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Comment by Horst posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 03/01/2014 - 09:13
Jules, I really hope you're right.
I want to be a Pentax user and customer for many years to come.
Regards, Horst
I want to be a Pentax user and customer for many years to come.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 03/01/2014 - 08:41
Smeggypants wrote:
Regards, Horst
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The poll is meaningless. What isn't meaningless is the lack of Pentax PR in the UK. Employing some 1 person concern working from the corner of their dining room as the Pentax UK PR machine is simpyl not good enough.
Ricoh isn't a tiny company. They can afford a decent PR campaign and they should be doing so. Not for the K-3 so much but for the compact and more entry level models.
They should also release a FF model and try andget some inroads intothe pro market as that will filter confidence down to the hobbiest market ( most of us here ) and compact market.
"Speculate to accumulate" and all that. Hoya might not have been bothered but surely Ricoh can see the sense?
Well said. I fully concur. It is the same here in Australia.The poll is meaningless. What isn't meaningless is the lack of Pentax PR in the UK. Employing some 1 person concern working from the corner of their dining room as the Pentax UK PR machine is simpyl not good enough.
Ricoh isn't a tiny company. They can afford a decent PR campaign and they should be doing so. Not for the K-3 so much but for the compact and more entry level models.
They should also release a FF model and try andget some inroads intothe pro market as that will filter confidence down to the hobbiest market ( most of us here ) and compact market.
"Speculate to accumulate" and all that. Hoya might not have been bothered but surely Ricoh can see the sense?
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 03/01/2014 - 06:44
Jules wrote
However, how many people know about it. I haven't seen it advertised in most camera magazines.
Not everybody is a member of the Pentax forums. Or specifically looks for it.
99% of people who buy a new Camera, go to the local shop or on to the internet and there is nothing about Pentax unless they specially request Pentax.
When I go in to our forum, adds come up too. All are Nikon, Canon, Sony and others, but Pentax is normally missing.
This is purely the fault of the local Pentax (Rico) agents and also of course Rico themselves who should be subsidizing the agents with the advertising costs of Pentax products.
Mouth to mouth is not enough.
As it is now it is very sad for me too, I personally would only buy 2 brands of cameras. Pentax or Leica (which I can not afford anymore)
Regards, Horst
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Well whether you see the point or not WE WON SOMETHING!(K3 Won)
Surely that has to be good doesn't it?
Discuss...
Of course it means something very positive.Well whether you see the point or not WE WON SOMETHING!(K3 Won)
Surely that has to be good doesn't it?
Discuss...
However, how many people know about it. I haven't seen it advertised in most camera magazines.
Not everybody is a member of the Pentax forums. Or specifically looks for it.
99% of people who buy a new Camera, go to the local shop or on to the internet and there is nothing about Pentax unless they specially request Pentax.
When I go in to our forum, adds come up too. All are Nikon, Canon, Sony and others, but Pentax is normally missing.
This is purely the fault of the local Pentax (Rico) agents and also of course Rico themselves who should be subsidizing the agents with the advertising costs of Pentax products.
Mouth to mouth is not enough.
As it is now it is very sad for me too, I personally would only buy 2 brands of cameras. Pentax or Leica (which I can not afford anymore)
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 02/01/2014 - 23:29
If Gareth can't find his, let me know,
I have quite a few, because I removed all my springs and use them on the lenses without.
Send me your Email to my portfolio.
Regards, Horst
I have quite a few, because I removed all my springs and use them on the lenses without.
Send me your Email to my portfolio.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on M42 adapter at 29/12/2013 - 08:10
Well, I just hope, that it may make some difference.
I just don't seem to see the results anywhere.
On Christmas eve. I went in to Melbourne City, For a stroll, some lunch and then in to an Irish pub for a couple of nice cool pints.
At this time of the year we have plenty of Australian- and foreign tourists
Visiting Melbourne.
There where cameras everywhere. mainly SLR's , but no compacts but a fair amount of Tablets and Mobile phones to take pictures.
The bloody shame was, that out of about 50 cameras I saw, none was a Pentax. This is no bull.
It is very absetting. Especially for a Pentax lover like me.
On the other hand, I also don't see any Pentax or Rico ad's anywhere.
I believe the (I nearly said:"idiots" ) Rico mob don't think advertising is needed. Maybe they rely on word of mouth advertising. The problem is, there is no mouth to broadcast the message .
