Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Eric & Tudors
From: "Jim Shulman" <garcia@chesco.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 10:52:50 -0500

Damn, now I have to get a Leica!  I love to photograph queens.

Jim
- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:49 AM
Subject: [Leica] RE: Eric & Tudors


>Leica's giving free cameras to Queen Eliz. proves my point about their
>twisted idea of marketing:
>
>Don't give a free cameras to the QEIIs of the world - who gives a rat's
rear
>what they take photos with. Instead, give free cameras to the Ted Grants of
>the world; to the Eugene Richardses; even to the Eric Welches...To those
>highly respected working PJs and documentarians whom many of us consider
>examples of one sort or another. And, in particular, give them to up and
>coming young shooters who are doing terrific work, that's getting noticed,
>but who haven't yet discovered/invested in, Leicas. THAT's marketing a
>camera. Giving an M to QEII is marketing a Rolex.
>
>