vieri
Well-known member
Power up is just a few seconds, I will time it precisely for my review but I'd say something between 4-6 perhaps? Definitely not a problem for my work, I take the camera off the bag, turn it on, and by the time I have taken out filter holder & filter bag it's on.I guess only a dedicated landscape photographer can live with the power up time of the X1D. Was it 17 seconds at launch? What is it now?
JD, thank you very much indeed for your kind comment, that is truly much appreciatedVieri,
I look forward to your new photographs and appreciate the dignity and sophistication you've added to GetDpi. It's one thing for a photographer to impress, but more significant to inspire. Thank you!
Excellent.
The sooner anyone ditches their ambassadorship the better. They usually suit one side - the manufacturer. I think the whole ambassador side of business is a joke, marketing gimmickry and not a good thing for a photographer to do if they value their own work.
To be frank, nobody cares what cameras we use in the end. When you tie your work to a commercial entity, you give it and part of yourself way. I think it cheapens the work to be honest and the only person that benefits is the brand.
I can see both points, actually. Ideally, and personally, I think that an Ambassador relationship should be a two-way relationship, based on mutual trust, ,mutual support, mutual benefit, mutual listening and cooperation at many different levels. Lacking that, I am not interested in titles (and luckily I don't need them), hence my leaving. I think that ideally the relationship should benefit both parties, as Will said; in the real world, it often ends benefiting only one, as DB5 said. In the end, no matter how well designed an Ambassador program is, no matter how good the intentions are on both sides when things start, it all boils down to people's business ethics and professionalism - and, as the bard would say, there's the rub (or, therein lies the rub)...I sort of agree, but it is not so black and white. A certain amount of exposure comes from being a brand ambassador--no pun intended. If brand did not matter than it would not be such a big influence in camera sales. Whether the partnership has equal reciprocity is a question, but to say it has no value or it cheapens the photographer's work, that would probably not be born out by experience (unless of course you were the ambassador for the Hasselblad Lunar, which even Hasselblad cannot live down). I certainly do not see Vieri's role as a Leica ambassador as a negative, the company does support talented photographers (and it is nice to see cameras companies support their users), and so give some level of respect. Vieri's talent simply reinforces Leica's stated commitment to high-quality photography.
Now, if you want to talk about the commercialization of the arts, the economics of the gig economy, and Neoliberal economics, that is a whole different can of worms that will probably get someone banned (but that won't be me (The mods like me too much :toocool: :angel: :ROTFL.
Best regards,
Vieri