Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 That is the point.....it is Ricoh-Imaging Europe that hired the Nikon man to do the job.
I don't think Ricoh consciously hired a Nikon man... they hired a photographer to produce marketing photos. He could have turned up with Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Sony, Olympus.... whatever. That said, I do think it would have been better to produce the images with Pentax equipment, just to avoid potential nit-picking.
Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 When you do that, who cares what quality camera you make, if you don't use them.
With all due respect, Ron, I think you're placing way too much importance on what is basically a non-issue. These are just marketing photographs conveying a message that Pentax equipment is rugged and suitable for all weather use. Hand-drawn action-comic cartoon images would have done the same job