Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about looking at it the other way around? If people can produce great images using *x* camera, the camera must surely have some merits, no? On May 24, 2009, at 1:25 AM, pedxin at aol.com wrote: > > At least those famous people are famous, and got there because they > make photos people buy. > Maybe buying their brand of camera just because they promote it is > ignorant, > but by the same token buying one because someone unknown outside a > brandfan forum promotes it > has to be 10X more ignorant. And at no time have I ever seen any > of those "famous" guys bash any other brand, > perhaps they have too much class ;) > > [RANT] > Where the format and brand of camera a famous person uses matters > is when > selling a product to people who don't know what they want or how to > get > what they want. It's hero worship and marketing departments use it to > manipulate us into buying their products. > [/RANT] > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein