Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're calling me an average joe!!! Chris Williams 504-231-6261 www.zoeicaimages.net Sent from my iholga On May 10, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Chris, Don't forget that it is the average Joe that funds Motley Crue, by > attending their live shows and buying their records. They do not get rich > as if by magic, you know. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Chris Crawford < > chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> I disagree. There are a LOT more photographers than there are rich >> celebrities, or even rich non-celebrities. Leica just doesn't give a fuck >> about us, because if they did, they'd have to produce cameras that are as >> reliable as Canon and Nikon and they'd have to sell them at prices >> photographers could pay. That takes real work, so they took the easy way >> out. >> >> Since Motley Crue uses Leica digital, does that mean if I start snorting >> $1000 a day in Cocaine that Leica will give me a camera too? Oh Hell, if I >> could afford the Coke, I'd just buy my own damned camera and keep my >> health. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> >> >> On 5/10/13 4:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Tina you are thinking like a photographer only ;-) Leicas are luxury >>> goods >>> conveying status as well as unique photographic tools. Image and profile >>> sell cameras too. If they only sold cameras to dedicated photographers >>> like >>> you they would be broke. (and there would be no Leicas for dedicated >>> photographers!). >>> >>> >>> *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>> On 11 May 2013 06:34, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: >>> >>>> LUG: >>>> >>>> I do not understand Leica's obsession with "celebrity photographers" >>>> >>>> >>>> >> http://loudwire.com/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-leica-camera-photography-serie >>>> s/ >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP >>>> www.tinamanley.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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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