PentaxForums.com to Interview Pentax Japan on Feb 11 - Preliminary responses up!

Docrwm · 02-10-2012, 08:44 PM

Adam,
Please ask them when we can expect Pentax USA to actually offer some Pentax Marketing swag - for purchase for gosh sakes - like even a basic black baseball cap with PENTAX on it?
Seriously.

P.S. Free would also be nice but Geeez, they don't even stock their own BB cap for us to BUY!

joe.penn · 02-10-2012, 08:51 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Docrwm

Please ask them when we can expect Pentax USA to actually offer some Pentax Marketing swag - for purchase for gosh sakes

This is the only pentax swag you need - 14oz mug of Jack Daniels and Coke!

Docrwm · 02-10-2012, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by joe.penn

This is the only pentax swag you need - 14oz mug of Jack Daniels and Coke!

That's a SwIg - not SwAg, wrong vowel

Chex · 02-10-2012, 09:35 PM

Sad when you want something of Pentax Swag in North america you pretty much have to make it yourself.

Adam · 02-11-2012, 01:18 AM - **5 Likes**

An update: the interview has been conducted and we (when I say we I mean the guys over in Japan right now) couldn't get the Pentax rep to stop talking! In addition, they are letting us play with the new lenses after the show closes for the day. The interview was in Japanese and it has been videotaped. Once the transcript and subtitles are ready, they will be posted!

The new Ricoh guys seemed to be very, very enthusiastic about growing the Pentax brand. More later

dylan73 · 02-11-2012, 01:36 AM

Great, Adam!

So will we get it today?

In a few hours?

Adam · 02-11-2012, 01:44 AM - **1 Like**

We're talking hours of translation here, but it shouldn't take too long

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Adam · 02-11-2012, 02:26 AM

First pic

Asahiflex · 02-11-2012, 02:43 AM

Keep up the good work Adam!

MrZeroPing · 02-11-2012, 02:54 AM

I will be kicking myself for a while that I didn't know about this sooner and that I didn't volunteer my services. Ugh.

RioRico · 02-11-2012, 03:04 AM

Before the official translated transcript is released, can we have any hints? Especially about FF, and putting product on store shelves in USA?

Chex · 02-11-2012, 03:32 AM

Great work! Can't wait to watch & read!

bilybianca · 02-11-2012, 03:50 AM

Originally posted by monochrome

Do they plan to restore the museum or do a proper history of Pentax. It could be used as a marketing platform (here's our history; continuing the tradition; we've preserved the DNA and brought to the modern world; Just hold a new Pentax - you get the idea).
(B&M presence, for instance).

Very good idea! Just make sure that a physical museum in Osaka is accessible as a web-museum with pictures of anything and everything. Pay Bojidar Dimitrov a nice sum of money to assist in building that webeum, and hire people from PentaxForums to the same end.

Kjell

Docrwm · 02-11-2012, 06:50 AM

Glad to hear that he was so enthusiastic. Any word on the new staff at Pentax Imaging USA yet?

Ishpuini · 02-11-2012, 07:05 AM - **1 Like**

The interview being with a Japanese representative of Pentax Japan/global, they will certainly not concern themselves with the US market. I really don't understand all these people expecting information on the US market, that's Ned's business and he wasn't there. Also it strikes me that no members from the rest of the world are making similar requests, but that these members prefer asking about products... Not trying to generalise or start a controversy, but the world is larger than the US... ;-)

Wim

02-10-2012, 08:51 PM - 1 Like	#47
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Adam Administrator Site Webmaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 51,593 Original Poster	An update: the interview has been conducted and we (when I say we I mean the guys over in Japan right now) couldn't get the Pentax rep to stop talking! In addition, they are letting us play with the new lenses after the show closes for the day. The interview was in Japanese and it has been videotaped. Once the transcript and subtitles are ready, they will be posted! The new Ricoh guys seemed to be very, very enthusiastic about growing the Pentax brand. More later Adam PentaxForums.com Webmaster (Site Usage Guide \| Site Help \| My Photography) PentaxForums.com server and development costs are user-supported. You can help cover these costs by donating or purchasing one of our Pentax eBooks. Or, buy your photo gear from our affiliates, Adorama, B&H Photo, KEH, or Topaz Labs, and get FREE Marketplace access - click here to see how! Trusted Pentax retailers:

