I've been thinking about this colour thing for a bit too. Pink isn't my favourite either... :-)
But today there's already a well-established aftermarket for skinning both cameras and lenses. Most oldtimers on the list will remember the snake-skin leatherette varieties applied to the LX (César, are you reading?), and in nature photo circles it's very common to have the big lenses wallpapered with some kind of camo pattern. Pentax could have a little gimmick there, seriously. If you extrapolate this, less seriously, Pentax could in fact design entire colour schemes for different types of photography. We already know the Swarowski crystal variant; could be destined for celebrity phography. _By_ celebreties, of course. The arctic stormtrooper variant has also found its niche already. Could be a time-limited option though, all the while the polar ice caps melt away. Bright orange for sports, to max the ad effect whenever the camera is caught on video. Concrete and asphalt camo for street photographers? Other suggestions? :-) Jostein 2009/9/28 Bertil Holmberg <[email protected]>: > Just had another look at the Japanese K-x color chooser - > http://www.camera-pentax.jp/k-x/#/simulator/060103 > The premier version did not include a lens choice. I thought they would > offer colored lenses too but that is not the case. > > Instead, they include the 40mm limited pancake - and soon - the 43mm F1.9 > limited too! > The standard choices are the 18-55mm, of course, but also a 55-300m lens. > > The badge says - I love It! - and what else is there to say. Let's hope the > color thing comes our ways too. > > The color ranking page is interesting, the most popular combo is > white/black, followed by navy/black and red/black. > Rather conservative choices it seems, with hot pink in the 12th place only. > However, with the pure black version in the ninth place, it still looks as > if they are onto something good. > > Regards, > Bertil > > -- > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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.
