Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If he didn't, I can show him how to make a pinhole to fit a 35mm camera! ;-) Kit -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of robertmeier@usjet.net Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:17 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica donation to students Ted-- Did you give him a lens with it? Bob > >> Now, can we have a raise of hands of people who would donate their >> Leicas to this program? It sounds great on paper, but I don't think >> it'd fly. You'd get a lot of Canons, Nikons, Minoltas, and Yashicas, >> but Leicas?<<, > > Karen, > I gave an M6 to a young photo student who without question had what > appeared > to be incredible photographic talent! > > And for no other reason than I'd given a one day lecture / presentation to > a > class of 60 photo students and this kid came up after the day was over, > showed me his portfolio and it was just the best damn portolio from a > student I'd seen in years. And he'd done it with a no name brand camera. > > He said . "I might have done better if I had a "better camera." I > explained > what I was looking at had little to do with the camera and everything to > do > with his ability to see! Because if he didn't see it in the first place, > it > didn't matter what camera he had in hand, it wouldn't have made any > difference. But this kid had a God given talent to, "SEE". So I had an M6 > sitting in the cabinet at home as I'd purchaesed 3 M7's, > > So I asked him to drop by the office and I'd see what I could do to help > with a better camera. So I gave him an M6 to help him along the way. :-) > > Sometimes you just have to give back to the profession, what the > profession > has given you! :-) And one never knows what can be done simply by giving a > helping hand to another human being! > > ted > > > > > > > >> >> If I was feeling generous, I'd sell my Ms on ebay and donate the >> money directly to a charity. The overhead on these things are much >> more than people think. Consider this: if Leica dedicated *one* >> person to work half time on this for a year, it'd cost them at >> *least* $50,000 if not $100,000 in wages, benefits, office space, and >> telephone equipment. And this is with zilch costs in marketting this. >> >> Do you think they'd have any chance of selling 200-400 more M cameras >> because of the wonderful advertising effect of this program and thus >> recoup their costs? >> >> Sheeez. I'm supposed to be the professor in the ivory tower. Do you >> guys actually work in the real world? >> >> Kren >> >> -- >> Karen Nakamura >> http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information