[Leica] Dior and Leica come across

[afirkin at afirkin.com (Alastair Firkin)]

G'day all,

Well, I've just come home from Melbourne. Helen and I were invited to lunch 
at Vue De Monde in Melbourne to celebrate the Dior/Leica photographic 
competition. The bonus as some of you know is that I won, and so there was a 
wonderful presentation of an engraved Leica Black M8, complete with 
"filterless" 35mm Summarit. Dior was host, and we were entertained by Mette, 
Kate and Isabelle, who hail from Denmark, Queensland and France. Leica were 
represented by the local dealers here in Australia by Brian the CEO and Carl 
(who knows me well!!!) 

The "team" made it feel very special. I was very honored and a bit 
embarrassed, but it was great fun and the conversation was lively and never 
slowed. The food was great and combined with fine French wine it was a 
"long" lunch to remember. In addition, Dior threw in perfume for Helen and 
samples of the Fahrenheit range for me. Adeal threw in Leica badges. I took 
some images with the new camera, and you can soon see whose black outfit is 
synthetic. I think the girls will prefer the images Helen made with Olympus 
:-( Purple is NOT the new black. However, seems with the new camera, I get 2 
more filters, so one will have to be E39!!!

Wonderful event, lots of fun. I recommend winning a Dior Leica competition 
if you get the chance ;-)

Cheers to all

Alastair