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Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
and they did have the K5 limited in silver in a display cabinet with the 43mm Ltd. Does the k-5 limited look as good as in the picture published on the web?
Posted by giofi on 07/03/2011 - 19:43
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
and they did have the K5 limited in silver in a display cabinet with the 43mm Ltd. Does the k-5 limited look as good as in the picture published on the web? It looks terrible on the web. My question is, does it look like a bad job with spray paint or like it will last?
Posted by Tyr on 07/03/2011 - 19:46
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
The silver finish matched that of the FA43 mounted to it. I've got two silver FA Limiteds and there's no sign of any paint peeling off them just yet so I'd imagine it's quite hardwearing.
Posted by hefty1 on 07/03/2011 - 19:57
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The FA Ltds are just the bare aluminium AFAIK. If the DA Ltds Ltds are the same then that is good. Just weary of the camera as it is MgAlloy not aluminium.
Posted by Tyr on 07/03/2011 - 20:03
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The FA Limiteds certainly aren't bare metal (I know because I managed to scratch my FA77 a couple of years back - long and depressing story). The silver paint is very well applied though - I think they're anodised rather than sprayed. The colour on the K-5 is obviously the same but without using one...
Posted by hefty1 on 07/03/2011 - 20:09
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
"Well the Fuji X100 is being hidden at the back on, and only one on display..." The Fuji stand actually had about FOUR X100's for people to play with...it was lovely.
Posted by bretbysteve on 07/03/2011 - 20:35
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Hope somebody mentioned the Super Telephoto to them
Posted by Pwynnej on 07/03/2011 - 21:31
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
Re-reading this thread now seems to end on a much mroe positive note. Looks like it wasn't as bad as what the original poster said. Like with anything it life, it's all about setting expectations. Usually coming into things expecting to be disappointed will net some rather more positive returns.
Posted by Opethian on 07/03/2011 - 21:54
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
Hope somebody mentioned the Super Telephoto to them Not just mentioned, we showed 'em too! Still none the wiser though. :(
Posted by Unlocker on 07/03/2011 - 22:02
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and they did have the K5 limited in silver in a display cabinet with the 43mm Ltd. Does the k-5 limited look as good as in the picture published on the web? It looked very pretty indeed! I, too, got to play with the 645D when I finally got to the front the queue to play with it. There were 16 ca...
Posted by womble on 08/03/2011 - 09:54
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Hi Kris, The 'sparse' comment was really aimed at the total lack of promotion & targeted advertising, particularly re the K5...yet again Pentax UK miss an open goal. cheers Steve
Posted by bretbysteve on 08/03/2011 - 11:26
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Hi Kris, The 'sparse' comment was really aimed at the total lack of promotion & targeted advertising, particularly re the K5...yet again Pentax UK miss an open goal. cheers Steve In what area do you mean Steve? I've seen plenty of adverts and dealer promotions in UK magazines, tests have been ...
Posted by johnriley on 08/03/2011 - 11:48
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It sounds to have been a better stand the they had at Photokina in any case - there they had just two K-5s and one (or maybe two) 645Ds to play with. They had more K-rs than K-5s. And no freebies whatsoever :(.
Posted by Gwyn on 08/03/2011 - 12:10
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I thought the Pentax Stand was ok. Helpful people, got out a 300 f4 from a cupboard for me to play with. However where the marketing effort fell down was that they only had ONE stockist at the show. First rule of marketing is that no matter how good your promo is (as John has listed), if your pr...
Posted by ISO on 08/03/2011 - 12:14
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
Hi John, My comment was aimed specifically at the total lack of K5 marketing at the NEC show, not everywhere else....just to have K5 brochures on the stand and nothing else was unforgiveable. Since Pentax have a such universally well reviewed product, I would expect any professional marketing ...
Posted by bretbysteve on 08/03/2011 - 12:52
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I think you went to the wrong stand - I picked up brochures for the K-5, K-7, K-r and the Pentax lens range. I even got to talk in-depth about the 645D (with someone who obviously knew it well) and browse through the price list for the re-introduced FA645 lens range. The K-5 wasn't being pushed o...
Posted by hefty1 on 08/03/2011 - 13:00
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"The K-5 wasn't being pushed over and above the other cameras I agree, but why should it?" Hefty..It seems you are not a marketing guy. The K5 should be pushed over & above the others because: 1. It is a new model 2. It has had stellar reviews. 3. It is pushing the boundaries ie top ISO ...
Posted by bretbysteve on 08/03/2011 - 13:54
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....and having a few brochures lying around is not exactly best use of a very expensive stand.
Posted by bretbysteve on 08/03/2011 - 13:55
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Other than the shot of the handsome fellow with the massive zoom, did anyone take any pictures of the stand?
Posted by Pentaxophile on 08/03/2011 - 15:25
Pentax prices at Focus NEC show & the Pentax stand...
You're right, I'm not a marketing guy. If I was I would doubtless have been more impressed by the juggler on the Sony stand, the giant yellow feathers seeking to poke my eyes out on the JVC stand, the three Nikon staff who between them didn't know if a D3X could meter with a pre-AI lens, the girl wh...
Posted by hefty1 on 08/03/2011 - 15:30
