Ads that Pentax should run...

nakey · 06-17-2008, 03:54 PM

first shot in the 2000s should be an *ist D/DS

apart from that, i like it

EDIT: swap them around.

First shot, in 2004/5: grandpa composing a wonderful shot with the *ist DS

Second shot, in 2008: grandpa, with kids, pictures and bodies all over the place, with him mounting a DA* onto the K20D. Daughter with K100D super mounts an A50mm F1.2, and grandson (same age, and possibly actor, as the kid in the 1960s) mounts the same lens as was on the asahiflex)

MRRiley · 06-17-2008, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by nakey

first shot in the 2000s should be an *ist D/DS

apart from that, i like it

EDIT: swap them around.

First shot, in 2004/5: grandpa composing a wonderful shot with the *ist DS

Second shot, in 2008: grandpa, with kids, pictures and bodies all over the place, with him mounting a DA* onto the K20D. Daughter with K100D super mounts an A50mm F1.2, and grandson (same age, and possibly actor, as the kid in the 1960s) mounts the same lens as was on the asahiflex)

Great changes.... maybe final shot should be grandpa, his daughter and grandson out composing that shot together...

nakey · 06-17-2008, 04:29 PM

Quick one

guy finishes shooting modelling portraits in studio with 645. model leave. crew leave

photographer looks around to see if anyone's around, then takes the 645 lenses home

At home, photographer puts 645 lens onto 645 to K-mount adapter (camera paying special attention to the fact that it's an official adapter), mounts onto K20D and shoots his family

Pentax: Lenses so good, pros use them (or something witty)

falconeye · 06-17-2008, 05:00 PM

Originally posted by ftpaddict

What Pentax needs to do is re-run these classic ads:
[...]
YouTube - [CM] PENTAX?????????????????????

Funny, I had the exact same idea. Second movie, third clip (desert):

Let the girl use a K20D, and let the old man hand over an old lens from his old Asahi for the girl shooting him with it. Pentaxians since 1950!

--
Pentax may build upon technical innovations. But just like Apple, they may play the "cult" card as well. Using Canikon is as boring as using PC

falconeye · 06-17-2008, 05:06 PM

Another, not very subtle, ad playing the cult card:

Girlie band, photographers trench...

Girl: We have one backstage pass for a photographer

Girl looks around, sees a lot of Canikons, spots the Pentax, smiles.

Pentaxians since 1950!

MRRiley · 06-17-2008, 05:15 PM

Originally posted by falconeye

Another, not very subtle, ad playing the cult card:

Girlie band, photographers trench...

Girl: We have one backstage pass for a photographer

Girl looks around, sees a lot of Canikons, spots the Pentax, smiles.

Pentaxians since 1950!

LOVE IT!!! fade to fantastic shots that Pentax guy got and Canikon guys missed...

nakey · 06-17-2008, 05:35 PM

if we're going for lenses, we've got 2 lenses that no one else has

Fisheye zooms. show off the DA10-17 fisheye.

(just got mine. loving it. all my DSLR friends get shocked when they hear that i'm using a fisheye zoom)

EDIT: just as a short stupid thought

at the bottom of ever commercial, it states what was used, so people can try it at home

say, the baseball one, in small font: Pentax H1A, Pentax Super Takumar 135mm, Pentax K20D, Pentax M42 to K mount

Even better, the pictures taken by the digitals in the ads are put up on the web. DNG + JPEG.

I know it sounds stupid, but i like the idea of going "did they really do that with that camera? *checks* Holy crap, that's awesome"

Last edited by nakey; 06-17-2008 at 06:29 PM.

ll_coffee_lP · 06-17-2008, 06:38 PM

There's a Nikon a Canon and a Pentax sitting on a white glossy table with a white background. All the cameras are facing the viewer.

Camera zooms into the innards of the Nikon lens...fade to black...a series of great photos are shown. Fade back to original scene

Camera zooms into the lens of the Canon...fade to black...a series of great photos are shown. Fade back to original scene

Camera zooms into the lens of the Pentax...fade to black...a series of great photos are shown. Fade back to original scene.

Announcer's voice = All these great cameras can take wonderful pictures to capture your life's memories. Pentax, however, does it at half the price...

Nikon and Canon cameras flashes pop up in surprise. They swivel to face the Pentax...and their lenses begin to extend as if they are taking a closer look at the Pentax.

