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07-16-2021, 07:23 AM - 1 Like   #1
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I bought my K3-3 from Ricoh back in April. I received an e mail the other day asking me to review the camera on their web site. I did, and received an e mail asking me for my shipping address for a pentaprism. Of the 11 reviews, 6 are listed as verified buyers. So maybe Ricoh is saying thanks for buying from their web site? Joe

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I thought that was Japan only... anyway, I'm green with envy.
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QuoteOriginally posted by joehenryd Quote
I bought my K3-3 from Ricoh back in April. I received an e mail the other day asking me to review the camera on their web site. I did, and received an e mail asking me for my shipping address for a pentaprism. Of the 11 reviews, 6 are listed as verified buyers. So maybe Ricoh is saying thanks for buying from their web site? Joe
If so, that's a nice touch as those Pentaprism gift sets are not readily available.
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Awesome. Yes, envious - you have both a new K-3iii and the coveted gift prism.

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Awesome. Yes, envious - you have both a new K-3iii and the coveted gift prism.
The e mail came from Jennifer Dadika ,Marketing Coordinator in NJ. Joe
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What does the Pentaprism gift set look like?
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What does the Pentaprism gift set look like?
Here you go....

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Thank you. Looks very nice.
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I don't get it. Why on earth would you need a spare pentaprism? Is this some kind of joke, or is it for real? If real, what's the point? What would you use it for? Scratching my head....
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Hmm, some folk are completely left-hemisphere oriented.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Apet-Sure Quote
I don't get it. Why on earth would you need a spare pentaprism? Is this some kind of joke, or is it for real? If real, what's the point? What would you use it for? Scratching my head....
I'm also scratching my head.. only after reading your post.
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I'm also scratching my head.. only after reading your post.
OK, I guess I'm stupid. Is this a nic-nak you're supposed to put on your shelf just to look at? It just seems odd to me. Is Pentax saying "since you just spent $2000 on one of our cameras, we're going to give you this piece of glass". Granted, it's a highly engineered piece of glass. Still confused (normal for me ).
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QuoteOriginally posted by Apet-Sure Quote
OK, I guess I'm stupid. Is this a nic-nak you're supposed to put on your shelf just to look at? It just seems odd to me. Is Pentax saying "since you just spent $2000 on one of our cameras, we're going to give you this piece of glass".
Many of the Japanese are apparently collectors - apparently they put a nice looking Spotmatic, ..., or a 'J-Special' KP on a mantle {or its functional equivalent} and display it for others to admire it. Every so often Ricoh commissions something - like a 'silver' version of an existing body - for them. This prism is something for them.

added: I use the word "apparently" several times because I am repeating what I have been told. I don't understand it either.

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QuoteOriginally posted by Apet-Sure Quote
OK, I guess I'm stupid. Is this a nic-nak you're supposed to put on your shelf just to look at? It just seems odd to me. Is Pentax saying "since you just spent $2000 on one of our cameras, we're going to give you this piece of glass". Granted, it's a highly engineered piece of glass. Still confused (normal for me ).
Someone like it will put it on the shelf, someone don't like it just put it to the trash box. No big deals !
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