Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/20
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I still remember a couple of photos of Erwin Rommel in North Africa with
binoc's and a Leica Screw Mount hanging from his neck from when I started
reading history as a teenager (almost 30 years ago). I'd never heard of
Leica before that.
It must be of some value to Leica wrt marketing; they've been doing this
from at least the 1930's.
Greg Lorenzo
Calgary, Canada
> On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:13 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > Steve Barbour wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> maybe it's time for a real photographer to actually use their camera,
> >> and convince us it's best,
> >>
> >> not just showmanship...
> >>
> >
> > As far as I can tell, Seal is as real a photographer as most of us on the
> > LUG, and as the yearbook has illustrated we're a talented bunch.
>
>
> hard to argue with that Doug, but I just don't think it will get very far
> selling S2's...
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> >
> > I'd also like to see more examples of the S2 in real-world use,
> > especially
> > in context and environments I'd find myself in, but given the present
> > dearth of very used, beat-up (and maybe affordable) S2 bodies and
> > complete
> > lack of S lenses > 180mm, my interest is entirely academic.
> >
> > There are lots of ways widget makers get public attention. Buying rights
> > to put their logo on photographer vests at the Super Bowl, for example.
> > It
> > doesn't prove anything about their products, all it does is put the
> > company's product in people's heads.
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