Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/29

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Subject: [Leica] Journalist buys a Leica!
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 06:57:26 +0000
References: <62EEC3E7-96FE-4E0C-9665-E232712CF11C@mcmaster.co.nz> <CD054B15.23B7B%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Gave up pro photography 15 or 16 years ago when I saw what direction it was 
going, now can afford Leica ;-)

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> John, you're a hobbyist, not a professional, right? There's nothing wrong
> with an amateur getting excited about a new camera like that, but a
> professional photojournalist should be someone so deeply committed to
> photography that she would not need her interest 'reinvigorated'. Her
> inspiration should come from the stories she can tell and the desire to
> make the world a better place. There are so many guys out there who live,
> breathe, dream, eat, sleep photography that would love a job she frankly
> doesn't deserve.
> 
> --
> Chris Crawford
> 
> On 12/30/12 1:23 AM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> >Shrug, buying an M9 reinvigorated my interest. - I now take many more
> >pictures in a month than I used to in a year......
> >
> >John
> >
> >On 30/12/2012, at 7:07 PM, "Chris Crawford"
> ><chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If buying a new camera 'reinvigorated' her interest in photography, then
> >> she has never really been that committed to it anyway. Sad thing is,
> >>this
> >> airhead has a job with a major newspaper.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Crawford
> >>
> >> On 12/30/12 12:50 AM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Woman bites dog! At last! (-:
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>> On 30-Dec-2012, at 8:41 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/photography-
> blog/2012/dec/28/lei
> >>>>ca
> >>>> -m-e-rangefinder-photography?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9387
> >>>>
> >>>> john
> >>>>


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