Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] DR. BLACKTAPE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS QUESTION REGARDING ERWIN PUTTS' "REVIEW OF THE NEW M7...
From: "Dan States" <dstate1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:23:43 +0000

Oh god, not again.  Does it REALLY matter enough to start the crap slinging 
that goes on whenever his name is brought up?

Car and Driver writers get to drive prototypes.  Journalists get to hobnob 
with politicians.  Erwin gets to try out a camera before the public.  Is 
there a difference?  Does it matter?

Dan States
Madison WI


>
>...AND OF ALL OTHER THINGS LEICA.
>
>Erwin Putts gets an M7 ONE YEAR ahead of release - when Leica is denying
>that there will ever BE an M7. He gets extensive tours of the factory prior
>to release, so that he can describe in worshipful prose the ancient sewing
>machines, manned by the skilled Portuguese seamstress sewing the shutter
>curtain.
>
>Are we really expected to continue to believe that Erwin and his reports 
>are
>what any neutral observer would call "independent" of Leica and truly
>objective?  We would suggest that we should judge his reports just as we
>judge Leica's advertising materials, press releases, and the endorsements
>from photographers to whom it gives free cameras.
>
>
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