Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Looks as if they don't have enough staff left at Pentax Germany to man the Pentax booth at Photokina. The whole booth will be run by their ad agency who are also providing the people to demonstrate the products and answer visitors' questions. This ad...

Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread Miserere
So when people ask are my dad's old M lenses fully compatible with the K-5 the boothdude(tte) will know all about the green button, crippled mount, crop factor, manual focusing, dodgy metering, etc., right? I mean, there''s not way they won't have need taught that the day before. :-/ --M. --

Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread P N Stenquist
They probably won't know it all. But most companies staff trade show booths with recruits. It's common in the auto biz as well. BTW, the metering on the K7 isn't dodgy, and I expect that it will be as good or better on the K5. Paul On Sep 18, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Miserere wrote: So when

Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: They probably won't know it all. But most companies staff trade show booths with recruits. For decades, the Pentax booth at Photokina had been run by their own sales staff. This used to be the only reason to go there because you could talk directly

Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Sounds reasonable to me for what qualifies as unskilled labor. If they're lucky maybe some will even be Pentax fans. On 9/18/2010 5:35 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Looks as if they don't have enough staff left at Pentax Germany to man the Pentax booth at Photokina. The whole booth will be

Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread William Robb
-- From: Miserere Subject: Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya So when people ask are my dad's old M lenses fully compatible with the K-5 the boothdude(tte) will know all about the green button, crippled mount, crop factor, manual

Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya

2010-09-18 Thread Steven Desjardins
it now and put the money toward a K5. You'll probably live longer with it out of your life. On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:18 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: -- From: Miserere Subject: Re: Photokina - yet more cheapskating by Hoya So when