Fade to black
PENTAX in large red lettering.
- end.

c[_]

**Lowell Goudge** · 06-17-2008, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by Lowell Goudge

why not just show an old person taking his lens off a K1000 (it's the icon so why not) and putting it on a K20D

the caption is "Don't you wish you could just snap on a new body too!"

Originally posted by ll_coffee_lP

^ This post wins the thread. Hands down.

Awesome!

c[_]

Originally posted by MrApollinax

QFT. Lowell wins the thread.

thanks guys, but exactly whad did I win???

**Canada_Rockies** · 06-17-2008, 07:57 PM

Lowell, you one our admiration for advertising ideas. I hope Ned B sees your post.

hrishi · 06-17-2008, 08:24 PM

Great ads goin guys...U should send recommend them to Pentax...seriously..

MRRiley · 06-18-2008, 08:42 AM

Originally posted by hrishi

Great ads goin guys...U should send recommend them to Pentax...seriously..

Thats the whole idea. Ned B. does read these forums as far as I know. Just hope his mind is open to the ideas.

Mechan1k · 06-18-2008, 10:50 AM

Some great ones in here.

I like MRRiley's and Straightshooter's ideas on the previous pages.
Also Coffee's one above is prettty funny as well.

ll_coffee_lP · 06-18-2008, 07:30 PM

Originally posted by Mechan1k

Some great ones in here.

I like MRRiley's and Straightshooter's ideas on the previous pages.
Also Coffee's one above is prettty funny as well.

Cheers!

c[_]

volosong · 07-10-2008, 09:24 AM

Originally posted by nakey

Quick one

guy finishes shooting modelling portraits in studio with 645. model leave. crew leave

photographer looks around to see if anyone's around, then takes the 645 lenses home

At home, photographer puts 645 lens onto 645 to K-mount adapter (camera paying special attention to the fact that it's an official adapter), mounts onto K20D and shoots his family

Pentax: Lenses so good, pros use them (or something witty)

Pretty good! Now, if we could just get the adapters for ourselves. They are as rare as hen's teeth.

06-17-2008, 06:38 PM	#53
ll_coffee_lP Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,972	There's a Nikon a Canon and a Pentax sitting on a white glossy table with a white background. All the cameras are facing the viewer. Camera zooms into the innards of the Nikon lens...fade to black...a series of great photos are shown. Fade back to original scene Camera zooms into the lens of the Canon...fade to black...a series of great photos are shown. Fade back to original scene Camera zooms into the lens of the Pentax...fade to black...a series of great photos are shown. Fade back to original scene. Announcer's voice = All these great cameras can take wonderful pictures to capture your life's memories. Pentax, however, does it at half the price... Nikon and Canon cameras flashes pop up in surprise. They swivel to face the Pentax...and their lenses begin to extend as if they are taking a closer look at the Pentax. Fade to black PENTAX in large red lettering. - end. c[_] Last edited by ll_coffee_lP; 06-17-2008 at 06:45 PM.

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06-17-2008, 03:54 PM	#46
nakey Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 208	first shot in the 2000s should be an ist D/DS apart from that, i like it EDIT: swap them around. First shot, in 2004/5: grandpa composing a wonderful shot with the ist DS Second shot, in 2008: grandpa, with kids, pictures and bodies all over the place, with him mounting a DA* onto the K20D. Daughter with K100D super mounts an A50mm F1.2, and grandson (same age, and possibly actor, as the kid in the 1960s) mounts the same lens as was on the asahiflex)

06-17-2008, 04:05 PM	#47
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275 Original Poster	Originally posted by nakey first shot in the 2000s should be an ist D/DS apart from that, i like it EDIT: swap them around. First shot, in 2004/5: grandpa composing a wonderful shot with the ist DS Second shot, in 2008: grandpa, with kids, pictures and bodies all over the place, with him mounting a DA* onto the K20D. Daughter with K100D super mounts an A50mm F1.2, and grandson (same age, and possibly actor, as the kid in the 1960s) mounts the same lens as was on the asahiflex) Great changes.... maybe final shot should be grandpa, his daughter and grandson out composing that shot together...

