Who neatly dresses in office attire to go shooting? Not I. If you want Truth In Advertising the sales folk should all be dressed in Dumpy Photographer Attire. :-) Clothes that look like they've been slept in. Or those crazy million pocket sleeveless vests. (Anyone do that anymore?) Or, like me: black jeans and a well-worn sweater with pulled threads.
But this is about getting attention, and possibly providing something for the tire kickers to test shoot. So photogenic subjects -- yes, usually women -- in attention-getting attire will always win out. And it just makes sense really. Besides, it ain't really photographers at CES. It's dealers, channel partners, reps and corporate execs. My neighbor went down there. He's a mucky muck with a huge Canuck electronics manufacturer. Smartly dressed people (of either sex) in biz attire won't turn his head. Leggy booth babe, yes. :-) On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > How about "provocatively" clad, Bruce? > > Bare legs, high heels, skin tight top > is definitely in the spirit of "scantily clad" > > They are still pushing the camera with a hot model instead > of someone neatly dressed in office attire.. > > Its annoying > > ann > > > > On 1/13/2014 08:43, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Thanks for the booth report, Marnie. >> >> I have to wonder about your definition of "scantily clad" though. >> Aside from bare legs, the only way that girl in your shot could be >> more covered would be with a burka. >> >> The very next thing you need to learn to do on your X-5 is disable the >> date/time stamp. :-) >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:59 AM, <eactiv...@aol.com> wrote: >>> >>> I went to CES in Las Vegas and just got back. These were shot with the >>> X-5 >>> (which I got so I could take pics for the annual and PUG). >>> >>> Thoughts/reactions about CES below. And first impressions of the X-5. >>> >>> I just got the X-5 delivered from Amazon the day before I left. I barely >>> had time to figure it out. It doesn't have an Av setting, so I either >>> shot >>> manual or program or green button. None of the shots are great and I >>> haven't >>> edited them. >>> >>> http://mapphotography.com/CES/index.html >>> >>> Pentax: I asked two reps if Ricoh intended a FF Pentax. I asked them >>> separately. The answer was pretty much, no. One rep said that the market >>> share >>> for FF is a sliver and too small. The other said because the 645D is out >>> there ( prominently displayed), it is very unlikely. He also said that >>> USA >>> Pentax reps are the last to know. They may know a little in Japan -- but >>> only >>> when Ricoh/Pentax actually comes out with a public release do they find >>> out. I went on the trip with a friend, and he asked later too, and he >>> was >>> simply answered, no. Overall, the answer seemed to be very much, no. >>> >>> OTOH, I asked about Ricoh's support of Pentax. Very much so -- this will >>> be one company that will not drop Pentax or sell it out. They are >>> heavily >>> invested and very much behind the "brand name." >>> >>> The Pentax display was understated and tasteful, except for the scantily >>> clad Japanese girl sitting on a chair, pushing a button on a toy train >>> running on a track below her. Photo op, supposedly. There were scantily >>> clad >>> girls in a few places, CES is male-oriented. Evidentially there were >>> more >>> girls in previous years, but each year brings more and more women >>> attendees to >>> the show. There was a wall of K-50's, not quite sure why. The big poster >>> shot of the GR was taken with the K-3, and that is partly why it was >>> there, >>> to show how large it could be blown up and not lose resolution. >>> >>> Paul's pic had an end spot, and really was one of the best there. :-) >>> >>> Okay, about the rest of CES -- it was not the primary purpose of my >>> trip. >>> I went with a friend and just wanted a trip, also saw Las Vegas, a ghost >>> town, Red Rock Canyon, and the Bellagio fountain and some of the casinos >>> (I >>> don't gamble). So I did not ask a lot of questions a lot of you would >>> ask >>> and did not look at lot of things a lot of you would look at. I was also >>> not >>> solely interested in photographic equipment. >>> >>> I also went under an assumed identity, heh, as a audio/visual design >>> person (smart houses). This show is mainly for dealers who are going to >>> put in >>> large orders for products. Nothing is on sale to the public. >>> >>> So I did brief tours of two halls, well, three and a half halls. >>> >>> Other Cameras: The Nikon display was similar to Pentax's, a bit bigger, >>> lots of yellow. And one seating area with a video