Originally posted by mamethot Indeed.
Instead:
Wow.
Ricoh: Ok, artist-guy, we have this new 360 degree camera we want you to try.
The image you are going to take with it, will be on our website to highlight the coolness of the product.
You will be amongst the first folks to use the camera, and this will be WORLDWIDE exposure for you and your work.
Artist-Guy: Great! Sounds like fun!
Ricoh: Ok, here are some Non Disclosure Agreement papers we want you to sign and be sure to promote our product in only the best light.
After all, you are special to Ricoh and were chosen above all other Ricoh and Pentax users to showcase our new product.
Artist-Guy: [inside voice] - Hehe...Pentax? Ricoh?...the joke will be on them when I put my Canon MK-egg-on-your-face-III in the image!
Ricoh: Ok, looks like we are done here! Thanks Artist-Guy!
Months Later.....
Ricoh Marketing Boss: Yep, we got the images from the Artist-Guy, they are ready to put on the web! Do they look good?
Ricoh Marketing Person: Yep. (having not looked at the images or cared even a little bit to look closer or a closet Canon user who loans out Pentax gear to folks that don't shoot Pentax, so sees no problem).
Ricoh Marketing Boss: Cool. (No need to check! Who cares anyway?)
Today......
Voila! We have a Canon camera on launch day in a Ricoh advertisement!
PRICELESS!!!
I just had to go and get a screen grab myself.