[Leica] Magnum + Leica: Interesting?

[lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Hi Ted, mon ami

I share your arguments and I'm agree with you... I agree with you  
about Tom Abrahamsson, great people!

cheers
Lluis


El 26/02/2011, a las 5:48, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca>  
escribi?:

> Hi Crew,
> You know I look at this Leica garbage promotion and near throw-up!  
> Sure most of the Magnum guys use Leica, but Leica didn't mention  
> that those Leica using guys happened to use a Canadian made rapid  
> winder produced by Tom Abrahamsson in Vancouver! WHY?
>
> Well the Leica, so called "rapid winder" was a piece of junk! Tom  
> made one that worked like a dream, with hardly any moving parts and  
> he accepted phone calls from around the world in the event of a  
> malfunction..... rarely of his RapidWinder. If it were? "he would  
> talk the photographer through adjustments at no charge" and get he  
> or she back on the road of shooting their assignment!
>
> It's like, so big deal the Magnum photographers worked their Leica's  
> harder than some members of this group? Crap!
>
> I'll give, maybe they got shot at a few times more than we did!  
> However, I did my time with Leicas under fire and my cameras worked  
> just fine. My nerves maybe a little unraveled! ;-) However, I don't  
> see LEICA rushing to me after 61 years as an honourable  
> photojournalist! Recording life of this world with my cameras and  
> giving me a couple of M9's to continue, for at least another 12-15  
> years and use my opinion about the quality! ;-)
>
> But that had diddly squat to do with the working of the camera, nor  
> our pictures! "Does the so called "exotic environment" of a Magnum  
> photographer create more wear and tear on a Leica? Than months of  
> covering the wheat harvest of the prairies, 12 hours a day, after  
> day? Or several months in logging camps and harvesting trees from  
> the west coast forests through cutting, milling and loading onto  
> overseas ships?
>
> Or Lobster fishing off the East coast of North America? This list  
> could go on for a few more pages, famines and world devastation! And  
> using Leica's all the way! Oh yeah I forgot I'm not a Magnum  
> photographer? :-) Ahh gee whiz, sorry about that! So that means  
> Leica doesn't recognize a photojournalist world travelling Leica  
> user with at least 55 years day in and day out using their machines  
> for recording? But if I worked for MAGNUM? Holy cow they'd drape me  
> with a dozen M9 cameras!
>
> Oh yeah including 16 years as the headliner speaker lecturing at the  
> International Leica Seminar, Cape Cod! Know what? Not one Leica  
> using Magnum photographer can say that! :-) Leica? "What's yer  
> name?" ;-)
>
> Oh yeah and sending me an M9?.... "What was yer name again?" ;-)
>
> Heck I don't really care at this time in my life, as I've given them  
> far more than they ever gave me or many other members of this list!  
> I just want to rattle their cage a little! Not that that will do any  
> good, as they're still back in the '40's and 50's in a world long  
> gone. As are most of those great photojournalists we all admired  
> their ability with a wonderful camera and the ability to see life  
> moments!
>
> We, my friends, we are "USERS!" That's all that matters to each of  
> us. Adapters or not! :-) Quite frankly I expect many of us will be  
> around a lot more years to come than Leica!
>
> No this doesn't mean I don't use Leica camera's, I DO! Have a nice  
> weekend! :-)
>
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-)
>
> Gosh I hate cheap advertising, some day maybe Leica will get over  
> it! :-)
>
>
>
>
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