Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Given the lead time involved with those commercials, it probably was an M6 and some 'brilliant' young video director and/or stylist had them pretend it was digital. Makes about as much sense as those pharma commercials. What was it for - urinary incontinence, or was it a Viagra commercial and they were supposed to be on their way to Tijuana for some 'action?' :-) On 9/20/06 4:52 PM, "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > > I saw a TV drug commercial the other day showing an open convertible > with 4 nostalgic old farts laughing over a photo one had just snapped. > The camera, was a Chrome Leica M. The camera segment was very brief, but > long enough that they appeared to be chimping. It struck me as lack of > continuity, but maybe it was an M8! Sure looked like an M6, though. > > I thought someone else might have seen the ad and mentioned it. > (Certainly I'm not the only one that fits the demographic). :-) I've > only seen the commercial once, though. > > daveR > > > Larry wrote: > >>> My favorite camera repair person, Sherry Krauter, told me that Leica > owners are aging as fast as their cameras. The proportion of young > people who own Leicas is insignificant compared to the legion of > nostalgic old farts who hang on to their cameras and lenses.<< > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information