On 4/23/05, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if any company can pretend to be that, it should be cosina. not pentax
> by any measure you can come up with (other than lack of market share).
I don't think anyone said that Pentax holds themselves out as the
Apple of the photography industry, I ju
Pentax is a publicly traded company. i don't know who owns most of the
shares, but there are several corporate holders at least.
Herb
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The only reason Apple currently exists is their advertising campaigns,
Pentax exists in spite of theirs...
DagT wrote:
> På 23. apr. 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Cotty:
>
>> On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>> Great letter,
Apple's success is due more to good product, good PR and word-of-mouth
cult status than advertising. The ads play a role, but other factors
are much more important. And that's from an ad guy.
On Apr 23, 2005, at 10:58 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
The only reason Apple currently exists is their advert
if any company can pretend to be that, it should be cosina. not pentax
by any measure you can come up with (other than lack of market share).
best,
mishka
On 4/22/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry." I love it!
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
Cotty, you make mistakes no one else even though of...
Cotty wrote:
On 23/4/05, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed:
Sure, but they do have a lot in common. The users have chosen not to
follow the masses and advertising campaigns . They represent the
independent users who like to make their own
The only reason Apple currently exists is their advertising campaigns,
Pentax exists in spite of theirs...
DagT wrote:
På 23. apr. 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Cotty:
On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
Great letter, Jon!
"Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry." I love it!
I
On 4/23/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
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> >Great letter, Jon!
> >
> >"Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry." I love it!
>
> I tend to think of Pentax as the 'Pentax' of the camera industry.
Actually, my motive for w
On 23/4/05, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Sure, but they do have a lot in common. The users have chosen not to
>follow the masses and advertising campaigns . They represent the
>independent users who like to make their own decisions (and mistakes)
>.-)
And if I use Apples and Canons, ho
På 23. apr. 2005 kl. 09.52 skrev Cotty:
On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
Great letter, Jon!
"Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry." I love it!
I tend to think of Pentax as the 'Pentax' of the camera industry.
Sure, but they do have a lot in common. The users
On 22/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Great letter, Jon!
>
>"Pentax is the 'Apple' of the camera industry." I love it!
I tend to think of Pentax as the 'Pentax' of the camera industry.
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 4/22/05, Jon Glass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Actually, Cotty, he did. In fact, I also wrote him, but at the time, I
> hadn't had a chance to fire up gmail, so did not know of the
> discussion here I was in a hurry, but, to join in the party, here
> is what I wrote him...
>
> ---
Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>A good lawyer also does his research...
>
>And asks only questions he knows the answer to
...and *wants to hear* the answer to!
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
New York Times DSLR article
On 4/21/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Like a good lawyer, he only talks about those things about which he
> knows, and can speak intelligently.
A good lawyer also does his research...
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourge
On 4/21/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Like a good lawyer, he only talks about those things about which he
> knows, and can speak intelligently.
A good lawyer also does his research...
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed:
>'Pyours,
Watch it fly-boy ;-)
Cheers,
Cotty
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Cotty wrote:
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, unrediscombobulated, lashed out:
To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he?
Not in any of his books I've read. Only H-P, Nikon and plenty of Canon
references...
I meant in the newspaper article.
Oh.
Cheers,
Cotty
'Pyours,
keith
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed:
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>> To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he?
>
>Not in any of his books I've read. Only H-P, Nikon and plenty of Canon
>references...
I meant in the newspaper article
Cheers,
Cotty
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an FYI re - Pogue - I subscribe to NYTIMES on
line and enjoy getting
the weekly letter/column on all things computer
that Pogue writes for the
recently discontinued Circuits section of the
Thurs Times... looks like
they moved him and other computer stuff to the
business section...
He seems very
Cotty wrote:
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed:
Considering how many books he's written, I suspect he might reconsider
his omission as just that, a sin of omission, not an intentional slight.
To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he?
Not in any of his books I
On 21/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Considering how many books he's written, I suspect he might reconsider
>his omission as just that, a sin of omission, not an intentional slight.
To be fair, he doesn't mention Minolta or Olympus, does he?
Cheers,
Cotty
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you have a copy of today's New York Times take a look at the first
page of the business section. There you'll find an article about
prosumer dslr cameras that mentions only Nikon and Canon offerings. I
sent the following e-mail to the author, David Pogue. Others might
w
aders will remain unaware of these
alternatives to the heavily marketed Nikon and Canon models.
Best regards,
Dario Bonazza
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Subject: New York Times DSLR article
If you have a copy of today'
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: New York Times DSLR article
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:50:40 +
If you have a copy of today's New York Times take a look at the first page
of the business section. There you'll find an article about prosumer dslr
cameras that mentions only Nikon and Can
Good for you, Paul. It's a pretty good note that you've written. I was
tempted to send a variation of your email, but I've not read the article
yet, so my comments will have to go out later. Thanks for bringing this to
my (our) attention.
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
If you have a copy of today's New York Times take a look at the first page of
the business section. There you'll find an article about prosumer dslr cameras
that mentions only Nikon and Canon offerings. I sent the following e-mail to
the author, David Pogue. Others might wish to write as well. H
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