[Leica] Ooops

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> 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.
> 
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Lost as to why you'd pretend you'd think I was referring to you on this.

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Mark William Rabiner