Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, Its spelled "Ehrenreich." As to PJs its getting the photo that counts. So they use the fastest gear to do so. Canon does provide better service to PJ and the media. Nikon still ignores most and its like pulling teeth to get anything for testing or review. BTW, Leica does an excellent job in working with the media/columnists in getting equipment out for review. Problem here is market share. $5000 goes a much longer way with Canon in getting a PJ properly armed than with Leica. You can get an EOS-3 body ($1400) and 100-400mm Image Stabilizer Zoom Lens ($1600) and still have money left over. You can't do that with others. Its like cars, if your objective is to get to work you buy a reliable car like a Honda Accord, if you have more money perhaps a Lexus. Fewer people would buy a Mercedes to commute to work unless they have a good deal more income, or live where they are less expensive to purchase (parts of Europe v. US). Peter K > ---------- > From: Marc James Small[SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 4:47 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Canon, Nikon, and Leica > > At 07:17 PM 6/25/99 -0400, Carl Socolow wrote: > > > >While I agree with you regarding content and style of photos done by > >herd mentality photographers, I disagree about your use of the term > >"slavishly" regarding Canon EOS1/1n equipment. > > > > Canon has, over the past 12 or 15 years, made huge inroads into the PJ > market through the simple process of support. Nikon no longer provides > the > Erenreich-era level of service, while Canon does. It's not that Nikon > makes bad cameras or Canon great ones, as their gear is comparable, as are > their lenses, in general (well, Canon probably gets a 105% here, Nikon a > 95%, but let's not quibble over the fine print). > > If I were a PJ today, I'd probably use Canon just to enjoy the sort of > perks which comes with the gear. (And, in addition, my few efforts to use > Nikon have been horrid, while I've shot Canon for almost three decades > with > excellent results, though some frustrations.) > > Leica? A few of the top PJ's use it but, I agree, it doesn't make much of > an impact among the average photo-journalist assemblage. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >