Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/25

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Subject: [Leica] D700
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:32:57 -0500
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Mark,

I've used and owned Canons and Nikons too. Have you ever LOOKED at an
A900, or are you just dismissing it because it's not a Canon or a
Nikon?

Jim Laird

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj
<jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tina,
> That is how businesses evolve. Tell me, weren't you charging much less, in
> real terms (i.e. inflation adjusted), for a photograph than the generation
> before you? In my business, stockbroking, we used to charge fees of 1-2% of
> the value of the trade when I started in 1990. Now 20 years later we charge
> 0.1-0.25% - but we still survive pretty well. There is no point cribbing
> about this - we just have to change with the flow - or get out of the
> business!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> There are also MWC's - Moms with Cameras - ?who have taken over the
>> children, dog and family portrait business. ?They often have no idea
>> what to charge and end up giving the photos to their friends in order
>> to get more business which never comes.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG
>> <leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Bikini model holding a Leica is totally in the realm of GWC.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "GWC -Guy With Camera
>> >
>> > Commonly used in the modeling/photographer biz, 'GWC' is any poser/creep
>> with a digital camera pretending to be a pro/semi-pro photographer. With 
>> the
>> introduction of digital cameras, GWC's have appeared like an explosion in 
>> a
>> toy store.
>> >
>> > GWC's typically steal the work of others and don't have any references.
>> > "Some GWC asked me to 'test' for him, what a creep."
>> >
>> > "What's with all the GWC's on OneModelPlace.com, lately?"
>> >
>> > "Damn GWC's are ruining it for the rest of us." - Pro Photographers
>> >
>> > Provided by: www.urbandictionary.com"
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Oct 25, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Phil wrote:
>> >
>> >> Then there's that large number of Leicas and assorted Leica/Leitz
>> >> paraphernalia sitting in bank vaults depreciating in value and causing
>> >> the goods out on the market to increase in value.
>> >> There are a few Leicas out there that serve no purpose but to make
>> >> models look hotter to use cameraphiles too...
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
>>
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