On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > What kills me is that their facebook avatar is now just the ricoh > logo.
I think I actually understand you, Zos. You're trying to say that in terms of brand exposure, they're doing everything to hide Pentax. In my totally uneducated opinion, Ricoh seems to be going long way to change public perception so that all the old gear that we have would be viewed as not just old, but rather obsolete. Then we would buy new gear and Ricoh will rip the benefits, so to say. If this is a case, then I suppose this is a valid marketing _tactics_... Is it a good _strategy_? I don't know. Time will tell. It has to be said and understood that Pentax is no longer a family owned small business oriented to the very special clientele. Pentax, like I said earlier, seems to preoccupy itself with colorful bodies or things like Pentax Q, which IMO is total waste of good engineering and marketing resources. But then again, I am among the younger Pentaxians who joined the fold some 10+ years ago. So I don't count. No matter what is the exact look of that FB avatar, my gear still works and shoots straight. I hope so does yours too... That said, it is possible that my next vacation abroad will involve no Pentax gear whatsoever. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
