2009/9/17 <[email protected]>: > So, as has been pointed out, someone broke their non-disclosure agreement > and posted the news about the new Pentax K-X online. > >> http://photorumors.com/2009/09/16/breaking-new-pentax-k-x-coming-out-tomorrow/ > > But the NDA officially expired at midnight, so... > > A few hours ago, Pentax put on a big press-conference/party at the > International Center of Photography in New York > (http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery14/icp.html). Part of the > presentation was about the new camera (which is pretty amazing: 12MP, HD > Video, 4.7 fps, etc. for $650 with kit lens) but there was a lot more on > the relationship with Hoya, their coming marketing push and more. I'll > post more about this stuff tomorrow. > > I met with John Carlson, director of marketing, whom many of us met at GFM > this year. I also got to meet Ned Bunnell > (http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ned_2.jpg), who was very enthusiastic and > supportive of the PDML Book. Both he and John Carlson were quite > interested in the gallery exhibit that will accompany next year's edition. > (BTW: Rick Womer has made some connections with helpful people at > CureSearch who will be spreading the word about the book more in the near > future.) > > The new K-X probably won't excite the hard-core PDML people, but it looks > like it will be a big seller for Pentax, and the press and dealer > representatives present seemed genuinely excited about it. Many will scoff > at the availability of multiple colors (after the big success of the white > K-2000, the K-X will come in black, white, navy blue and red), but if it > brings in new users to Pentax it will be good for all of us in the long > run. > > More in the morning.
I hate to be like this, Mark...but it's already morning...and I want MORE INFO! MUST GET MORE INFO! MUST... -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

