Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/25

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Subject: [Leica] Audi designed Leica T
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 10:38:12 +0530
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Because it helps sell the product by making it "hip" to own. This whole
product launch, positioning, etc is straight out of Apple's playbook, as I
had mentioned earlier. Not a bad niche at all to make a pitch for, and as
of now that space is up for grabs!
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:
> Subject: [Leica] Audi designed Leica T
>
> >Invoking a prestige automobile designer as the inspiration for ?a new
> camera is par for Leica. The first Leica mass market digitals, the Digilux
> and the Digilux Zoom, were allegedly >designed by Porsche. Basically they
> were repackaged Fuji 1700 and 1700 Zoom cameras sold at a 50% markup in
> price. As I said, par for the course.
> >Larry Z
> >- - -?
>
>  
> ==============================================================================================================================================
> And why go to car designers, when 90% of new cars are so horribly ugly.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Audi designed Leica T)
In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Audi designed Leica T)