> I was reading an old Tom Clancey novel yesterday, "Without Remorse." I > was surprised to find an excellent account of how N***n grabbed the lead > in "professional" cameras from Pentax. > > The story takes place in the '70s. One of the minor characters is a pj > who is trying out a new camera. He has been using his faithful > "Honeywell" Spotmatic for years, and has been very happy with it, but he > has just been given a new N***n FREE, together with several telephoto > lenses, which he tries out for the first time photographing the body of > a girl who was tortured, mutilated and killed by drug dealers. It gives > a real feel for how N***n pushed aside Pentax and all of the other > camera companies by spending lots of money on freebies to professionals, > so that they could make much more selling overpriced cameras to amateur > wanabes. >
Anybody know what the real story is?
