Because it's a free country where freedom of expression is valued? Tom C.
>From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:10:12 -0700 > >Obviously the site is not for you. Why bitch about it? > >G > > >On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Tom C wrote: > > > I don't think I'm being overly critical. Winning a lens or > > something else > > is fun. Winning a camera body or kit would be even better. I don't > > see how > > winning or clicking around = inspiring enthusiam though. > > Regardless of the > > intended purpose for the site, wouldn't inspiring enthusiam > > regarding Pentax > > among non-users reap a potential larger reward? > > > > As a current and longtime Pentax owner, why would I care what other > > Pentax > > owners think about their equipment? I can and have formed my own > > opinions > > just fine. If there was something I was particularly interested in > > I would > > research it or come to a place like the PDML. > > > > As it is, there's just a bunch of things like: > > > > "I love Pentax" > > > > "I love my camera" > > > > "I have only owned Pentax" > > > > "I have used Pentax for 25 years" > > > > What does that tell me? Does reading the accolades make me think > > *I* love > > Pentax more? Does it give me a warm and fuzzy feeling, that I > > bought the > > right brand? For me, no. > > > > Maybe if Pentax had been more critical of themselves, or took it's > > customers > > feedback, even the negative kind, they would be better for it. > > > > I'm expressing my opinion about it and just so you know, it's not all > > negative. I like the overall design and I think there should > > probably be > > alot more photographer profiles, including some better known pros > > that might > > lend their name. Robert Glenn Ketchum comes to mind. > > > > http://www.robertglennketchum.com/ > > http://members.aol.com/kevinoneil/rgk.html > > > > As far as inspiring enthusiam though, why not have a 'Pentax > > hosted' photo > > sharing site. Not a gallery that requires judges to approve > > photos, but a > > site where any Pentax user could post their images. That's what > > photography > > is about, the results, the image. I could see that inspiring > > enthusiasm. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest > >> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:57:37 -0700 > >> > >> How many people who do not already own Pentax equipment would hang > >> out on a "Pentaxian" community website looking at what other Pentax > >> users had to say? > >> > >> I feel the criticism is misplaced. It's a little easter egg hunt to > >> inspire enthusiasm for pentax users, not a major "win a pentax > >> camera" contest to draw new users. What I see in so many posts like > >> Tom's is constant criticism of the company and its products, which > >> makes me wonder why those who are so critical of them choose to > >> continue as owners/users. I wouldn't if I were that critical of both > >> company and products. > >> > >> IBM seems to be doing pretty well nowadays. > >> > >> G > >> > >> On Sep 13, 2007, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > >> > >>> He does make a valid point though. > >>> > >>> I'd be far more likely to buy a lens for a camera I just won than I > >>> would to buy a camera to fit a lens or a flash ... although I think > >>> Pentax'd probably get better marketing value for giving away a > >>> camera kit. > >>> > >>> I'd be far more likely to buy *ANOTHER* lens for a camera I'd won > >>> if I > >>> could it use right out of the box. > >>> > >>> And it's far more likely I'd eventually follow an upgrade path once > >>> committed to the system than if I have a lens or a flash I couldn't > >>> use > >>> for anything but a paperweight. > >>> > >>> Sometimes I wonder if Pentax hired all of IBM's old marketing guys. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
