Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think its obvious it would be foolish for not a very rich person to blow seven grand on a camera unless its a major passion for them which they have obviously devoted a major piece of their time to. Leisure time or otherwise. So why make apologies for not wanting to buy the latest M? Me I've never spent a third that much on a car. - They should give academy awards to the accountants. As they say in Hollywood that's where the real magic happens. In my case I do have photography as a passion I've focused my entire life on. But seven grand is seven grand. Can I make it appear from a rabbit or a dove? Does this make me want to buy a consumer grade here today gone tomorrow camera and call it somehow a Leica replacement? It doesn't shoot my M glass. And its not even full frame. Money magic is what's needed now. Instead of reading advanced Photoshop techniques I should be reading "how to get a job as a night watchmen" techniques. Or ways of making money from solid air. Or somebody comes out with a decent full frame camera to make nice use of my Leica M glass. Then I can rob a much smaller bank. Nice job Mark! On 4/6/13 10:17 AM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > It's Century Gothic a variant of avant garde typeface or font. Although > maybe > is Futura but I think the former. They are all closely related sans serif > typefaces. > Its called I think playing with software instead of making images. > Photographers are illustrators not graphic designers. > Its hard to do both. > > The key thing here for me is to paraphrase "raw files right from the > camera". > Which is like saying "red hot snow". > A little tweaking and these so called results could be reversed to indicate > the opposite is happening in these tiny meaningless image examples > > I think for a photographer, a real photographer to be cranking out internet > gear reviews is a decided mixed bag. Maybe you're a good photographer; but > most of these photographer reviewers end up looking like photographers > who's > work as gone by the wayside and they are now playing with cameras instead > of > concentrating on their work. ... Their "vision"... :) > > Also you get end up reading badly crafted or thought out reviews. > > However I do agree with the punch line: > " is Fuji the new Leica? > In my opinion, NO - Leica will always be Leica. These are 2 different > camera > systems and brands... Owning a Leica is much more than owning a camera or a > tool to take pictures with. You'll get a hand crafted camera with soul. It > is > a lifestyle and everyone who ever owned a Leica knows what I try to say. " > Is a Bic a poor mans bargain basement Montblanc? > No they are both pens. Other than that they have nothing in common. > Is a Chevy a poor mans BMW? > Ditto. > Fuji: Leica? > Ditto. > Just because a camera is not a DSLR does not mean it has much anything at > all > to do with Leica. > > And I'm sorry to bring it up but we are comparing two different formats > here. > So its apples and oranges. Leicas and Rolleiflex. > > -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/