Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Article in LFI
From: ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka)
Date: Thu Jan 11 18:53:24 2007
References: <440b792d0701101024u4a53b311p89e4156e1d85f35a@mail.gmail.com> <C1CA9E52.1AE18%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <440b792d0701102006v119d46fer363bd6f40c292273@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89990701102026l4eca6978v35be2e405048790b@mail.gmail.com>
 
Arrived where?  This is a concept that is totally foreign to me.

Why spend money on things I don't need or even want and can't really 
afford in an attempt to impress those who don't care anyway?  I buy 
things that please me, and those who are close to me.

:)


Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> Mehrdad,
> People buy a Rolex/Porsche etc to announce to the world that they have
> arrived. Otherwise they use Timex/Toyota (or whatever). I notice that 
> Leica
> has stepped up advertising for the M8 considerably in magazines like
> GQ/Esquire/Mens Vogue, rather than photography magazines, with slick arty
> ads. Which market do you think they are after?
> Cheers
> Jayanand
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