> > >It's like mfr's private show and mostly let visitors actually handle the models >
Gee, most places just let photographers photograph the models... K.Takeshita wrote: >On 9/15/06 5:26 PM, "Sylwester Pietrzyk", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Ken - will you be there and tell us something new? ;-) >>http://www.pentax.co.jp/japan/info/k10d_seminar/index.html >> >> > >No, I have been staying away from Japan these days. It's too tiring :-). >Not in October timing anyway. >However, there will be a lot of report coming out in various forums in Japan >and I can summarize and report. This "Seminar" thing is a fad in the Camera >industry in Japan, and everybody is doing it, although I am a bit surprised >that Pentax is on this bandwagon :-). But it is a clear indication that >Pentax are serious in competing and doing the same thing competitors are >doing. >Canon did it for their Rebel (400D), Nikon for D200, and recently D80. But >the biggest extravaganza was Sony's Alpha. However, as far as I could tell, >these are just shows and not much substance in them. It's like mfr's >private show and mostly let visitors actually handle the models (which is >important). "Seminar" sounds big but because of the demography of usual >visitors for this sort of event, it's apparently mostly an overview. > >Interview with designers etc are separately showing up on web sites (not >much onK10D yet) and they are usually in-depth. I will try to kep my eye on >them and report when I can. > >Cheers, > >Ken > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
