Pentax K-S1 marketing flop

[ogl]

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cl.s6.exct.net

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made bad Photoshoped work and welcome

 

[PCA Photography]

How is it possible. Is there no quality control? Does a blind person proof the marketing material? Was it too expensive to hire an actual model and photographer for an actual photo shoot?

 

[Tom Lusk]

What a joke!

I guess this shows just how important Pentax is to Ricoh...

 

[ogl]

It would be good if they make photo of model with K-S1 by K-S1... But they didn't it....

Or by ANY Pentax DSLR or even with Q....

 

[PCA Photography]

It would be good if they make photo of model with K-S1 by K-S1... But they didn't it....

Or by ANY Pentax DSLR or even with Q....

And the picture was probably taken by a Canon or Nikon.

 

[dicks0]

They could have Photoshoped the middle finger away, but then you all would also be complaining

 

[Dr Xavier]

http://cl.s6.exct.net/?qs=4b968d23a771cb27a5a464e99bbd22ef6399341295f33dc54b27a6f92cb61fc6

take the photo from stock photography

http://www.fotosearch.com/BLD074/bld089211/

made bad Photoshoped work and welcome

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BEFORE YOU SPREAD FALSE RUMORS

Could you please give us a correct link with Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation with this marketing mistake?

Thanks!

X.

 

[ogl]

http://cl.s6.exct.net/?qs=4b968d23a771cb27a5a464e99bbd22ef6399341295f33dc54b27a6f92cb61fc6

take the photo from stock photography

http://www.fotosearch.com/BLD074/bld089211/

made bad Photoshoped work and welcome

-------------- WARNING ------------

BEFORE YOU SPREAD FALSE RUMORS

Could you please give us a correct link with Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation with this marketing mistake?

Thanks!

X.

I've received the EMAIL from RICOH IMAGING <[email protected]>

with such picture. What is your problem?

 

[Tom Lusk]

http://cl.s6.exct.net/?qs=4b968d23a771cb27a5a464e99bbd22ef6399341295f33dc54b27a6f92cb61fc6

take the photo from stock photography

http://www.fotosearch.com/BLD074/bld089211/

made bad Photoshoped work and welcome

-------------- WARNING ------------

BEFORE YOU SPREAD FALSE RUMORS

Could you please give us a correct link with Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation with this marketing mistake?

Thanks!

X.

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The only thing false about ogl's post is the false photo that Ricoh tried to dupe everyone with.

I received that photo as part of an email directly from Pentax. If it has been wiped away from their ad, it is because they were found out. Plain and simple.

 

[Dukhat]

http://cl.s6.exct.net/?qs=4b968d23a771cb27a5a464e99bbd22ef6399341295f33dc54b27a6f92cb61fc6

take the photo from stock photography

http://www.fotosearch.com/BLD074/bld089211/

made bad Photoshoped work and welcome

-------------- WARNING ------------

BEFORE YOU SPREAD FALSE RUMORS

Could you please give us a correct link with Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation with this marketing mistake?

Thanks!

X.

This is the email I got from Ricoh yesterday.

 

[ogl]

The link is correct. Easy to open, you have any internet problems, maybe?

 

[Michael Piziak]

Yep, I got the same email from Ricoh.

I don't know what to think, the way they photoshopped this and all. The finger in front of the lens is a dead give a away.

 

[Dr Xavier]

http://cl.s6.exct.net/?qs=4b968d23a771cb27a5a464e99bbd22ef6399341295f33dc54b27a6f92cb61fc6

take the photo from stock photography

http://www.fotosearch.com/BLD074/bld089211/

made bad Photoshoped work and welcome

-------------- WARNING ------------

BEFORE YOU SPREAD FALSE RUMORS

Could you please give us a correct link with Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation with this marketing mistake?

Thanks!

X.

I've received the EMAIL from RICOH IMAGING <[email protected]>

with such picture. What is your problem?

I apologize for this mistake.

I opened you first link and I see http://view.s6.exacttarget.com/. Then looked to the Ricoh page and I didn't found it. So, I was thinking that was a rumor.

 

[Gary Martin]

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[Tom__Brown]

What a joke!

I guess this shows just how important Pentax is to Ricoh...

First, I'm surprised someone noticed. It was a sharp pickup to put these pieces together, even though it isn't the best Photoshop work, ever.

I don't see how this is evidence of Ricoh disrespecting Pentax. I think it's far more likely a case of a manager telling someone in advertising to create some materials for the K-S1 as quickly as possible and someone coming up with a fast solution. That is a reality of the corporate world.

If I owned a K-S1, I wouldn't care about this. If I was in the market for a new camera and knew about this, it wouldn't put me off buying the K-S1. I don't think this is any indication the sky is falling.

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-- Tom

 

[ogl]

What a joke!

I guess this shows just how important Pentax is to Ricoh...

First, I'm surprised someone noticed. It was a sharp pickup to put these pieces together, even though it isn't the best Photoshop work, ever.

I don't see how this is evidence of Ricoh disrespecting Pentax. I think it's far more likely a case of a manager telling someone in advertising to create some materials for the K-S1 as quickly as possible and someone coming up with a fast solution. That is a reality of the corporate world.

If I owned a K-S1, I wouldn't care about this. If I was in the market for a new camera and knew about this, it wouldn't put me off buying the K-S1. I don't think this is any indication the sky is falling.

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-- Tom

Anybody say that sky is falling? As for K-S1 - K-S1 is not Pentax spirit's camera IMO.

 

[Dukhat]

What a joke!

I guess this shows just how important Pentax is to Ricoh...

First, I'm surprised someone noticed. It was a sharp pickup to put these pieces together, even though it isn't the best Photoshop work, ever.

I don't see how this is evidence of Ricoh disrespecting Pentax. I think it's far more likely a case of a manager telling someone in advertising to create some materials for the K-S1 as quickly as possible and someone coming up with a fast solution. That is a reality of the corporate world.

If I owned a K-S1, I wouldn't care about this. If I was in the market for a new camera and knew about this, it wouldn't put me off buying the K-S1. I don't think this is any indication the sky is falling.

The problem is, in this case, they are making the camera look MUCH smaller than it is. This is false advertising.

 

[Tom__Brown]

The problem is, in this case, they are making the camera look MUCH smaller than it is. This is false advertising.

Yes. I picked up on that right away, too. In fact, I initially I thought they put a Pentax logo on an E-350. lol!

It's a high school level photoshop effort. It's comically bad.

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-- Tom

 

[Bmoon]

They are stuck PS images for their advertising

I sure hope that they have required permission to use this image in their advertising

One would only hope they have learned from their last advertising fiasco

 

[Alex Sarbu]

What a joke!

I guess this shows just how important Pentax is to Ricoh...

First, I'm surprised someone noticed. It was a sharp pickup to put these pieces together, even though it isn't the best Photoshop work, ever.

I don't see how this is evidence of Ricoh disrespecting Pentax. I think it's far more likely a case of a manager telling someone in advertising to create some materials for the K-S1 as quickly as possible and someone coming up with a fast solution. That is a reality of the corporate world.

That's Ricoh Imaging U.S., right? Perhaps they didn't even had a K-S1 in the proper color, cameras are harder to send through email...

If I owned a K-S1, I wouldn't care about this. If I was in the market for a new camera and knew about this, it wouldn't put me off buying the K-S1. I don't think this is any indication the sky is falling.