Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They are when you literally have nothing else, cannot find a job, are homeless, and no one cares if you live or die, and you have a young son crying because his belly hurts that he's hungry. I've been there. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 3/11/10 6:15 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > Apparently I don't view my photo gear as liquid part of my net worth. Its a > solid. In 33.3 years as a photographer with most my friends being > photographers and this was the real world before the internet but we did > have the Shutterbug I cant think of somebody who sold off a bulk of their > gear because they was having "a slow year". I'm sure it must have happened; > I just cant think of an example. > > I did have a few friends who loved to buy and sell or trade cameras back > and > forth but I think they thought of better excuses to do so. Like "it was not > so sharp in the corners". "the canons have better shift lenes - I'm > trading in all my Nikons for Canons.". > If always having new gear is the point then we can pick any excuse we want > to to justify that And the rest of us can all pretend we believe it. > Cameras are not money. > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information