Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A shame I cant click on their little names and look at their little photos so she how legit they don't look!! Became usually when you read this kind of stuff ( supposedly legit photographers using half assed consumer cameras of no track record ) its second rate wedding photographers who design software during the week and its all wonderfully fuzzy and romantic and next month they'll be trying out the newest camera concept that everyone's gotta have. On 10/26/15 12:36 PM, "George Lottermoser" <george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:11 PM, Aram Langhans wrote: > >> My friend who owns ImageOne in Riverside said Sony is selling like >> gangbusters over Nikon and Canon. He has many pro's coming in and jumping >> ship to use the Sony mirrorless. He should know as it is his sales. >> >> Aram >> >> Aram Langhans >> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >> & Unemployed photographer >> >> ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself >> would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mark at rabinergroup.com] >> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:37 PM >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] (SPAM: ?) Re: BIG new Leica - TINA >> >> Someone mentioned in the many reviews coming out somthign to the tune of >> "have you ever used an mirrorless camera before?" as it might be a big of >> a >> shock we're used to cameras on our faces for decades not being held out in >> front of us. >> I don't belive they are catching on with serious users and pros like gang >> busters. Somewhere I'm sure there must be list of serious pros whose names >> ring a bell who use them now but I cant Bing nor Google it anywhere. >> I did read a thing "44 percent of all pros have switched to mirrorless" on >> sights selling computer flash drives. > > Throwing the word "pro" around feels akin to talking about "birds." > > What kind of bird or pro? > Portrait? Wedding? Studio: fashion, still life, product, catalog? > Photo Journalist? Fine Art? Scientific? University? > Newspaper Magazine? Editorial? Advertising? > > I know two professional photographers > (individuals who earn their keep making photographs) > who have switched from Nikon kits to Olympus mirror-less kits. > > One who has switched from Wedding/Event work to travel; > so wants the smaller and lighter and sees no reduction in quality. > > And the other - I'm not sure why he switched. > He uses a medium format solution for most of his "Commercial" work; > and mixes formats for Event work. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/