06-17-2008, 04:29 PM	#48
nakey Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 208	Quick one guy finishes shooting modelling portraits in studio with 645. model leave. crew leave photographer looks around to see if anyone's around, then takes the 645 lenses home At home, photographer puts 645 lens onto 645 to K-mount adapter (camera paying special attention to the fact that it's an official adapter), mounts onto K20D and shoots his family Pentax: Lenses so good, pros use them (or something witty)

06-17-2008, 05:00 PM	#49
falconeye Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Munich, Alps, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,871	Originally posted by ftpaddict What Pentax needs to do is re-run these classic ads: [...] YouTube - [CM] PENTAX????????????????????? Funny, I had the exact same idea. Second movie, third clip (desert): Let the girl use a K20D, and let the old man hand over an old lens from his old Asahi for the girl shooting him with it. Pentaxians since 1950! -- Pentax may build upon technical innovations. But just like Apple, they may play the "cult" card as well. Using Canikon is as boring as using PC

06-17-2008, 05:06 PM	#50
falconeye Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Munich, Alps, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,871	Another, not very subtle, ad playing the cult card: Girlie band, photographers trench... Girl: We have one backstage pass for a photographer Girl looks around, sees a lot of Canikons, spots the Pentax, smiles. Pentaxians since 1950!

06-17-2008, 05:15 PM	#51
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275 Original Poster	Originally posted by falconeye Another, not very subtle, ad playing the cult card: Girlie band, photographers trench... Girl: We have one backstage pass for a photographer Girl looks around, sees a lot of Canikons, spots the Pentax, smiles. Pentaxians since 1950! LOVE IT!!! fade to fantastic shots that Pentax guy got and Canikon guys missed...

06-17-2008, 05:35 PM	#52
nakey Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 208	if we're going for lenses, we've got 2 lenses that no one else has Fisheye zooms. show off the DA10-17 fisheye. (just got mine. loving it. all my DSLR friends get shocked when they hear that i'm using a fisheye zoom) EDIT: just as a short stupid thought at the bottom of ever commercial, it states what was used, so people can try it at home say, the baseball one, in small font: Pentax H1A, Pentax Super Takumar 135mm, Pentax K20D, Pentax M42 to K mount Even better, the pictures taken by the digitals in the ads are put up on the web. DNG + JPEG. I know it sounds stupid, but i like the idea of going "did they really do that with that camera? checks Holy crap, that's awesome" Last edited by nakey; 06-17-2008 at 06:29 PM.

06-17-2008, 07:15 PM	#54
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,888	Originally posted by Lowell Goudge why not just show an old person taking his lens off a K1000 (it's the icon so why not) and putting it on a K20D the caption is "Don't you wish you could just snap on a new body too!" Originally posted by ll_coffee_lP ^ This post wins the thread. Hands down. Awesome! c[_] Originally posted by MrApollinax QFT. Lowell wins the thread. thanks guys, but exactly whad did I win???

06-17-2008, 07:57 PM	#55
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Lowell, you one our admiration for advertising ideas. I hope Ned B sees your post.

06-17-2008, 08:24 PM	#56
hrishi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pune, India Photos: Gallery Posts: 149	Great ads goin guys...U should send recommend them to Pentax...seriously..

06-18-2008, 08:42 AM	#57
MRRiley Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sterling, VA, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,275 Original Poster	Originally posted by hrishi Great ads goin guys...U should send recommend them to Pentax...seriously.. Thats the whole idea. Ned B. does read these forums as far as I know. Just hope his mind is open to the ideas.

06-18-2008, 10:50 AM	#58
Mechan1k Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,891	Some great ones in here. I like MRRiley's and Straightshooter's ideas on the previous pages. Also Coffee's one above is prettty funny as well.

06-18-2008, 07:30 PM	#59
ll_coffee_lP Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,972	Originally posted by Mechan1k Some great ones in here. I like MRRiley's and Straightshooter's ideas on the previous pages. Also Coffee's one above is prettty funny as well. Cheers! c[_]

07-10-2008, 09:24 AM	#60
volosong Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Idaho Photos: Gallery Posts: 696	Originally posted by nakey Quick one guy finishes shooting modelling portraits in studio with 645. model leave. crew leave photographer looks around to see if anyone's around, then takes the 645 lenses home At home, photographer puts 645 lens onto 645 to K-mount adapter (camera paying special attention to the fact that it's an official adapter), mounts onto K20D and shoots his family Pentax: Lenses so good, pros use them (or something witty) Pretty good! Now, if we could just get the adapters for ourselves. They are as rare as hen's teeth.