Regards, Horst
I just don't seem to see the results anywhere.
On Christmas eve. I went in to Melbourne City, For a stroll, some lunch and then in to an Irish pub for a couple of nice cool pints.
At this time of the year we have plenty of Australian- and foreign tourists
Visiting Melbourne.
There where cameras everywhere. mainly SLR's , but no compacts but a fair amount of Tablets and Mobile phones to take pictures.
The bloody shame was, that out of about 50 cameras I saw, none was a Pentax. This is no bull.
It is very absetting. Especially for a Pentax lover like me.
On the other hand, I also don't see any Pentax or Rico ad's anywhere.
I believe the (I nearly said:"idiots" ) Rico mob don't think advertising is needed. Maybe they rely on word of mouth advertising. The problem is, there is no mouth to broadcast the message .
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 26/12/2013 - 13:09
A merry Christmas and a great new year to all of you.
And to Pentax the lounge of a very successful FF.
I was one of 90000 , watching the Boxing Day match for the Ashes.
I wish all you English a winning streak for next year.
Kind regards, Horst
And to Pentax the lounge of a very successful FF.
I was one of 90000 , watching the Boxing Day match for the Ashes.
I wish all you English a winning streak for next year.
Kind regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Merry Christmas and Wonderful New Year! at 26/12/2013 - 12:51
I have been using my Pentax-A 50mm f2.8 macro lens until now for making
close ups and also sometimes for normal shots.
I decided to invest in the F 50mm f2.8 macro lens.
I tried it out yesterday. It blew me away. This is the sharpest lens I ever owed. It allowes me to make 1:1 closeups compared to the A-50mm which does only 2:1. I compared it to all my other 50mm lenses.
F-50mm/1.4, A-50mm/1.4, SMC Takumar 50mm/1.4. SMC Takumar 50mm/1.8
A-50mm/1.7 DA40mm/2.8. The only one which comes close is the lttle Industar 50mm/3.5.
I took some shots sitting in my room about 2.5m from the subject and took the following pictures:
Then I magnified it about 32 times :
The I took it , so I could check the edge sharpness:
The Magnification of about 32 times still looks good:
All this pictures where taken with f 5.6 and Flash on the green setting of my K5.
here is a close up with about 1:1.5
The lens was cost me $Aus 309- from Ebay. It came from Korea ,Free postage and arrived within 3 days.
Regards, Horst
close ups and also sometimes for normal shots.
I decided to invest in the F 50mm f2.8 macro lens.
I tried it out yesterday. It blew me away. This is the sharpest lens I ever owed. It allowes me to make 1:1 closeups compared to the A-50mm which does only 2:1. I compared it to all my other 50mm lenses.
F-50mm/1.4, A-50mm/1.4, SMC Takumar 50mm/1.4. SMC Takumar 50mm/1.8
A-50mm/1.7 DA40mm/2.8. The only one which comes close is the lttle Industar 50mm/3.5.
I took some shots sitting in my room about 2.5m from the subject and took the following pictures:
Then I magnified it about 32 times :
The I took it , so I could check the edge sharpness:
The Magnification of about 32 times still looks good:
All this pictures where taken with f 5.6 and Flash on the green setting of my K5.
here is a close up with about 1:1.5
The lens was cost me $Aus 309- from Ebay. It came from Korea ,Free postage and arrived within 3 days.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on A new fantastic lens at 17/12/2013 - 12:13
Daniel wrote:
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Exactly my sentiments: use a lens hood.
However, I don't think I will try the hammer test.
Regards, Horst
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Exactly my sentiments: use a lens hood.
However, I don't think I will try the hammer test.
Regards, Horst
Comment by Horst posted on Using UV Filters at 17/12/2013 - 03:31
But also the biggest marketing tool is word of mouth via sites like these across the world and it doesn't cost them a penny.
The word of mouth is much to small. Are you going with a soap box in to Hyde park and sing the Pentax praises ?
In my work, i managed to convince 1 person to get a Pentax (a K30).
The rest bought Nikon and Canon. What are you going to show them.?
The good pictures Pentax makes or how great the Pentax service is.
(as long as you don;t have a guarantee claim).
Al the others make good pictures too.
Unless you advertise in the magazines and on posters and on TV, forget it.
Pentax did this once, and it worked.
Regards, Horst