Hm, by definition Holga is a pro camera. Some professional
photojournalist used them to cover the US elections, and their images
got published. So Holga is PRO, after all...
Good light!
fra
On 16/11/04, Larry Cook, discombobulated, unleashed:
>I was reading through some posts on one of the Pentax forums that I
>follow and ran across a remark about Pentax not making any "Pro"
>cameras. At the time I thought to myself, "OK, I'm not a pro, so what? I
>like what I have, a *istD, so wh
I think that's the most intelligble definition of "pro camera" I've
ever seen, Jens. :-)
We've been through this on PDML a lot of times, sometimes even
diverging into a flame war over it, which was too bad. The definition
begs the question what constitutes a professional photographer, but I
seriou
make a camera a pro camera?
The photographer. IMHO.
Jerry in Houston
the basic outfit.
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Emne: Re: What make a camera a pro camera?
A PDML member named Dan Scott (still on the list
On Nov 17, 2004, at 1:01 PM, Larry Cook wrote:
What makes a camera a "Pro" camera? Is it the construction? Particular
features? The lenses? Accessories? The people that use them? The
mythos associated with a camera? The price? The label the manufacturer
applies?
Size.
Cheers,
- Dave
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From: "Peter J. Alling"
Subject: Re: What make a camera a pro camera?
There are all kinds of ways to look at a camera as a "Pro" model.
I think it's a Professional model if a Pro uses it. Any good
camera is therefor Professional. That ho
TED]
Emne: What make a camera a pro camera?
I was reading through some posts on one of the Pentax forums that I
follow and ran across a remark about Pentax not making any "Pro"
cameras. At the time I thought to myself, "OK, I'm not a pro, so what? I
like what I have, a *ist
Jerry in Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The photographer. IMHO.
Someone buy this man a beer!
;-)
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Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
The photographer. IMHO.
Jerry in Houston
When the guy or gal holding the camera makes a lot of money with it,
it's a pro camera.
On Nov 16, 2004, at 7:01 PM, Larry Cook wrote:
I was reading through some posts on one of the Pentax forums that I
follow and ran across a remark about Pentax not making any "Pro"
cameras. At the time I thou
frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:50:15 -0500, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> A PDML member named Dan Scott (still on the list?) summed it up best
>> when he stated that a pro camera is any camera whose income generation
>> exceeds its purchase price.
>
does that include a money flow associated with an opportunity cost?
i mean, the amount of money that would have been spent in a pub,
instead of hunting on ebay for a xxx camera or yyy lens?
mishka
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:50:15 -0500, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A PDML member named D
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:50:15 -0500, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A PDML member named Dan Scott (still on the list?) summed it up best
> when he stated that a pro camera is any camera whose income generation
> exceeds its purchase price.
>
So a guy with a $30 Lomo sells one print, and
A PDML member named Dan Scott (still on the list?) summed it up best
when he stated that a pro camera is any camera whose income generation
exceeds its purchase price.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
There are all kinds of ways to look at a camera as a "Pro" model. I
think it's a Professional model if a Pro uses it. Any good camera is
therefor Professional. That however invalidates a large part of
advertising budgets so I doubt my view will be accepted any time soon,
especially by Nikon
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:04:32 -0500, frank theriault
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:01:09 -0500, Larry Cook
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What makes a camera a "Pro" camera? Is it the
> > construction? Particular features? The lenses? Accessories? The people
> > that use them?
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:01:09 -0500, Larry Cook
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What makes a camera a "Pro" camera? Is it the
> construction? Particular features? The lenses? Accessories? The people
> that use them? The mythos associated with a camera? The price? The label
> the manufacturer applies? So
I was reading through some posts on one of the Pentax forums that I
follow and ran across a remark about Pentax not making any "Pro"
cameras. At the time I thought to myself, "OK, I'm not a pro, so what? I
like what I have, a *istD, so what the hey?!?" Then I began thinking
(always a problem wh
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