running about some >>> camera. >>> Pentax had no video seating area. No scantily-clad girls at Nikon. >>> >>> The Canon display was much, much bigger. The emphasis there was mainly >>> on >>> their printers and other imaging products. They did have a small >>> walk-thru >>> photo gallery. And a tier of cameras. A shot of that is in the gallery >>> above. At first when I saw it I thought it was photographers taking >>> shots of >>> the show. Then I realized they were actually cameras to try out and went >>> up >>> and tried some. That was clever of them and they were the only ones that >>> did >>> that. No poles locking the cameras down to a hole in a display table. >>> The >>> two dancing girls there were wearing pants and T-shirts. WTG, Canon. >>> >>> The Sony display was one of the largest and a bit confusing. It had a >>> 'surround' video running above -- it covered a very large area with their >>> products inside, much bigger than it looks in my picture. >>> >>> The camera I was, personally, most impressed with and taken by was the >>> Fujifilm (yes, moving on) X-M2. Which the rep told me had just started >>> being >>> shipped in November. She only had one, it was so new, although she had >>> several X-M1s. >>> >>> CES: The show/convention/conference overall, was overwhelming. It is >>> HUGE. Most people were there to do business and see specific items. If >>> you >>> didn't have a focus it was pretty confusing. Lots and lots of booths, >>> but the >>> most overwhelming part was simply the massive number of people walking >>> around. Almost worse than Disneyland during summer. About 150,000 >>> attend, so it >>> was busy, busy all the time. Most were wearing black. The racial/ethnic >>> mix >>> was mainly White and Asian. At least the shuttle buses between venues >>> were >>> good (there is a three-hall convention center, two stories, and things >>> spilled over into three other hotels). >>> >>> I had very interesting discussions with a cable company owner and a >>> representative of GSM (Global Standards for Mobile) on the shuttle, one >>> on the >>> way, and one on the way back. >>> >>> PMA: PMA was also there. Unfortunately it was in the last stop, all >>> travel between buildings was by foot, and after a very long walk down >>> looping a >>> corridor, back and forth, linking buildings, we found it. Since it was >>> in a >>> different building and so far away, it's attendance was low. We spent >>> time >>> in the Black Rapid booth, and learned that PMA will probably fade away. >>> Because the big camera companies were in the main hall, the PMA was >>> mainly >>> support equipment: bags, tripods, etc. >>> >>> What were the most interesting things I saw? I was interested in any >>> high-tech sci-fiy thing, not just cameras. And I really took a cursory >>> look at >>> most of the things I saw. >>> >>> The Black Rapid guy had an add-on lens on his iphone. Three little lens >>> adaptors that rotated, one wide angle, one fish eye, and one telephoto. >>> He >>> wasn't sure if it was available for other phones and I never found the >>> booth. >>> But it was intriguing and seemed well designed. >>> >>> Drone photography. I took no pics. But they are orderable at B&H. The >>> large one no, the consumer ones, yes. It was fascinating. >>> >>> 3-D printing. That made me feel the future is really here. Large WOW >>> factor. Heh. Think replicators from Star Trek. Honestly and truly. >>> Though right >>> now they can only replicate with polymers and not very large items yet. >>> But >>> the technology is there and it will improve and develop. Totally >>> revolutionary. About five companies were there, all with different >>> orientations >>> (many with a research/product prototyping focus). But two were marketing >>> consumer 3-D printers and two were marketing 3-D scanners, as well, one >>> hand-held. All very impressive and futurist and oh-my-goddess. >>> >>> If you want to know more about the 3-D printing, just ask. I have some >>> literature and was going to google and research. >>> >>> Real photos to come. >>> >>> The X-5, meh. It is a Pentax, but... well, I was warned. I still have to >>> play with it more, but the viewfinder is only adequate. That's the best >>> way >>> I could describe the whole camera, for a point and shoot it is adequate >>> and >>> nothing to write home about. It does have a green button and it is cute. >>> It looks like a mini-DSLR, so you don't feel stupid wearing it around. >>> But >>> if it wasn't a Pentax, I really wouldn't have bothered. >>> >>> Marnie aka Doe :-) I wish I had more specific impressive insider camera >>> stuff to tell you, but I don't. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
