It would have been cool if they had included one of those anniversary
edition cameras.
rg2
On 9/14/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/11/07, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won snip
Coolio!
cheers,
an expensive lens for one particular system, I really do think I would
choose a body matching it.
- T
Tom C.
From: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13
-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:58:02 +0200
Tom C wrote:
Well I'm sorry you don't get it.
No, I think you don't get it.
First of all, your hubcap or owners manual analogy is neither here nor
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Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:57:37 -0700
How many people who do not already own Pentax equipment would hang
out on a Pentaxian community website looking at what other
On 9/11/07, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won snip
Coolio!
cheers,
frank
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On Sep 12, 2007, at 13:30, John Sessoms wrote:
From:
Scott Loveless
Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that damn
map?
Congrats John!
John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens
He does make a valid point though.
I'd be far more likely to buy a lens for a camera I just won than I
would to buy a camera to fit a lens or a flash ... although I think
Pentax'd probably get better marketing value for giving away a camera kit.
I'd be far more likely to buy *ANOTHER* lens for
John Sessoms wrote:
What do you figure my chances are with everyone on the list having a two
day head start?
1:189,000
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Ah vindication! Thanks John.
I think the giveaway is fine. It's just that I think they stopped short of
what would make it a really great one.
Tom C.
From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
How many people who do not already own Pentax equipment would hang
out on a Pentaxian community website looking at what other Pentax
users had to say?
I feel the criticism is misplaced. It's a little easter egg hunt to
inspire enthusiasm for pentax users, not a major win a pentax
camera
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To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:57:37 -0700
How many people who do not already own Pentax equipment would hang
out on a Pentaxian community website looking at what other
John Sessoms wrote:
I'd be far more likely to buy a lens for a camera I just won than I
would to buy a camera to fit a lens or a flash ... although I think
Pentax'd probably get better marketing value for giving away a camera
kit.
They're probably guessing that most people visiting the site
their images. That's what
photography
is about, the results, the image. I could see that inspiring
enthusiasm.
Tom C.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com
Because it's a free country where freedom of expression is valued?
Tom C.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:10:12 -0700
Obviously
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:35:28 -0700
Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error?
Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when
someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess
for some people the glass
Bull.
Just because you're free to express yourself doesn't mean you are
obliged to do so in a consistently and unnecessarily negative and
unconstructive manner to satisfy your ego. That's rude behavior, not
freedom of speech.
G
On Sep 13, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Tom C wrote:
Because it's a
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To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:36:19 +0200
Tom C wrote:
No why would I have a problem with anyone receiving a nice prize? You
obviously chose to ignore my first two sentences.
I'm
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:39:23 -0700
Bull.
Just because you're free to express yourself doesn't mean you are
obliged to do so in a consistently and unnecessarily negative and
unconstructive manner to satisfy your ego
: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:36:19 +0200
Tom C wrote:
No why would I have a problem with anyone receiving a nice prize? You
obviously chose to ignore my first two sentences.
I'm just pointing out the irony of a *camera company* having legendary
products not giving
Hah... all good ideas. :-)
Tom C.
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:36:45 -0400
If the paper were nice and soft, I'd hang
On Sep 13, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Tom C wrote:
Was I rude? I think you're being a little oversensitive.
You fail to acknowledge that I provided some positive remarks and
even made
constructive suggestions. Maybe those are unwelcome as well?
Oversensitive?
No, I'm expressing my concern for
someone like that would permit his likeness to be used.
Tom C.
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:05:27 -0700
On Sep 13, 2007, at 11:50 AM
Well that message was a waste of time and didn't contribute anything
positive or constructive to the list (kinda' like this one)
But it's a free list, and we're all welcome to voice our opinions. Positive
or negative.
Cheers,
Dave
At 02:39 AM 14/09/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Bull.
Just
From:
Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote:
I'd be far more likely to buy a lens for a camera I just won than I
would to buy a camera to fit a lens or a flash ... although I think
Pentax'd probably get better marketing value for giving away a camera
kit.
They're probably guessing that
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
How many people who do not already own Pentax equipment would hang out
on a Pentaxian community website looking at what other Pentax users
had to say?
I feel the criticism is misplaced. It's a little easter egg hunt to
inspire enthusiasm for pentax users, not a
John Sessoms wrote:
If they were only interested in people who already own Pentax cameras,
they could have just had one of the guys at the corporate office drop a
note into PDML and saved a whole lot of money advertising the site.
I was going through my email folders and cleaning out stuff
On 9/14/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was going through my email folders and cleaning out stuff tonight when
I found an email message from Pentax asking if I wanted to join the
Pentaxians. I was shocked to see that it actually made a reference to
Lens Buying Affliction (LBA) or
On 9/11/07, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
congrats! why do people in Canada face a potential math question, eh?
Everyone knows Canadians are lousy at math so Pentax is just going
with the flow. Seriously though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question
It's the law. Now I need
Rebekah wrote:
congrats! why do people in Canada face a potential math question, eh?
