Got an invitation to the Official K-3 Launch in Sydney (Australia)

WA-surfer · 11-20-2013, 04:36 AM - **1 Like**

they have 34 or so photos up on the Pentax Facebook page..:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=660005960726758&set=ms.6600059607267...type=1&theater

I'm on the other side of the country so didn't attend.

disco_owner · 11-20-2013, 04:52 AM

Originally posted by p38arover

Jeez, Khos, did you have to scare me with the first pic of you with the girls?

I really like your pic of the K-3.

Didn't get a chance to play with the pentax K3 Ron , As you can see I had my hands full from the 1st image

I also Like the picture of the K3 , there is a someone in background really enjoying a Glass of Red.

Originally posted by rawr

Excellent photos. Thank you for posting those.

no problem , I was lucky to get in with a boarding pass , I called Corey at the Sydney office and kindly requested a Boarding pass to the Launch and one got Emailed to me on the Day.

rawr · 11-20-2013, 04:54 AM

Originally posted by WA-surfer

they have 34 or so photos up on the Pentax Facebook page..:

Thanks for the picture link!
Wow, Clem Kennedy looks about the same age as Adam from PF.

p38arover · 11-20-2013, 05:18 AM

Originally posted by disco_owner

I also Like the picture of the K3 , there is a someone in background really enjoying a Glass of Red.

Can't be me, I'm not a silverback

Re some other pix posted, I have no idea who the bloke in the flowery shirt was. He did a presentation about technology.

**southlander** · 11-20-2013, 06:02 AM

Bugger, I live in Adelaide but was in Sydney last night having dinner only 500m or so away from the launch. I'd offered to have dinner with someone a few weeks back and then saw the post starting this thread about 3 hours after making the offer. Unfortunately, I considered it ungentlemanly to renege and withdraw the dinner invitation in order to go check out a camera. You guys looked like you enjoyed yourselves.

WA-surfer · 11-20-2013, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by p38arover

Re some other pix posted, I have no idea who the bloke in the flowery shirt was. He did a presentation about technology.

Isn't that Pete the 'Gadget Guy' who usually appears on the Channel 7 Sunrise programme reviewing new technology.

steve1307 · 11-20-2013, 06:42 AM

Originally posted by p38arover

Can't be me, I'm not a silverback

Re some other pix posted, I have no idea who the bloke in the flowery shirt was. He did a presentation about technology.

The flowery shirt guy is Peter Blasina, he used to be (maybe still is) known as the "gadget guy".

I've seen him on various lifestyle television programs like the one where channel 7 does up a room in you house and this guy does a spiel for the latest techy thing that the show's sponsored by.

Or they wheel him out on some morning TV show to fill the gaps between the news and adverts.
eg "here's the latest home gadget - it's called a plasma television - look its only 6 inches thick and cost $10,000".
Often he'll try and demonstrate said gadget live on TV and something will fail terribly, quick change the subject. Very embarrassing.

I got the email too but completely forgot about it until Sunday night, but all the spots may have gone by then, or they couldn't be bothered coz they didn't reply to my email on Monday

Pity ... I needed an excuse to take a break from doing rennovations all week . Kind of sore with all the manual labour.
oh..... and there was free booze and promo chicks too

(one of them has a nice "battery grip"

)

Someone looks pretty excited to be there.

Who's this ?

Vylen · 11-20-2013, 11:27 AM

I want that silver 10-20

Ayoh · 11-20-2013, 04:26 PM

Bootylicious

Originally posted by p38arover

Congratulations to the winner of the K-3,

normhead · 11-20-2013, 05:01 PM

Very cool… hobnobbing with the babes. Did they know anything about Pentax?

dcBear78 · 11-20-2013, 08:50 PM

Originally posted by normhead

Very cool… hobnobbing with the babes. Did they know anything about Pentax?

I'd highly doubt some ladies who are only there because they are paid to be there would be Pentaxians. Plus I think that would be about the last topic of conversation I would ever have with them.

sam-joseph · 11-20-2013, 10:33 PM

Originally posted by dcBear78

Plus I think that would be about the last topic of conversation I would ever have with them.

But they might be interested to know what you're using to take photos of their nude bodies with.....
I like those pics of the models, but I had to look three times before I realised there was a Pentax banner behind them.

Regards

p38arover · 11-20-2013, 11:49 PM

The bird on the left has a big bum!

MarkJerling · 11-21-2013, 02:56 AM

Originally posted by p38arover

The bird on the left has a big bum!

Yes, and the one in the middle is blocking out the Pentax / Rikoh banner!

JayBee451 · 11-21-2013, 03:23 AM

Hi Julian great to have you on the PF, Big Welcome from Sunshine Coast.

Good night and that last beer did taste great

So glad that you did get the Silver K3 in the end.

They contacted me yesterday, to say that they now have the HD DA 15 in, so they have posted it.

