Marketing - was: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
Meanwhile, N is advertising on TV (at least here in North America), selling it's latest consumer SLR as the "SLR for people who are afraid of SLR's", or words to that effect. regards, frank Ernest Alejandria wrote: > On 6-10-01 Frank Theriault wrote: > > > > >I'm also not so sure that Pentax would have had that sophisticated > > >marketing > >dept > >back in '63 or '64. > > It's arguable whether they have one in 2001. Has anyone seen an ad for the > MZ-S yet? Come to think of it, I haven't seen a Pentax ad in any photo mag > in the last 6 months or so. > > Paulo E. > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
On 6-10-01 Frank Theriault wrote: >I'm also not so sure that Pentax would have had that sophisticated > >marketing >dept >back in '63 or '64. It's arguable whether they have one in 2001. Has anyone seen an ad for the MZ-S yet? Come to think of it, I haven't seen a Pentax ad in any photo mag in the last 6 months or so. Paulo E. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
Your right about product placement in Movies, Tom, and that may in fact have been the case here. But if it is, they kept the cameras, or bought their own, because I've seen lots of stills of them wandering around with Pentaxes around their necks. I'm also not so sure that Pentax would have had that sophisticated marketing dept back in '63 or '64. regards, frank Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > There is often a advertising deal made by producers with > vendors. That is why so often everyone in a movie is driving > the same brand of car. The auto maker has cut a deal with > the producers. One such deal that I remember is a comedy of > Coca Cola trying to break into the Soviet market. In the > vary last scene the lead in the story gets a soda from a > machine and holds it up showing that it is a Pepssi Cola. I > understand that Pepsi paid a million bucks to have that > scene in the movie. > --Tom > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
There is often a advertising deal made by producers with vendors. That is why so often everyone in a movie is driving the same brand of car. The auto maker has cut a deal with the producers. One such deal that I remember is a comedy of Coca Cola trying to break into the Soviet market. In the vary last scene the lead in the story gets a soda from a machine and holds it up showing that it is a Pepssi Cola. I understand that Pepsi paid a million bucks to have that scene in the movie. --Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Saw the film "A Hard Day's Night" in the cinema the other day (remasterized > copy). All around the movie is Ringo Starr carrying a black and beauty Asahi > Pentax screwmount camera. In fact, in a moment, "Paul's grandfather" tells him > to enjoy the life, to go outside, and what he does is to go out to take > pictures. > The camera appears a lot, with the logo showing very clearly. Maybe a > "subliminal advertising" pop method? > : - ) - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
RE: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
On Saturday, June 09, 2001 7:51 AM, Frank Theriault [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > Jim wrote: > > > While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that was Ringo's own camera. I've seen > > other pictures of him toting a Pentax. On a side note, one of Linda > > McCartneys cameras was a Pentax as well. > > I've seen several shots of "the famous Ringo" (remember that from "Help"?) > with > that pre-Spottie Pentax. I've also seen several of George with the same > model > Pentax. > > Also spotted one of Princess Anne of England taken in the 60's, holding a > Spotmatic. > > regards, > frank > There is also a still from the same film of Paul McCartney holding the same (or a every similar) camera. It looks like an SV or S1a, possibly fitted with the Super-Takumar 50mm/1.4, which would make it one of the later models, just prior to the Spotmatic. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
Jim wrote: > While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that was Ringo's own camera. I've seen > other pictures of him toting a Pentax. On a side note, one of Linda > McCartneys cameras was a Pentax as well. I've seen several shots of "the famous Ringo" (remember that from "Help"?) with that pre-Spottie Pentax. I've also seen several of George with the same model Pentax. Also spotted one of Princess Anne of England taken in the 60's, holding a Spotmatic. regards, frank - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera
While I'm not 100% sure, I believe that was Ringo's own camera. I've seen other pictures of him toting a Pentax. On a side note, one of Linda McCartneys cameras was a Pentax as well. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: The Beatles and an Asahi Pentax camera > > Saw the film "A Hard Day's Night" in the cinema the other day (remasterized > copy). All around the movie is Ringo Starr carrying a black and beauty Asahi > Pentax screwmount camera. In fact, in a moment, "Paul's grandfather" tells him > to enjoy the life, to go outside, and what he does is to go out to take > pictures. > The camera appears a lot, with the logo showing very clearly. Maybe a > "subliminal advertising" pop method? > : - ) > > Albano > Yeah, yeah, yeah > > > > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
