Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] Economics off topic?
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:08:59 +0930
References: <C8BE9107.3CFD%mark@rabinergroup.com> <4C1AC370-47D2-4FDF-B898-4038DA41AD17@gmail.com>

I tend to agree with Nassim Taleb that economics is pseudoscience and
never led anyone anywhere useful.  Except maybe Sebastiao Salgado, who
was led to photography.  Amusing, really.

Marty

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:28 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG
<leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it was probably designed by a southern preacher, as to hold the 
> camera, one needs to grip it as though one were waving a Bible at a crowd.
>
> it is monsterously beautiful. and just think, it was so near useless the 
> day it came out, it can't really have too many photos though it. they all 
> must be Near Mint. Bob tells me that there's time to get dinner and a 
> movie in between the time you hit the shutter and the time it actually 
> goes off.
>
> But the market value, I expect, will skyrocket after my first portfolio 
> goes up. Y'all better start getting crazy on Ebay while they can still be 
> had for the price of a new BMW......
>
> kc
>
>
>
> On Sep 21, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>> I think shooting with your new Fuji champagne colored ground breaking
>> digital retro Leica could and will lead to some cutting edge image making.
>> Its a jewel of a camera. I wish I had one right here. Especially if the
>> price is right which I suspect it is.
>> How did that camera get so gorgeous again? Who designed it?
>>
>> --------------------
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
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