Re: Pentax marketing

Doesn't everyone? On 11/28/2020 1:58 AM, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 01:18:05PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: If I???m in the mood to be generous, I can see that want people to understand that their goal is to make the act of taking photos to be fun and enjoyable, but just using

Re: Pentax marketing

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 01:18:05PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > If I???m in the mood to be generous, I can see that want people to understand > that their goal is to make the act of taking photos to be fun and enjoyable, > but just using google translate, rather than have a native speaker in the

Re: Pentax marketing

I didn't say this in so many words, but I did intimate that Ricoh marketing tried to learn everything they could from Pentax marketing, and unfortunately did. On 11/27/2020 4:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Saw this comment on the fb Pentaxians group: Their commitment to draining the enthusiasm

Pentax marketing

Saw this comment on the fb Pentaxians group: Their commitment to draining the enthusiasm for this hotly-anticipated camera can only be described as unswerving. In reference to this: https://pentaxofficial.com/en/7313/ More of the series at:

Re: Pentax marketing: Really crappy sample images of Limited lenses

What is this word you say... marketing??? http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:36 AM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > So what you're saying is that Ricoh is following the fine tradition of > Pentax marketing. > > On 1/4/2016 11:59 PM,

Re: Pentax marketing: Really crappy sample images of Limited lenses

So what you're saying is that Ricoh is following the fine tradition of Pentax marketing. On 1/4/2016 11:59 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I preface this by saying that if I had to choose between a company that had crappy marketing and superb engineering vs a company that had superb marketing

Pentax marketing: Really crappy sample images of Limited lenses

I preface this by saying that if I had to choose between a company that had crappy marketing and superb engineering vs a company that had superb marketing and crappy engineering I would certainly take the former... but I continue to be amazed at how poor the Ricoh/Pentax marketing is. Case

Merry Christmas to Pentax marketing: 645z is #1 at DxOMark

This should be good for some Pentax visibility. << Pentax 645z medium-format digital SLR camera is now on the top of the DxOMark camera list with the highest score of 101. >> #2 is the Sony A7R II; #3 is the Nikon D810. And very curiously, the 645z gets the highest score for sports photography.

Re: Merry Christmas to Pentax marketing: 645z is #1 at DxOMark

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > This should be good for some Pentax visibility. > > << Pentax 645z medium-format digital SLR camera is now on the top of > the DxOMark camera list with the highest score of 101. >> > > #2 is the Sony A7R II; #3 is the

Re: Merry Christmas to Pentax marketing: 645z is #1 at DxOMark

On 12/24/2015 8:59 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: This should be good for some Pentax visibility. << Pentax 645z medium-format digital SLR camera is now on the top of the DxOMark camera list with the highest score of 101. >> #2 is the Sony A7R II; #3 is the Nikon D810. And very curiously, the 645z

RE: Pentax marketing

://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Tom Reese Sendt: 12. juni 2007 16:58 Til: Pentax List Emne: Pentax marketing this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http

Re: Pentax marketing

From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] But fishing? Somebody unreeled a too-good-to-be-true offer and Pentax went for it, hook, line and sinker... Pentax produces a line of small, waterproof compacts. Fishing is one of, if not the, most popular pastimes (if you categorise sport

Re: Pentax marketing

It's all about seeing it from the right angle, isn't it. Jostein 2007/6/13, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex

Re: Pentax marketing

2007/6/13, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pentax produces a line of small, waterproof compacts. Fishing is one of, if not the, most popular pastimes (if you categorise sport patricipation with a broad brush, it's at the top of _that_ list) in the UK. Seems like a good move to me. I agree.

