[Leica] An American Yankee in Herr Leitz' Court

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Douglas: 
Hermes is out of the deal, they sold their shares. 

Alastair:
This generation is definitely on auto focus auto everything. a picture is 
just that what's on the screen. they even don't know that a picture has to 
be focused and exposed correctly.
It's certainly possible certain youngsters will be interested in a Leica M8, 
for instance because the other's don't have it. I remember having seen a pic 
of Posh Spice (Victoria Beckham) using a Digilux-2 (with lens cap on).  But 
she's the Hermes clientele than the iPod's.

Didier




>This was going to be my comment: "every-kid" has an iPod, so there  
>must be plenty of money or borrowings sloshing around
>cheers
>
>
>>But the bloke said he wanted quality conscious mums to become Leica  
>>users - does this mean that Hermes is still in there somewhere,  
>>Leica as a fashion statement again.
>>The iPod Generation has to be pretty flush already -  a 4gig model  
>>costs, if not an arm and a leg, at least up to your elbows.
>>Douglas