Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An Ad Database has this to say: Film advertisement created by Saatchi & Saatchi, Brazil for Leica, within the category: Electronics, Technology Another one clearly mentions Leica Camera AG https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34593720/the-hunt/leica Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 12:08 PM John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> wrote: > I do not think that the film was done by Wetzlar, it was Saatchi & Saatchi > for a South American distributer? AFAIR they did one a couple of years ago > that was also controversial.... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > No, it is not a fanboy site, but they post rumours gleaned from sources > within the companies, and also run similar sites for Canon, Sony and Fuji. > > If you had followed the links given, it would have led you to these two > sources for their reporting: > > https://petapixel.com/2019/04/29/sorry-leica-tank-man-was-shot-on-nikon/ > > > https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/ > > There is very little doubt that Leica screwed up big time with this > unnecessary short film, not so much for lack of due diligence, but for > imperiling their own goodwill and possibly some access to their biggest and > most important market, China. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:53 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > But was it clarified that he didn't use the Leica and instead used the > > Nikon, especially when the source is Nikon Rumours - a Nikon fanboy site? > > > > Douglas > > > > > > On 30/04/2019 11:56, Montie via LUG wrote: > > > Yeah, definitely a few essentials fell through the crack on > > > this one. I wonder how many management heads "rolled" (if any). > > > > > > Montie > > > > > > > > >>> Not only was the film, "Leica - The Hunt" a brain dead marketing > ploy, > > but > > > it seems to have been made without any attempt at due diligence > > whatsoever! > > > A problem that Leica brought on themselves - a true management goof up! > > > > > > > > > https://nikonrumors.com/2019/04/29/the-iconic-tank-man-photos-were-shot-with-a-nikon-camera.aspx/ > > > > > > Cheers > > > Jayanand > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >