Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wouldn't be the first time... When you order a new Mercedes-Benz through the Euro-delivery program, they send you a folder with a photo on the cover with some MB keys, a passport, cash from various countries, and what looks like an old Leica M. I'm not a collector, so don't know exactly what it is... - --Jim Laurel > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Munroe [SMTP:dmunroe@vcd.hp.com] > Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 7:26 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Leica in Mercedes commercial? > > There's a new Mercedes Benz commercial which shows > the Roman god Mercury chasing a canon ball. As he > catches up to the ball, he is overtaken by a couple > in a Mercedes. > > As they overtake, the woman in the passenger seat > takes a photo of Mercury. The scene is very brief, > but she seems to have something like a Hexar or a > chrome Leica M6. I don't have a good still-frame or > slow motion on my VCR, so it's hard to tell which > camera it is - at first I thought it was a Minilux. > > Anyone see this? > > -Dave > -- > "Anything more than 500 yards from the car just > isn't photogenic" > - Edward Weston