I dunno.
Now if it was a *spelling* question, the reason would be to keep Dave
Brooks out ;-)
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Everyone knows Canadians are lousy at math so Pentax is just going
with the flow. Seriously though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill_testing_question
It's the law. Now I need to go do some clicking on a map with little boxes.
weird canadians.
Did everyone get an email from Pentaxian.com? I
Rebekah wrote:
Did everyone get an email from Pentaxian.com? I don't remember giving
them this email address
I've gotten three or four in the last week to both the email address I
gave when I joined the Pentax Gallery as well as a different address
that I probably gave them as part of a
I've gotten a number of them, beginning in July. Still haven't seen
the site. No time.
Paul
On Sep 12, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
Rebekah wrote:
Did everyone get an email from Pentaxian.com? I don't remember
giving
them this email address
I've gotten three or four in
My typical luck. I just won something too but it's not what I really
wanted. I got a K10D Magic Lantern Guide. At least I have the
camera for it but I rather have one of the lenses or even a Tee Shirt.
At least I do not have to change my underwear ;-)
Perry.
On 9/11/07, John Celio [EMAIL
it said Click here to see if you won a prize.
Tom C.
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:00:00 +0800
I started to, but the map was seriously
or K100D on the prize list?
Tom C.
Tom C.
From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:10:35 -0700
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won
Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error?
Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when
someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess
for some people the glass is always half empty.
Godfrey
On Sep 12, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Tom C
Tom C wrote:
They can't afford to include a single K10D or K100D on the
prize list?
And later wrote:
It would be a lot less irritating if a list of testimonials
was given and at the bottom it said Click here to see if
you won a prize.
Do you always look gift horses in the mouth?
Take a
: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:35:28 -0700
Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error?
Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when
someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess
for some people the glass is always half empty
Because commercial games of chance aren't legal in Canada.
But if you have to answer a mathematical question, something along the
lines of How much is 2 plus 2?, then it's no longer a game of
chance, but a game of skill ... and commercial games of skill are
legal in Canada.
From:
Rebekah
From:
Scott Loveless
Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that damn map?
Congrats John!
John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens from Pentaxian.com.
No, 'cause I figured it was already too late ... and now
On Sep 12, 2007, at 13:30, John Sessoms wrote:
From:
Scott Loveless
Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that
damn map?
Congrats John!
John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens from Pentaxian.com.
No,
No there's two more :-)
Tom C.
From: Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What, they're only ever giving away ONE lens?
-Charles
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Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that damn map?
Congrats John!
John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens from Pentaxian.com.
No, 'cause I figured it was already too late ... and now I know it
John Celio wrote:
Do you always look gift horses in the mouth?
Take a broader look at the pentaxian.com website and I think it's obvious
that
the site is not primarily there to draw in new users, but to make current
users
more excited about their equipment and give them some place to express
On 13/09/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error?
Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when
someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess
for some people the glass is always half
On 13/09/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error?
Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when
someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess
for some people the glass is always
What makes you think that they'll give out anything other than the
standard Pentaxian teeshirts you can buy from Pentax Imaging?
Tom C wrote:
On 13/09/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error?
Sheesh. It seems you always
I can buy t-shirts :-)
Tom C.
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:59:55 -0400
What makes you think that they'll give out anything
I won the K10D Magic Lantern Guide too. Unlike you though, I have a DL
and not a K10D. I suppose it's a hint that maybe I should be upgrading
at some point!
Cymen
On 9/12/07, Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My typical luck. I just won something too but it's not what I really
wanted.
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens from Pentaxian.com.
I was browsing the Community section, looking for PDMLers on the map (found
Boris and a few others). I saw one box in northern Africa, but instead of a
normal image and quote, it said I
:-)
Congratulations John!
You're the first winner I've heard of.
Godfrey
On Sep 11, 2007, at 6:10 PM, John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens from Pentaxian.com.
I was browsing the Community section, looking for PDMLers on
congrats! why do people in Canada face a potential math question, eh?
rg2
On 9/11/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:-)
Congratulations John!
You're the first winner I've heard of.
Godfrey
On Sep 11, 2007, at 6:10 PM, John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy
Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that damn map?
Congrats John!
John Celio wrote:
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit!
I think I just won a DA 21mm lens from Pentaxian.com.
I was browsing the Community section, looking for PDMLers on the map (found
I started to, but the map was seriously giving me the s#!t's so I gave up.
Why the hell do they have to move? why are some stacked 4 on top of each
other?
Cheers,
Dave
At 10:34 AM 12/09/2007, Scott Loveless wrote:
Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that damn map?
Anyone else just spend 20 minutes touching every square on that damn map?
no;)
apparently I live in the bay of campeche
rg2
On 9/11/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I started to, but the map was seriously giving me the s#!t's so I gave up.
Why the hell do they have to move?
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