Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Can you imagine walking talking snapshots of dogs and cats with a M8.2+Nocti for $18,000 or whatever?<<<< Not on your life, unless one has more money than brains!!! It's all well and good to pay a high price for the best of the best, no question. That is of course you intend on shooting lots of f 0.95 light level scenes. But there comes a time when one has been a "professional photographer" for a half century or more using Leica, when no matter how great the lens / camera combination is that can capture a better image, the cost goes beyond common sense in running a business. The amount paid by clients for your services these days is going down the tube faster than a bucket of garbage. Cheaper is better every time one turns around no matter whom you are. WHY? Well every idiot with a digital camera of any make, size, MP, is a "PHOTOGRAPHER!!" No brains, nor ability required! Turn it on camera takes great pictures!!! Simply because. "Charlie has a neat digital camera and takes great snaps!" Charlie being the stock boy, "he takes great pictures at the bowling club! So why would we pay this "professional" a couple thousand a day for his services?" Even if he's won a great number of awards for his pictures and those supplied to clients? "Oh he has a new digital camera and lens that costs $18,000 dollars? Well we're not paying for his new camera, use Charlie!" The game is over! Next day the pro has a sign on the door."CLOSED DUE TO BANKRUPTCY!" I'm afraid, not that it makes any difference, if the price levels are true, I expect so, the Leica company maybe pushing their luck a tad continuing with the level of prices. When the world is in the beginning of an economic down turn in the economy. Certainly when they're up against the next level of "everybody has a $200.00 or $39.95 digital auto everything that makes "great exposures, not photographs." ted