Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] Motley Crew?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 07:24:00 +0530
References: <CAE3QcF6fuzTgv9r7UCsXfGyzL7ViJKOKbeg8=0T_MSjhXbM0pQ@mail.gmail.com> <CDB2D948.2EE37%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

Chris, Don't forget that it is the average Joe that funds Motley Crue, by
attending their live shows and buying their records. They do not get rich
as if by magic, you know.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:41 AM, Chris Crawford <
chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> I disagree. There are a LOT more photographers than there are rich
> celebrities, or even rich non-celebrities. Leica just doesn't give a fuck
> about us, because if they did, they'd have to produce cameras that are as
> reliable as Canon and Nikon and they'd have to sell them at prices
> photographers could pay. That takes real work, so they took the easy way
> out.
>
> Since Motley Crue uses Leica digital, does that mean if I start snorting
> $1000 a day in Cocaine that Leica will give me a camera too? Oh Hell, if I
> could afford the Coke, I'd just buy my own damned camera and keep my
> health.
>
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> On 5/10/13 4:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Tina you are thinking like a photographer only ;-) Leicas are luxury goods
> >conveying status as well as unique photographic tools. Image and profile
> >sell cameras too. If they only sold cameras to dedicated photographers
> >like
> >you they would be broke. (and there would be no Leicas for dedicated
> >photographers!).
> >
> >
> >*Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett
> >
> >Cheers
> >Geoff
> >http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> >
> >
> >On 11 May 2013 06:34, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> >
> >> LUG:
> >>
> >> I do not understand Leica's obsession with "celebrity photographers"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://loudwire.com/motley-crue-nikki-sixx-leica-camera-photography-serie
> >>s/
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tina Manley, ASMP
> >> www.tinamanley.com
> >>
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