Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] Oh yeah, someone really knows how to handle new equipment announcements and reviews...
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:59:15 -0400

They didn't talk to YOU about it. Doesn't mean they didn't talk to each
other.

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On 8/26/12 7:56 PM, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

>My artist friends never talked about comparative canvases or brushes.
>Never. They went to the art store and bought what was being sold.
>
>Mark William Rabiner
>Photography
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/
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>
>> From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:42:14 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Oh yeah, someone really knows how to handle new
>>equipment
>> announcements and reviews...
>> 
>> That silly meme has been done before, and it is false. Woodworkers do
>>have
>> forums where people are just as passionate about hammers and bandsaws as
>> photographers are about our equipment. I'm a professional artist; I
>>spend
>> a lot of time with painters and printmakers and they care deeply about
>> quality of brushes, paints, different types of canvas, arguments about
>> copper vs zinc for etching plates, etc.
>> 
>> The plain fact is that artists and craftsmen of all types do care about
>> their tools of the trade. I don't understand why that bothers so many
>> photographers. Its dumb, and they just need to get over it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>> 
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>> 
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>> 
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>> Become a fan on Facebook
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>> 
>> 
>> On 8/26/12 7:35 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com
>>> 
>>> Perfect.
>>> 
>>> Adam
>>> 
>>> 
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