02-11-2012, 02:26 AM	#53
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02-10-2012, 08:44 PM	#46
Docrwm Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Somewhere in the Southern US Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,285	Adam, Please ask them when we can expect Pentax USA to actually offer some Pentax Marketing swag - for purchase for gosh sakes - like even a basic black baseball cap with PENTAX on it? Seriously. P.S. Free would also be nice but Geeez, they don't even stock their own BB cap for us to BUY!

02-10-2012, 09:08 PM	#48
Docrwm Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Somewhere in the Southern US Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,285	Originally posted by joe.penn This is the only pentax swag you need - 14oz mug of Jack Daniels and Coke! That's a SwIg - not SwAg, wrong vowel

02-10-2012, 09:35 PM	#49
Chex Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The 'Stoke, British Columbia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,678	Sad when you want something of Pentax Swag in North america you pretty much have to make it yourself.

02-11-2012, 01:36 AM	#51
dylan73 New Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 17	Great, Adam! So will we get it today? In a few hours?

02-11-2012, 01:44 AM - 1 Like	#52
Adam Administrator Site Webmaster Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Arizona Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 51,593 Original Poster	We're talking hours of translation here, but it shouldn't take too long Adam PentaxForums.com Webmaster (Site Usage Guide \| Site Help \| My Photography) PentaxForums.com server and development costs are user-supported. You can help cover these costs by donating or purchasing one of our Pentax eBooks. Or, buy your photo gear from our affiliates, Adorama, B&H Photo, KEH, or Topaz Labs, and get FREE Marketplace access - click here to see how! Trusted Pentax retailers:

02-11-2012, 02:43 AM	#54
Asahiflex Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Netherlands Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,795	Keep up the good work Adam!

02-11-2012, 02:54 AM	#55
MrZeroPing New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tokyo, Choufu Shi Posts: 15	I will be kicking myself for a while that I didn't know about this sooner and that I didn't volunteer my services. Ugh.

02-11-2012, 03:04 AM	#56
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Before the official translated transcript is released, can we have any hints? Especially about FF, and putting product on store shelves in USA?

02-11-2012, 03:32 AM	#57
Chex Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: The 'Stoke, British Columbia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,678	Great work! Can't wait to watch & read!

02-11-2012, 03:50 AM	#58
bilybianca Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hassleholm, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 334	Originally posted by monochrome Do they plan to restore the museum or do a proper history of Pentax. It could be used as a marketing platform (here's our history; continuing the tradition; we've preserved the DNA and brought to the modern world; Just hold a new Pentax - you get the idea). (B&M presence, for instance). Very good idea! Just make sure that a physical museum in Osaka is accessible as a web-museum with pictures of anything and everything. Pay Bojidar Dimitrov a nice sum of money to assist in building that webeum, and hire people from PentaxForums to the same end. Kjell

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02-11-2012, 06:50 AM	#59
Docrwm Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Somewhere in the Southern US Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,285	Glad to hear that he was so enthusiastic. Any word on the new staff at Pentax Imaging USA yet?

02-11-2012, 07:05 AM - 1 Like	#60
Ishpuini Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,727	The interview being with a Japanese representative of Pentax Japan/global, they will certainly not concern themselves with the US market. I really don't understand all these people expecting information on the US market, that's Ned's business and he wasn't there. Also it strikes me that no members from the rest of the world are making similar requests, but that these members prefer asking about products... Not trying to generalise or start a controversy, but the world is larger than the US... ;-) Wim