Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric wrote: > And have you been > ignoring Leica saying they're not going to pursue the "camera as > jewelry" crowd only in the future? Some of us were discussing this after the Solms factory visit, where I'd seen my first Brunei-Special Leica with the diamond embedded in the top. After meeting some of the Leica folk - and seeing how much they loved photography - we decided that the most extreme versions of these specials were actually dreamed up after the Leica Xmas booze-up. Imagine a load of Leica-folk sitting in the bar - wrapped around *way* too much German beer - saying things like "hey, let's be *REALLY* silly, let's suggest sticking a diamond in the top and covering it in a really *horrible* coloured leather! Surely no-one will be dumb enough to buy that?" :-)