Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/22

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Subject: [Leica] a quick hello
From: mingthein at gmail.com (Thein Onn Ming)
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 09:34:59 +0800
References: <C63CAC9E.4EBF8%mark@rabinergroup.com>

On May 23, 2009, at 7:25 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

>
> My point is again that just becuae top photographers are using  
> Nikon Canons
> it does not make them idiots. I'm not making a comment on those who  
> use
> nitch cameras. I'm making comment on those that don't. They are  
> somehow able
> to get viable results. Those are the images you see every day.
> You can say "My D3 or EOS is terrible" but at that very moment very  
> awesome
> people all over the world are on assignment making very awesome  
> images with
> it which are going to become part of the common culture.
> So in context such a statement can be a little bit ridiculous.
> The top Rolleiflex users out there don't call Canons "terrible  
> cameras".
> They have friends who are top pros using them. It would be an  
> insult on
> THEM.
> who are getting enviable shots every day with them
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
Not terrible. Just not what *I* need right now...and if you don't  
know what *you* need, perhaps therein lies the problem - of  
insecurity? If you know your own artistic self, it really doesn't  
matter what camera you're using. So long as it works for you.
Ming

>

THEIN Onn Ming
*photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com
www.flickr.com/mingthein







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