Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the fixation on what camera was used totally missed the point of the ad. Besides the fact that indeed multiple people did take similar shots. Just that one is the most iconic one. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:51 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > An Ad Database has this to say: > > Film advertisement created by Saatchi & Saatchi, Brazil for Leica, within > the category: Electronics, Technology > > Another one clearly mentions Leica Camera AG > > https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34593720/the-hunt/leica > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 12:08 PM John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk> > wrote: > > > I do not think that the film was done by Wetzlar, it was Saatchi & > Saatchi > > for a South American distributer? AFAIR they did one a couple of years > ago > > that was also controversial.... > > > > john > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > No, it is not a fanboy site, but they post rumours gleaned from sources > > within the companies, and also run similar sites for Canon, Sony and > Fuji. > > > > If you had followed the links given, it would have led you to these two > > sources for their reporting: > > > > https://petapixel.com/2019/04/29/sorry-leica-tank-man-was-shot-on-nikon/ > > > > > > > https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/ > > > > There is very little doubt that Leica screwed up big time with this > > unnecessary short film, not so much for lack of due diligence, but for > > imperiling their own goodwill and possibly some access to their biggest > and > > most important market, China. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:53 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > > > But was it clarified that he didn't use the Leica and instead used the > > > Nikon, especially when the source is Nikon Rumours - a Nikon fanboy > site? > > > > > > Douglas > > > > > > > > > On 30/04/2019 11:56, Montie via LUG wrote: > > > > Yeah, definitely a few essentials fell through the crack on > > > > this one. I wonder how many management heads "rolled" (if any). > > > > > > > > Montie > > > > > > > > > > > >>> Not only was the film, "Leica - The Hunt" a brain dead marketing > > ploy, > > > but > > > > it seems to have been made without any attempt at due diligence > > > whatsoever! > > > > A problem that Leica brought on themselves - a true management goof > up! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://nikonrumors.com/2019/04/29/the-iconic-tank-man-photos-were-shot-with-a-nikon-camera.aspx/ > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Jayanand > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard http://imagecraft.com Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative