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Originally Posted by erl
Most, if not all, my images demostrate what a Leica M can do,
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Not meaning to be argumentative but I always thought images mainly demonstrated what the
photographer can do. Sure it's the strategy of advertizing to make gullible guys think that buying the product will make them able to do as good as the examples in the ad whether it's making photos with a camera or getting laid by a hot chick by smoking a certain brand of cigs. But let's be honest here, if you need help from the camera to make your pictures better, then most likely things like autofocus, matrix metering, anti-shake, and all that junk are going to get you there rather than an M8 which requires the photog to much more understand and deal with technical aspects of photography. The so-called simplicity of a Leica is a relief from all the buttons and functions and bells and whistles
only to someone who knows how to achieve it all manually,
and above that,
wants to do it all manually. What it seems to me is that if Leica wants to maximize sales then they need to figure out exactly who there target market is and why
they buy Leicas, and then taylor there marketing to appeal to that group.