In a message dated 7/25/01 9:25:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Most photographers I have known personally didn't use professional
cameras. In fact it was the dilettantes, Amateurs gifted or not who had the
most expensive 'professional' equipment. >>
Our experiences are different, in that nearly ~everyone~ I know or knew in
the craft ~were~ Professional, bearing "Professional" level equipment.
But there are the different types of "professional" level photographers. This
list focuses its "professional" discussion on 35mm, when "professionals" also
shoot medium and large format, rangefinders and view cameras, field cameras
and giant Polaroid's.
I've been getting acquainted with my 67ll since I retired. I'm still learning
the nuances of medium format, but began to earn my living with the 67ll
within weeks of acquiring it. Am ~I~ a "professional"? Bet your sweet bippy!
With this topic we are, as has been said before by someone on the list (and
I'm sorry I can't remember who), parsing minutiae, peeling layers off an
onion and to what end?
"Amateurs" ~and~ "pros" use "Professional" cameras.
But the name "Professional" was (is) tacked on to designate cameras built for
those who earn a living from photography. Their cameras must be robust,
nearly foolproof to operate, but be able to function in extremes of
temperatures and hold together under the most abusive use and still function.
A "Professional" camera for major media use requires huge investments in
flashes, lenses, light meters, remote releases-etc.
PENTAX had that in the LX. More surprisingly, the Super Program, a "system"
if not "pro" camera, is capable of utilizing many LX attachments, including
shooting TTL flash with the AF280T and AF400T.
Both the LX and the Super Program thus qualify as "Professional."
***My PZ-1p, though miles ahead in technology, fails to get my vote as
"Professional" though I do love it dearly.
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