Mike Johnston wrote: > Maybe I've just been immersed in "photography culture" for too long, > but the Jack Hanna nature-guy type of thing doesn't make a connection > to photography for me. [Snip....]
> I'd bet dollars to doughnuts I could come up with a marketing campaign > that would spike Pentax's sales. Crikey!! We don't need the Aussie Alligator Man hawking Pentax cameras. Pentax would do better to enlist the aid of Jesse "The Body/ The Governor/ The Shameless Huckster" Ventura to sell their wares to the American public. <VBG> I see him standing there on the TV screen in front of a white background, MZ-S in hand. But I suppose the viewing public would have too much trouble distinguishing this from yet another commercial for The Gap. ;-) By the way, I see in the latest Sears insert in yesterday's newspaper that Sears is now stocking the ZX-50, selling it as a package with the SMC-F 28-80 for $299. First time I've seen a ZX-50 advertised in any US department store's print ads. Bill Peifer Rochester, NY - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
