[rollei_list] Re: Karl Heitz, RIP (Query: Mechancial Cameras)

  • From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:32:55 +0100

You are joking surely!
Frank


On 12 Apr, 2005, at 22:53, Allen Zak wrote:

> For a time, his print ads for Gitzo  featured a pair of women's legs in
> the foreground framing a tripod, borderline suggestive (maybe not so
> borderline).  My wife was quite offended, as was MS. Magazine, and
> strongly recommended a boycott.  By that time I was already a Gitzo
> owner and didn't have to take sides, but I did raise the matter with
> Mr. Heitz.  His response was, in essence, favorable to whatever moved
> merchandise.
>
> Allen Zak
>
> On Apr 12, 2005, at 5:35 PM, Bob Shell wrote:
>
>> And he used to have the loveliest women working for him!  I'm sure 
>> many
>> visited his trade show booths just because of that.
>
>

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