Originally Posted by Falcons 
Is this a common occurrence? It seems strange to me that Pentax would have a obviously well orchestrated Press conference in a place that is renowned for opulence and wealth 2 weeks before an official press conference in Europe and probably other regions as well. Is this how canikon orchestrate there press conferences as well?
Now this is Pentax we are talking about, a company that produces cameras that are excellent and far better than much of what the competition offers but always marketing them in a lower price bracket. Yet the initial international press conference is in Dubai where to many price is irrelevant.
It would seem to me that Pentax really think they have something special to go to these lengths and believe that info from the Dubai event will be embargoed for 2 weeks!
I am starting to believe that we are going to see a bit more than a K20D at the end of this month and perhaps the rumours of a 645D are not as far fetched as some may think.
Once the public dog and pony show comes off, the press needs to have their articles
come out. Many of them have substantial lead times so they need to write their articles ahead of time and hold them under embargo (NDA) until the appointed them.
When the curtain goes up everyone who is any one (i.e) those who got a secret briefing in Daubi will have instant thoughtful articles already in their editorial sausage machine.