Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 21:15:11 -0800 From: Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] Country of origin Smoke Screens Message-ID: <3A25E25E.7D2C104A@CameraQuest.com> References: <000001c05a32$2aa38cc0$5f2340c3@pbncomputer> Well Erwin, it amazes me how maintain your objectivity and even handedness, when I see it as anything but when the subject turns to Leica. Have you EVER made ANY post on the LUG about a current Leica product which did not support Leica management in the best possible light ? Objectivity would seem to demand that at some point in time you would have to find something negative, most other LUGers have at some point or another. Any post of yours referring to Leica problems that I can remember has only amounted to a disgruntled acknowledgment after many posts have made whatever problem common knowledge. Remember the arguments we had a few years ago when you claimed there was no reasonable proof the lagging R8 sales affected Leica's financials? I do, it still makes me laugh whenever I see an R8. I don't know if you are on Leica's payroll, but if you deserve to be, since your unending praise of new products and lenses probably sells more product than Leica's often inept advertising. I give thanks your lens tests don't talk about exceedingly fine detail in Che's beard. I don't think the real issue here is Country of Origin with you at all, but your attempt at PR damage control. If it became generally known how much of the M6 is made outside of Germany, sales might lag. Older used cameras might be preferred to the new. I think that is what you are worried about. For some reason you seem to have a blind devotion to Leica management, defending their decisions and promoting their products -- even if their decisions and products don't deserve it. Some will doubtless believe your Leica promotional mindset and unflinching Leica management loyalty has nothing to do with your dependence upon Leica's good will to provide you with information and test products for the CD's, articles, and books you want to sell. I am not one of them. In my opinion the biggest smoke screen on the LUG is you Erwin, often fooling people into believing you are detached and objective in your Leica posts. I think the best solution for everyone would be Leica making you an official paid spokesman. You would then be able to quote official Leica positions as a Leica employee, and I wouldn't be bothered about your painful lack of objectivity since there would never be any question that you have any objectivity. Stephen Gandy <<<<<<<<<< And Curiouser! Rob. Menschheit is eine humoristische Rolle.