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Subject: [Leica] An American Yankee in Herr Leitz' Court
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun Oct 8 15:47:57 2006
References: <200610052352.k95NpjYx020496@server1.waverley.reid.org> <4526E1B1.7050706@concentric.net> <45276902.9060605@nathanfoto.com> <8A821305-130A-4C81-8594-2B855287A5C5@shaw.ca> <45281A5D.5060503@nathanfoto.com> <4529412C.5040305@summaventures.com> <EA8BCCB8-81B4-4DF1-9C92-BEEBEEA8726F@cox.net> <6.2.5.6.2.20061008203645.02c5cec8@screengang.com>
But the bloke said he wanted quality conscious mums to become Leica
users - does this mean that Hermes is still in there somewhere, Leica as
a fashion statement again.
The iPod Generation has to be pretty flush already - a 4gig model
costs, if not an arm and a leg, at least up to your elbows.
Douglas
Didier Ludwig wrote:
> That's what all lifestyle product manufacturers say. But I doubt that the
> strongly consumption-oriented "iPod generation" (I believe this is just
> another marketing term for what we used to call "young people") buys a
> $4.5k manual camera, without lens. Leica has to find it's own new M
> generation, and 'iPod' might be the wrong key for that plan. I'd focus on
> nPJ ("new photojournalism"), yAA ("young advanced amateurs") and of course
> yLaD ("young lawyers and dentists").
> :-)
> Didier
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>> Steven Lee says he wants to reach to the iPod generation.
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