----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, 25 November, 2002 10:10 AM
Subject: [OM] Digital Camera fraud/false advertising
> My gf wants a digital camera, because all her friends have one. A lot
> of them, (almost all of them here in taiwan) advertise "professional
> quality pics". Whatever that means.
>
> Well, This guy in the store is showing pics from a Leica M6 with Fuji
> Velvia, shot from a tripod, and is telling the "little girls" that if
> you buy this digital camera, "you too!!" can achieve this kind of results.
>
> Errr... When did a 2-3 megapixel P&S give you Leica + Velvia + Gitzo
> --like qualities???
> :barf: The amount of false advertising to sell to the masses disgusts me.
>
> Albert
Only in the last two or three weeks have I seen advertised in the Canadian
media an Leica M looking digital camera bearing the Leica logo and a lens
with either "Leitz" or "Summilux" or both words written round the front of
the lens. Whether Leitz is franchising its name out for royalities or
whether this is a genuine Wetzlar product who knows! The ad didn't go into
these minor details.
jh
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