Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do not think that the film was done by Wetzlar, it was Saatchi & Saatchi for a South American distributer? AFAIR they did one a couple of years ago that was also controversial.... john -----Original Message----- No, it is not a fanboy site, but they post rumours gleaned from sources within the companies, and also run similar sites for Canon, Sony and Fuji. If you had followed the links given, it would have led you to these two sources for their reporting: https://petapixel.com/2019/04/29/sorry-leica-tank-man-was-shot-on-nikon/ https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/ There is very little doubt that Leica screwed up big time with this unnecessary short film, not so much for lack of due diligence, but for imperiling their own goodwill and possibly some access to their biggest and most important market, China. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:53 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > But was it clarified that he didn't use the Leica and instead used the > Nikon, especially when the source is Nikon Rumours - a Nikon fanboy site? > > Douglas > > > On 30/04/2019 11:56, Montie via LUG wrote: > > Yeah, definitely a few essentials fell through the crack on > > this one. I wonder how many management heads "rolled" (if any). > > > > Montie > > > > > >>> Not only was the film, "Leica - The Hunt" a brain dead marketing ploy, > but > > it seems to have been made without any attempt at due diligence > whatsoever! > > A problem that Leica brought on themselves - a true management goof up! > > > > > https://nikonrumors.com/2019/04/29/the-iconic-tank-man-photos-were-shot-with-a-nikon-camera.aspx/ > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > >