Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Clayton, I am sorry, however much you think so, they do not build it for you, unless you are worth more than US$ 6.8 million, or have an annual income of US$ 521k (threshold for the top 1% in USA, according to WSJ). You just happen to buy a piece of equipment from them, once in a blue moon, much to Leica's delight! (-: They could not survive as a company on the meager purchases of hobbyist photographers - not many can afford it, and those who can make it a habit of retaining the damn stuff for 20+ years - they would have gone belly up long ago... Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:44 PM, R. Clayton McKee <rcmphoto at yahoo.com>wrote: > I found myself nodding along with Adam now and again - as a businessman, > he's sane. The auto-everythings are MUCH easier and more profitable than > the M's. They give tolerable (commercially acceptable) results with much > less time spent practicing and working at it... > By any rational standard, a 'professional' photographer in the modern > sense goes that route. It's easier to pay the rent and buy the groceries. > The Toyota Camery. (Disclosure: I own several and pay the rent with them > myself. Beats hell out of a real job.) > > But then there are the irrationalists for whom photography or > photojournalism isn't a profession (or even a job, necessarily), it's who > we ARE. > > And that's a completely different calculation, and a different market... > > They build Ms for US, not the "profession." > > > > R. Clayton McKee > PhotoJournalist > from somewhere just south of somewhere else... > > > >________________________________ > > From: Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 10:42 AM > >Subject: Re: [Leica] a "pro-hobbyist" evaluates an M9 . . . ICK > > > >As one who had/has a 5D2 and moved to the M9, I understand what Adam > >is saying. I doubt Canon feels particularly threatened by the M9 for > >its main market. However for those who are proficient in operating > >Leica rangefinders or for new Leica users like me who like to get > >medium if not large format performance from a relatively light, > >compact camera, the M9 simply blows the 5D2 out of the water. At > >native ISO, that Canon sensor can't touch the M9's. Nor can the Canon > >optics, and I have a boatload of "L" lenses. But I do think he's > >right that the average shooter would prefer the Canon. The average > >shooter in this group, however, is hardly average. > > > >Happy New Year LUGers. > > > >Paul > >www.PaulRoark.com > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >