Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-18 Thread David Mann
On Mar 16, 2014, at 1:38 pm, Rob Studdert wrote: > Oz rode it out pretty well, but then we have some of the worlds the > most strictly imposed government banking fiduciary rules and > regulations too. Our banks are doing well but that's because the vast majority of them (by size) are owned by A

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-16 Thread Attila Boros
They are still making profit just not as much as they used to. The economic crisis was very tough in some parts, my former employer went bankrupt. I sure wasn't thinking about buying cameras then. A lot of people were getting mortgage loans in CHF before 2009 when it was cheap. Then look what happ

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Rob Studdert
Enjoy http://www.apra.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx ;) On 16 March 2014 12:30, P.J. Alling wrote: > Unlike ours your baking rules are probably rational. > > > On 3/15/2014 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> Oz rode it out pretty well, but then we have some of the worlds the >> most strictly imposed

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread P.J. Alling
Unlike ours your baking rules are probably rational. On 3/15/2014 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Oz rode it out pretty well, but then we have some of the worlds the most strictly imposed government banking fiduciary rules and regulations too. On 16 March 2014 11:19, P.J. Alling wrote: You can

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Rob Studdert
Oz rode it out pretty well, but then we have some of the worlds the most strictly imposed government banking fiduciary rules and regulations too. On 16 March 2014 11:19, P.J. Alling wrote: > You can always find bright spots, and yes Canada is fine, but most of Europe > the notable exception bei

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread P.J. Alling
You can always find bright spots, and yes Canada is fine, but most of Europe the notable exception being Germany, is in sorry straights, Japan has never really recovered from it's recession from 20 years ago. Anyone who believes the official numbers out of China is as delusional as well the pe

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Note to Paul: Eurozone <> European Union. > On 15 Mar 2014, at 20:55, "Paul Stenquist" wrote: > > Note to Bill: European Union, common currency. > > Paul via phone > >>> On Mar 15, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Bill wrote: >>> >>> On 15/03/2014 2:42 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Europe has had a far tou

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Note to Bill: European Union, common currency. Paul via phone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Bill wrote: > >> On 15/03/2014 2:42 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Europe has had a far tougher time than the US overall. Canada's economy is >> small and manageable. > > Some parts of Europe yes, other

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Bill
On 15/03/2014 2:42 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Europe has had a far tougher time than the US overall. Canada's economy is small and manageable. Some parts of Europe yes, others no, it depends on the country (note to Paul, Europe isn't a country). The whole point is that economies that were ma

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Europe has had a far tougher time than the US overall. Canada's economy is small and manageable. Paul via phone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 4:18 PM, Bill wrote: > >> On 15/03/2014 1:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: >> To be sure it's been a tough economy, but I also think some valid >> points are made

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Bill
On 15/03/2014 1:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: To be sure it's been a tough economy, but I also think some valid points are made, especially about lenses and image quality. Note also that it has been a tough economy primarily in the USA. Granted it is a fairly large market, but it is not the c

Re: Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread Christine Aguila
To be sure it's been a tough economy, but I also think some valid points are made, especially about lenses and image quality. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:47 AM, "P.J. Alling" > wrote: > > The author puts all of the blame on the camera industry, forgetting >

Not so interesting post at Luminous Landscape on why the Photo industry is in the dumper.

2014-03-15 Thread P.J. Alling
The author puts all of the blame on the camera industry, forgetting externalizes such as the generally lousy world economy over the last 6 or 7 years. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/what_matters.shtml -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, c