Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/26

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Subject: [Leica] Great Moments in the History of Communism
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:31:07 +0100
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Geoff, what some people found ironic is the commemoration by a Western 
company of a Communist takeover 60 years ago and the implied glorification 
of the tyranny that followed. Nobody is saying that Leica should not sell 
its products in countries with nasty governments like China or Russia, but 
some of us do not like the further step of issuing commemorative editions to 
glorify those regimes.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:42 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> I don't know anything about the Chinese market except that I did hear about
> those commemorative limited editions made for sale there. The gaudy gold 
> one
> is not personally my cup of tea.
> I don't follow why some people in other countries have taken offence (based
> on political views or history) that Leica has made these available in 
> China.
> Seems like the countries of origin of our favourite cameras have some
> historical significance as well. Of course there is a Leica store in Moscow
> as well etc etc. As far as I know these are not even offered for sale
> anywhere else but perhaps some may end up in other collectors' cupboards.
> On the M8 and M8.2, certainly Leica has said that serial production has
> stopped when the M9 was introduced. That doesn't preclude limited
> 'commemorative' runs though.White M8s for example were certainly still 
> being
> assembled in Solms last July after M8 serial production had stopped.  I
> imagine that these types of sales help cashflow for Leica for little 
> effort.
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> 



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