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

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M Campaign
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 19:49:38 -0000

Dan - Not that I want to be responsible for keeping this thread
going....but....It is indeed a beautiful brochure, but my feeling is that at
this point Leica needs some marketing that is far more meat than sizzle...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Dan Cardish
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:01 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M Campaign
>
>
> Just compare it to the silly brochures made by Canon,
> Minolta, Nikon, etc.
> that are available by the handfull at camera stores.  I think
> this brochure
> is much more original (spelling mistakes not withstanding, it
> is afterall,
> a German camera, the spelling mistakes are there to remind
> us!  ;-)) and
> eye catching.
>
> Dan C.
>
> At 06:31 PM 09-11-99 -0500, Ernest Nitka wrote:
> >Dan C. - I have to admit that my non-critical eye found the
> brochure to be
> >very exciting.  It came to me in my office mail and I'm sure my staff
> >thought I was daft for sitting in the office deferring work ( seeing
> >patients) while I thumbed thru a mini-book with Che's
> likeness on the front.
> >Perhaps it's the former dearth of glitzy ads for the M6 that
> struck me.
> >Anyway I thought it was a reasonable first attempt at PR.
> Other than the
> >fact that I asked Leica for one I have not idea who else
> will be sending in
> >for one.  anyway my $.02
> >
> >ernie
> >
> >
> >
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
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