[Leica] Can't We Contribute to to Public Service?

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Thanks, George, but I have his camera, boxed up in my garage, with no lens 
or shutter.  I also have his heavy wood and cast iron crank-up tripod, but 
it was stored in a shed for many years, and suffered from that.  I've 
considered making it a restoration project.  Maybe someday......

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Can't We Contribute to to Public Service?


> On Oct 31, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>>  I don't think that the few images that I contribute will destroy the 
>> market for the work of those like you who have a real product for sale.
>
> I agree Jim. One individual with a kind and generous spirit will not 
> "destroy the market."
>
> Yet 51 million users (on Flickr alone) displaying 6 billion (and growing) 
> images will have an effect. Getty buying any and all competition in the 
> stock area will have an effect on "stock."
> Increasing numbers of skilled hobbyists, with good equipment, doing favors 
> for brides will have an effect. I could go on.
>
> Not complaining; just observing the effects and causes in our new 
> realities.
>
> I've adjusted my business model (and retooled) at least a half dozen times 
> over my 45 year career. It has become quite tiresome; and in the current 
> economy (at my age) almost impossible. I do feel a bit of envy for your 
> father-in-law's era - when one set of tools, a touch of skill, and a good 
> business model could keep a family going for most of a lifetime.
>
> I do have a nice Ansco portrait camera with stand if you'd like a 
> nostalgia piece for the living room. ;-)
>
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