I knew you would fall in love with the K3

Now you need some nice silver lenses to go with it

The DA 20-40 limited looks good

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11-20-2013, 04:36 AM - 1 Like	#61
WA-surfer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 118	they have 34 or so photos up on the Pentax Facebook page..: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=660005960726758&set=ms.6600059607267...type=1&theater I'm on the other side of the country so didn't attend.

11-20-2013, 04:52 AM	#62
disco_owner Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,629	Originally posted by p38arover Jeez, Khos, did you have to scare me with the first pic of you with the girls? I really like your pic of the K-3. Didn't get a chance to play with the pentax K3 Ron , As you can see I had my hands full from the 1st image I also Like the picture of the K3 , there is a someone in background really enjoying a Glass of Red. Originally posted by rawr Excellent photos. Thank you for posting those. no problem , I was lucky to get in with a boarding pass , I called Corey at the Sydney office and kindly requested a Boarding pass to the Launch and one got Emailed to me on the Day.

11-20-2013, 04:54 AM	#63
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Originally posted by WA-surfer they have 34 or so photos up on the Pentax Facebook page..: Thanks for the picture link! Wow, Clem Kennedy looks about the same age as Adam from PF.

11-20-2013, 05:18 AM	#64
p38arover Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,084 Original Poster	Originally posted by disco_owner I also Like the picture of the K3 , there is a someone in background really enjoying a Glass of Red. Can't be me, I'm not a silverback Re some other pix posted, I have no idea who the bloke in the flowery shirt was. He did a presentation about technology.

11-20-2013, 06:02 AM	#65
southlander Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Adelaide Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,364	Bugger, I live in Adelaide but was in Sydney last night having dinner only 500m or so away from the launch. I'd offered to have dinner with someone a few weeks back and then saw the post starting this thread about 3 hours after making the offer. Unfortunately, I considered it ungentlemanly to renege and withdraw the dinner invitation in order to go check out a camera. You guys looked like you enjoyed yourselves.

11-20-2013, 06:25 AM	#66
WA-surfer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 118	Originally posted by p38arover Re some other pix posted, I have no idea who the bloke in the flowery shirt was. He did a presentation about technology. Isn't that Pete the 'Gadget Guy' who usually appears on the Channel 7 Sunrise programme reviewing new technology.

11-20-2013, 06:42 AM	#67
steve1307 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sydney Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,130	Originally posted by p38arover Can't be me, I'm not a silverback Re some other pix posted, I have no idea who the bloke in the flowery shirt was. He did a presentation about technology. The flowery shirt guy is Peter Blasina, he used to be (maybe still is) known as the "gadget guy". I've seen him on various lifestyle television programs like the one where channel 7 does up a room in you house and this guy does a spiel for the latest techy thing that the show's sponsored by. Or they wheel him out on some morning TV show to fill the gaps between the news and adverts. eg "here's the latest home gadget - it's called a plasma television - look its only 6 inches thick and cost $10,000". Often he'll try and demonstrate said gadget live on TV and something will fail terribly, quick change the subject. Very embarrassing. I got the email too but completely forgot about it until Sunday night, but all the spots may have gone by then, or they couldn't be bothered coz they didn't reply to my email on Monday Pity ... I needed an excuse to take a break from doing rennovations all week . Kind of sore with all the manual labour. oh..... and there was free booze and promo chicks too (one of them has a nice "battery grip" ) Someone looks pretty excited to be there. Who's this ?

11-20-2013, 11:27 AM	#68
Vylen Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,262	I want that silver 10-20

11-20-2013, 04:26 PM	#69
Ayoh Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 341	Bootylicious Originally posted by p38arover Congratulations to the winner of the K-3,

11-20-2013, 05:01 PM	#70
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Very cool… hobnobbing with the babes. Did they know anything about Pentax?

11-20-2013, 08:50 PM	#71
dcBear78 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Gladstone, QLD Photos: Gallery Posts: 823	Originally posted by normhead Very cool… hobnobbing with the babes. Did they know anything about Pentax? I'd highly doubt some ladies who are only there because they are paid to be there would be Pentaxians. Plus I think that would be about the last topic of conversation I would ever have with them.

11-20-2013, 10:33 PM	#72
sam-joseph Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,086	Originally posted by dcBear78 Plus I think that would be about the last topic of conversation I would ever have with them. But they might be interested to know what you're using to take photos of their nude bodies with..... I like those pics of the models, but I had to look three times before I realised there was a Pentax banner behind them. Regards

11-20-2013, 11:49 PM	#73
p38arover Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,084 Original Poster	The bird on the left has a big bum!

11-21-2013, 02:56 AM	#74
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by p38arover The bird on the left has a big bum! Yes, and the one in the middle is blocking out the Pentax / Rikoh banner!

11-21-2013, 03:23 AM	#75
JayBee451 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 379	Hi Julian great to have you on the PF, Big Welcome from Sunshine Coast. Good night and that last beer did taste great So glad that you did get the Silver K3 in the end. They contacted me yesterday, to say that they now have the HD DA 15 in, so they have posted it. I knew you would fall in love with the K3 Now you need some nice silver lenses to go with it The DA 20-40 limited looks good