Re: Pentax marketing

Stan Halpin wrote: Speaking of marketing (I know, I know - nobody was talking about marketing; this is a marketing thread after all...) I went to a MLB baseball game a couple of weeks ago (KC Royals vs. somebody). Right behind homeplate there was an electronic billboard on the fence,

Re: Pentax marketing

Christian wrote: I've mentioned that about Camden Yards (the Baltimore Oriloes' home field). The sign there says PENTAX in big letters and below that Digital Cameras Endoscopes I wonder if you can get package deals? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML

Re: Pentax marketing

Scott Loveless wrote: Christian wrote: I've mentioned that about Camden Yards (the Baltimore Oriloes' home field). The sign there says PENTAX in big letters and below that Digital Cameras Endoscopes I wonder if you can get package deals? When my dad was being treated at Johns

Re: Pentax marketing

I wonder if you can get package deals? Depends on the exposure you're looking for. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax marketing Christian wrote: I've mentioned that about Camden Yards (the Baltimore Oriloes' home field

Re: Pentax marketing

Sounds to me like it might be meant to deter streakers. jm - Original Message - From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:42 AM Subject: Re: Pentax marketing Stan Halpin wrote: Speaking of marketing (I know, I know

Pentax marketing

this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Tom Reese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Pentax marketing

Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Tom Reese Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll

Re: Pentax marketing

Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Tom Reese Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll

Re: Pentax marketing

On 6/12/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Tom Reese

Re: Pentax marketing

Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Tom Reese Gee, Tom, I wonder what

Re: Pentax marketing

In a message dated 6/12/2007 8:12:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Penta x-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy

Re: Pentax marketing

ann sanfedele wrote: Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products

Re: Pentax marketing

I don't like the way it Smelt. Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Tom Reese -- All dogs have four

Re: Pentax marketing

Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll

Re: Pentax marketing

Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Gee, Tom, I

Re: Pentax marketing

Christian wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy

Re: Pentax marketing

Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll be marketing . Depends on the bait. Hope you aren't casting aspersions on the company Certainly not! I think it's a brilliant strategy to be marketing on the net. They might just lure in some more customers! But the hardware just flies of

Re: Pentax marketing

Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll be marketing . Depends on the bait. Hope you aren't casting aspersions on the company Certainly not! I think it's a brilliant strategy to be marketing on the net. They might just lure in some more customers! But the hardware just flies

Re: Pentax marketing

Cotty wrote: Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll be marketing . Depends on the bait. Hope you aren't casting aspersions on the company Certainly not! I think it's a brilliant strategy to be marketing on the net.

Re: Pentax marketing

-- Original message -- From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll be marketing . Depends on the bait. Hope you aren't casting aspersions on the company Certainly not! I think it's a brilliant strategy to be

Re: Pentax marketing

Tom C wrote: Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll be marketing . Depends on the bait. Hope you aren't casting aspersions on the company Certainly not! I think it's a brilliant strategy to be marketing on the net.

Re: Pentax marketing

Tom C wrote: Gee, Tom, I wonder what line of products they'll be marketing . Depends on the bait. Hope you aren't casting aspersions on the company Certainly not! I think it's a brilliant strategy to be marketing on the net. They might just lure in some more customers! But the hardware

Re: Pentax marketing

does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Nope, not at all. I'm hooked. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax marketing this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex

Re: Pentax marketing

On 13/06/07, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Looks like a load of carp. -- Rob Studdert

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does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Looks like a load of carp. -- Rob Studdert LOL! Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax marketing

everybody is casting about for a good line On 6/12/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Looks like a load of carp. -- Rob Studdert LOL! Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax marketing

does anyone besides me think this is a little fishy? Looks like a load of carp. everybody is casting about for a good line I'm waiting for better bait from Coddy. John Celio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax marketing

Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: Tom C wrote: Tom Reese wrote: this Pentax marketing deal seems a bit odd: http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Articlex/9bb65e3aea564c28a376d78b3479b46b/Pentax-reels-in-NFA-deal.html does anyone besides me think this is a little

Re: Pentax marketing

Speaking of marketing (I know, I know - nobody was talking about marketing; this is a marketing thread after all...) I went to a MLB baseball game a couple of weeks ago (KC Royals vs. somebody). Right behind homeplate there was an electronic billboard on the fence, maybe 3x5 feet. One-third

Re: Pentax marketing strikes again...

Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, on Pentax Europe's medical site: PENTAX for your precious moments PENTAX as one of the leading companies in the field of flexible endoscopy offers an extraordinary wide product range Ouch! ;-) Ouch is right! Good light! I dunno... what kind of

Re: Pentax marketing strikes again...

Mark Roberts wrote: PENTAX for your precious moments PENTAX as one of the leading companies in the field of flexible endoscopy offers an extraordinary wide product range Ouch! ;-) Ouch is right! Good light! I dunno... what kind of flash attachment would you use? A gold LX -

Re: Pentax marketing strikes again...

- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Pentax marketing strikes again... I dunno... what kind of flash attachment would you use? TTB. (through the bum) WW

Re: Pentax marketing strikes again...

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 08:39:46 -0500, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dunno... what kind of flash attachment would you use? Seriously, there is a light at the end of the thing. Two fibre optic thingies, one to send light to the end of the tube, and another fibre optic to transmit the

Pentax marketing strikes again...

Hi, on Pentax Europe's medical site: PENTAX for your precious moments PENTAX as one of the leading companies in the field of flexible endoscopy offers an extraordinary wide product range Ouch! ;-) Good light! fra

Re: Pentax marketing strikes again...

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:21:05 +0100, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, on Pentax Europe's medical site: PENTAX for your precious moments PENTAX as one of the leading companies in the field of flexible endoscopy offers an extraordinary wide product range Ouch! ;-) Thanks,

Local camera show: Hopeless Pentax marketing

Pentax and hopeless markesting: I was at a locacamera show today. I realized that Pentax are hopeless in regard to marketing. The guy had the *isr DS, but didn't know anything about it. It woun't be avilable in three weeks time. He tole me that they sold a LOT of *ist DS's at Photokina last month.

Re: Pentax marketing (was Re: What is the high-end Pentax lens strategy????)

Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are four young German women who run the whole campaign. We met them at Photokina 2002. They got into the picture after photokina 2000, and blamed Pentax for not targetting their real market with their ultra-traditional and un-trendy marketing. They

Pentax marketing (was Re: What is the high-end Pentax lens strategy????)

I had a word with a salesman at the Norwegian distributor about the Pentax marketing strategy. I mentioned the sexist fuss from Sweden and California, and pointed at the Optio 550 promo on the wall. He just shook his head and smiled in a kinda sad way. Then he went to a shelf with other leaflets

Re: Pentax marketing (was Re: What is the high-end Pentax lens strategy????)

On 12/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: There are four young German women who run the whole campaign. We met them at Photokina 2002. They got into the picture after photokina 2000, and blamed Pentax for not targetting their real market with their ultra-traditional and un-trendy marketing. They

Pentax marketing visibility at PMA

All, Digital Photography Review (http://www.dpreview.com) has a really nice little wrap-up of the 2003 PMA show. Phil Askey is relatively unbiased regarding brands, so it's nice to see that Pentax figures prominently the wrap-up article. In particular, the *ist D, Optio S, 450, and 550 all get

Re: Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1.

Yeah. Instead, it seems like every camera they put out is the best and the greatest, making it hard for the average consumer to understand why they can't get professional results from their $150 point and shoot. chris On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Stan Halpin wrote: Thanks Chris - this helps me make

Re: Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1.

Thanks Chris - this helps me make some sense of the strategy. It just bugs me that Pentax doesn't just say this very nice 330GS might be considered an upgrade of the 230 - as our newest release it is the low end of our current line, but with some features (e.g., ISO 400) which presage upgrades in

Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1.

1. Why digital? As I mentioned recently, I have been considering buying a digital camera to fit in the ecological niche which once was filled by my Minox 35mm camera (sold to fund the purchase of my first PZ-1p), then by my dear departed Leica Z2X (doused in a stream by my wife.) The size of that

Re: Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1.

Well though out, Stan. Bob - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:27 AM Subject: Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1. 1. Why digital? As I mentioned recently

Re: Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1.

, November 03, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: Reflections on digital PS cameras, Pentax marketing, and themeaning of life. Chapter 1.