographers. This is just the
> market the Canon very
> aggressively went after assuming correctly that this
> would give the
> impression that ALL pro's where using their stuff.
> According to the article
> (maybe BD still has it) the pro photographers doing
> commercial work but not
> the very visible if not as glitzy as they appear
> press work are still firmly
> entrenched in Nikon like they had been in previous
> decades.
> The Canon take over is a myth.
> And when I talk to the sales people behind the
> counters at Pro photo and
> CameraWorld both here in Portland Oregon this is
> confirmed.
> The Canon take over myth might have fooled the bulk
> of the paying masses and
> pro wanabee's....
> But it has not fooled the bulk of the pros.
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
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