> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:15:35 -0500 > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: big is beautiful > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed > > Of course, this conversation seems to be somewhat limited as to what a "pro" > is. > > More than a few photographers who make a living at this use, for instance M > series Leicas (Salgado, for one, although he also uses R series slr's, and > they ain't small). > > Anyway, my main point is that not all pros are PJ's (not that you said they > were - I'm just expanding the convo a bit), and that some of those other > pros have vastly different needs from their cameras.
Increasingly, "pro" in the sense of "guy who makes his living selling photography" photographers are moving to digital out of workflow, client-demand, or economic necessity. I know a guy at the Minneapolis Star Tribune who used to shoot Leica rangefinders for certain sorts of work, but he no longer has this option as the paper is all digital and Leica have been dragging their feet. Certainly there are styles of photography where a small rangefinder makes a lot of sense, or a large format camera, or some other specialized equipement. Unfortunately the non-photography considerations of professional photography often make it hard to use what might otherwise be best. Personally, I would like a camera on which my 28mm lenses have the field of view normally associated with 28mm lenses, but at least in the current situation that isn't going to happen in my job. I think increasingly the guys using MF and rangefinders are amateurs who have the freedom to do what they want rather than what considerations of business dictate. I envy them. DJE
