Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Leica?s cowardly reaction (pulling the ad) makes me even less likely to ever again buy a new piece of Leica equipment (other than the absurd prices). I hear you regarding the business impact, Jayanand, but with my background, freedom of speech and democracy which is what the man in the image is fighting for, are more important than corporate profits. I was similarly critical of the Danish dairy giant Arla when they took out apologetic ads in Arab newspapers following the Muhammed drawings crisis in 2005, in order to protect their export of ersatz feta cheese to Saudi Arabia etc. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 4 May 2019, at 07:06, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information