Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nope. If I looked like a rich guy, I wouldn't carry a Leica around southwest Philadelphia. Nobody pays attention to the marque, nobody besides a photographer knows what a Leica is. Usually it's hipster art students that know what it is. The folks on the subway & the trolley have no clue. Most think my M8 is a film camera. They don't pay attention to it at all, in fact out here they pay attention to a cell phone more than a camera. A DSLR of any size or cost will get much more attention than a $7000 Leica. This is because water seeks its own level and within a community of photographers who use any type of gear, most of them know what a Leica is or at least have heard of the brand name. There are some real serious money-making photographers out there that don't know & don't care because it's not the tool they use. Phil Forrest On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:25:01 -0400 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > DSLR's come basically in two sizes. > A D3 is latterly twice the size of a D700 and I'm sure there is a > similar deal with canons between the ones which cost 8 grand and the > ones which cost 2.5 grand. When you use the big ones they feel it > when you point it at them. The smaller ones your just another tourist. > We're kidding ourselves if we think we look like quaint camera > collectors shooting archaic worthless relics with our M's. > We look like rich guys. But what we have going for us is the small > footprint of the camera. They are just small cameras and more to the > point normally use very small lenses. And I when I shoot DSLR's I > don't shoot the Yuban coffee can 2.8 zooms I use glass a third that > size. > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com >