I love this camera but I hate its logo

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The primary reason I gave up on photography for the past four years is I'm a fetishist; I worshiped this camera rather than shooting what has to be shot. I realized fetishism is the primary enemy of my life and all my life was either occupied earning money preparing to buy or spending the money to actually buy, this gets me to nowhere.

This fetishism is encouraged by consumer culture and various ads. Leica exploits people's dream of becoming a great photographer to push new products.

I love this camera but I will stop buying anything from leica now.

 

[FrankS]

Okay then! 🙂

 

[nobbylon]

I don't think it will trouble them to be honest. I'd wager 80% or even more of members here have never bought anything new Leica. We're not the target market.
As far as consumer goods go the same can be said for everything that's dangled in front of us. The only way out is to go and live in a cave and never browse the internet ever again.

 

[btgc]

I love this camera but I will stop buying anything from leica now.

Very wise. You'll be able to wear out your Leica kit if you use it hard and thus have full satisfaction from money you've spent. Sounds reasonable.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Very strange. I checked my M4-2, where is no logo, just camera.

 

[maddoc]

Very strange. I checked my M4-2, where is no logo, just camera.

The M4-2 with red "Leica" logo are indeed rare and expensive.

 

[35mmdelux]

The only logo I never liked was on my M4-P. However the camera made me a fair amount of cash and so I "dealt" with it. My truly big expense, that dwarfed buying Leicas, came from women and that got me nowhere. But it was fun.

 

[Keith]

Leica only appeals to the would be photographers with their marketing strategy in the same way BMW etc appeals to the would be so called skillful drivers. And lets face it, most of the drivers of these high speed great handling top end cars would be better off with a Toyota Corolla or similar because from what I've seen few of them can drive at a level that justifies the expense. 😀

 

[Ko.Fe.]

The M4-2 with red "Leica" logo are indeed rare and expensive.

Depends on income. My logo and vulcanite less M4-2 was very expensive...

 

[sara]

I'm not into cars or designer bags or whatever normal women buy with their husband's credit card, but I bought a Leica because I was taught photography at uni by a tutor who loved Leica and showed me the ropes.

In fact, I don't think it was an ad or anything I saw which "tempted" me. It's for the love of photography (and really good lenses), but to be honest, it can be done with a non-Leica camera.

 

[35mmdelux]

Leica only appeals to the would be photographers with their marketing strategy in the same way BMW etc appeals to the would be so called skillful drivers. And lets face it, most of the drivers of these high speed great handling top end cars would be better off with a Toyota Corolla or similar because from what I've seen few of them can drive at a level that justifies the expense. 😀

HCB/Kertesz created their great works with far less quality than many of us routinely use. Having said this, my Leica gear did motivate me to shoot moments that I would not otherwise have captured.

 

[Michael Markey]

The primary reason I gave up on photography for the past four years is I'm a fetishist; I worshiped this camera rather than shooting what has to be shot. I realized fetishism is the primary enemy of my life and all my life was either occupied earning money preparing to buy or spending the money to actually buy, this gets me to nowhere.

This fetishism is encouraged by consumer culture and various ads. Leica exploits people's dream of becoming a great photographer to push new products.

I love this camera but I will stop buying anything from leica now.

I`m sure that you`ll find something else ... plenty of stuff to choose from.

 

[MickH]

I`m sure that you`ll find something else ... plenty of stuff to choose from.

Now there's another problem!

 

[Michael Markey]

Now there's another problem!

Its called self control Mick ...you must remember 😀

 

[mfogiel]

https://keimena11.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/erich-fromm-to-have-or-to-be-1976.pdf

 

[Bille]

I love this camera but I will stop buying anything from leica now.

Good to know.

 

[ian_watts]

I'd wager 80% or even more of members here have never bought anything new Leica.

I'd be very surprised if that was the case but I'm not confident enough to accept the wager.🙂

 

[kshapero]

"I love this camera but I will stop buying anything from leica now."
What is THIS camera?

 

[ian_watts]

This fetishism is encouraged by consumer culture and various ads. Leica exploits people's dream of becoming a great photographer to push new products.

You can hardly blame the company for marketing its products as effectively as possible. Selling a dream or lifestyle is a standard marketing approach as old as the hills and consumers are free to buy into or not.

Besides Leica still makes some very fine cameras and lenses. Not everyone buying the products is necessarily a total chump.

 

[icebear]

Just get some black tape and get over over it 😉