Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not sure what you're referring to with this Mark. With very rare exceptions, every piece of equipment I've purchased was for specific types of work, often for specific jobs. I do not consider investing in the fine tools of my trade as "ridiculous consumption." When the "need" to sell arises I consider the least used tools first. Yet I find it phenomenally difficult to part with those tools which earned their keep for decades. Most weeks I simply cannot come to terms with selling the: 1955 8x10 Deardorf kit, 1960 Linhof Technica IV kit, Cambo Ultima or the Hasselbad 500CM Kit; even though they've not earned a dime in a very long time. Other items, sold under duress, I simply could no longer afford to own. As much as I enjoyed ownership they simply did not earn their keep; while the equipment that came after - did and does earn. I have little interest in ownership for it's own sake. There's nothing "frivolous" about in operating business (the buying and selling of goods and services) for 40 plus years. The buggy whip factory may not have failed if they'd figured out when and how to retool for the horseless carriage trade. I don't pretend to know your requirements, photographic goals, or business plan; But if, as you say, it's imperative for a professional working today to shoot, minimally, a 24x36 sensor, holding off for a year or ten, because of an unwillingness to "retool" may seem a questionable business decision. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Mar 12, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Watching the ridiculous consumption and frivolous buying and selling- > trading on the lug over the decade I'm glad these people now have a > moral > imperative. They now represent family values - I am the lone deviant.