Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search] No finger pointing Karen - my point was to emphasize the
new consumerism movement and psychological marketing
technique employed by the Japanese to recover their economic
position after WWII
The Japanese poured huge sums of money in their marketing
blitz - consider
the huge amount of money they put into TV ads to promote the
lowly
GLICO POCKY a chocolate covered biscuit stick - which retails
for $1 a packet
Joseph Low
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From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Karen
Nakamura
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 20:18
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Doomed: Leica MP 0.58x
>
> This "planned obsolescence" was introduced by the Japanese
>after WW II and in
I don't think you can blame the Japanese for planned obsolescence.
Just take a look at anything made by Kodak (except the Kodak Retina
series). And Japanese cars do tend to last much much longer than
American cars. Most Asahi Pentax Spotmatic cameras and Nikon Fs are
ticking along just as well as their Leicaflex brethren.
Not to get off track, but just defending my fellow country men and women.
Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/
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