[Leica] Tank Man

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
> > >
>
>
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