Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/18

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Subject: Subject: Re: [Leica] New M mount Sonnar 1.5 50mm (hoax?)
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun Jun 18 07:33:26 2006

I welcome the change. Hasselblad USA has never seemed terribly
customer-oriented after the sale. Sort of a "When you're number one, you
don't *have* to try harder."

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



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[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:07 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: RE: Subject: Re: [Leica] New M mount Sonnar 1.5 50mm (hoax?)


Well, for cameras at least Zeiss hasn't been especially intelligent in the
marketing department.  I wonder what they are planning to do, selling a very
much niche market that depends very much on some dealers out there to push
the brand and the associated products?  Time will tell.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 6/18/06, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/18/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> > In Australia, the current distributor (who is also the Hasselblad
> > distributor) don't even have a single word on them on their web 
> > site. Interesting marketing strategy for an (admittedly 
> > niche)quality product.
>
> I think Zeiss has decided to take back distribution from Hasselblad 
> and do it themselves. That's probably why. I think they're right in 
> the middle of this now. Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest had some issues 
> in connection with this change in marketing (he got shafted).
>
> Daniel
>
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