Originally posted by Winder It was e-mailed out to registered Pentax owners in the USA. I don't know if it has been used anywhere else, but Ricoh e-mailed it to me as a product announcement.
Originally posted by rawr Aha.
Probably some intern in the RIAC office under time pressure to produce a 'product in use' image, however no actual camera bodies at hand yet to produce any shots of their own, but with easy access to MS Paint....
Originally posted by Winder Ouch. I assumed this was just a marketing blunder by the North American office, but if its going out in Europe and North America then this probably came from higher up the ladder. Does the same marketing firm handle North America and Europe?
How does this image make it through the approval process?
It's Potemkin villages all the way UP!
Originally posted by normhead There clearly is no approval process. Some guy at his desk, just before lunch. "Lets see, I'm hungry, but this image looks stupid... you know? If I just hit the send button, who'd going to care?"
For some reason I can't get the girl with the big hands out of my mind, if I ever figure out why, I'll get back to you.
Error #1 -> 100% viewfinder and she's shooting with the LCD.
Originally posted by NicoleC Every single ad that shows up at my house or in a newspaper has stuff like this. The target audience doesn't notice and doesn't care. They will see "ooh, cute camera! It's green!"
I agree Ricoh should do better -- they are an imaging company! -- but it's not likely to harm sales in the least.
This is the product of $250,000 Journalism School Bachelor Degrees. My daughter the dragon-lady manages Columbia J-School grads. Her EP told me a story about an exchange he overheard:
An Associate Producer objected to a re-edit my daughter ordered. "You were an English Major at DePauw. I have a Journalism degree from Columbia. It's good enough. I shouldn't have to do this," and she replied, "Good enough isn't good enough. It's Broadcast Network News, not your hometown dogcatcher report. You need an attitude adjustment. There's the EXIT - Go For It!!" and the person at the next workstation said something like, "I
TOLD you not to make her angry!!"
They're just so arrogant.