Dave Saalsaa said: Subject: [LRflex] Re: playing with my new toy > You are right, Aram. Like Ted said earlier, if Leica marketing had any > sense, they would hire Doug to provide them with images to use in > advertising/marketing. Herr sounds German, doesn't it? ;-) They > should jump at the chance.<<<<< Dave as wonderful as that would be for Doug, the Solms and their marketing people aren't bright enough to light two candles, let alone work with such a talented photographer as Doug, WHY? Regardless of his great natural photographic talent in what he shoots, he isn't a mega household name in the photo world. To the crew here we know his ability without question. LEICA? Hell they don't really care about the photography as they're still hung up on "who big name celebrity" is using a Leica regardless of the talent. A shame of course. Doug would do Leica more good in advertising their DMR product, and in particular, he shoots manually focusing. Proving the point most admirably that ...." you do not require auto-focus to capture great photographic moments! ted ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/