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Subject: [Leica] [ OT ] One photographer's dilemma
From: Andre Jean Quintal <megamax@abacom.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 18:45:12 -0500

An Ethical Dilemma: Would you use a Leica ?
>>
>>Here's an appropriate question for today.
>>
>>> >This is a question about morals for you.  This is an imaginary
>>> >situation, but it is instructive and fun to decide what one would do.
>>> >
>>> >The situation:
>>> >You are in the Midwest, and there is a huge flood in progress.  Many
>>> >homes have been lost, water supplies compromised, and infrastructure
>>> >destroyed.
>>> >
>>> >Let's say you're a photographer out getting still photos for a news
>>> >service, traveling alone, looking for particularly poignant scenes.
>>> >
>>> >You stumble across George Bush Jr. struggling to keep from being swept
>>> >away in a raging river and you have a choice of rescuing him or getting
>       a Pulitzer prize-winning photograph of the death of a Presidential
>>> >Candidate !
>
>
>
>>> >
>>> >The question is...
>>> > ...what shutter speed would you use?

If we live, it is for the Lord that we live,
and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die.
So wether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
                   Romans 14: 8