Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] PJ is dead and using dSLR video for PJ
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:41:23 -0600
References: <CAF8hL-Ge2qfaY8G2kxWqTG=omrM_p5j2CAs_8WnJXzuyXppdSA@mail.gmail.com> <20120302125300.2653f957@linux-pfy5.site>
 
On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Phil Forrest wrote:

> well, everyone has their opinion.
> 
> Phil Forrest
> 
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 02:11:24 -0800
> Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> Still photography photojournalism (for pay) is dead, according to an
>> award winning PJ from Guardian. Now he's shooing with dSLR video,
>> freelancing for Guarndia, Reuters etc.
>> 
>> http://www.dpreview.com/articles/9982656990/no-future-in-photojournalism-interview-dan-chung

Sad part is that
falling demand, 
falling prices,
increased competition
don't really imply "opinion"
but rather hard realities
in the market place.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
In reply to: Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] PJ is dead and using dSLR video for PJ)
Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] PJ is dead and using dSLR video for PJ)