Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, as I am not a "corporate person", I do not look at the piece the same way you did. All I do know is that sometimes, sometimes, an image, or a video, or something, can take on a life of its own, beyond the boundaries set by the person who creates the thing. I am not saying that this is one of those. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Time will tell. Thanks On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 8:20 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Richard, > I agree that the camera used does not matter at all, though it does seem, > according to published reports, that none of the five were using Leica . > The short film is also very well made, no questions about that. > > What does matter, though, is that, firstly, it seems that Leica did not > even do elementary due diligence. Secondly, they were passing off a > situation in which they were no way involved as if they were. Finally, and > most importantly, the awful idiocy of imperiling the access to your main > market, for any reason whatsoever, is the height of managerial > incompetence, especially for no other benefit but an advertisement. > > Studying companies and corporate behaviour is what I have been trained to > do as a professional all my working life. I have made a living by betting > my own capital based on my assessments. My reading of this situation is, by > default, superficial, based on published information. If Leica had a deeper > reason for releasing the short film, I am not clear about it, and if anyone > can give me the same, I am quite willing to change my mind. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 7:49 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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