It has been mentioned here that perhaps we could deflect any impression that "photographers are terrorist" (here in the Philippines you are not allowed to take photos with an DSLR in a shopping mall...) by walking around with a cutesy (Hello Kitty?) pink camera; the guards may think its a toy...
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:06 PM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
