Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You obviously don't, Scott - "We are Leica and HCB used us" is NOT going to sell enough cameras to keep the company afloat - frankly, not enough camera buyers have ever heard of HCB. ;-) "Fun" may sell cameras, and as Leica is a capitalist enterprise, theoretically in business to make money, they should be marketing the cameras to SELL them, not make members of the Leica historical society happy. Ask whether the camera's any good, not whether the ad copy conjures up images of long-dead photographers and the age of film. :-) On 2/26/06 12:18 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > From the release: > > "...operated much like a traditional film camera but provides a variety > of innovative > features that increase the fun of shooting photos." > > Increaes the fun? What, does it have some LCD games built in? > > This is the kind of marketing language (and product? dunno) with which > Leica > should be associated? > > It's a little surreal to me. I certainly hope Leica is getting paid > very handsomely > for all of this. If not, and I were the COB, I'd fire the CEO, gut the > business > development and marketing departments and start over again. > > I just don't get it. > > Scott > > pwerner@bluewin.ch wrote: > >> More details on the new camera can be found here: >> >> http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/review/panasonic/lumix_dmcl1/slr_camera.htm>> l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >>