> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > Wow. > > I think that would be a really stupid marketing move by Pentax. > Especially the part about instructions bring in Inuit. From Northeast > Greenland for god sake! > > Pentax marketing department FAIL - again! > > What were they thinking? >
the ice-loving peoples of the world are one of Pentax's largest markets, Frank. I'm surprised you don't know that. Just last year alone sales reached nearly double figures, and there's rumoured to be a special edition coming out that smells of herring. B > Cheers, > frank > > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne" <p...@alunfoto.no> > Sent: December 14, 2012 12/14/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: RE: Pentax 645D IR > > J.C.O. is entirely right. Once superseded by another model, the 645D > will stop taking pictures on any ISO other than 140, force JPG format, > and introduce a lag of 30 seconds before writing exposures to card. > During that lag, you will see a message on the chimp screen explaining > what you have to do to re-enable the camera's functionality. For > unknown reasons, this message will only appear in the language used by > the Inuits of North-East Greenland, who refuse to translate because > they find the text offensive. > > The next model will be a lot better. Among its most important > achievents will be abandoning the hopelessly inaccurate way of relaying > aperture information between camera and optics using a simple lever. > According to Pentax officials, that's on par with steam engines for > obsolence, and they are deeply ashamed about it still being there, > despite their best efforts to move forward. > > Just FYI, you know, like, :-) > > Cheers, > Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
