Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's the least irritating part to me. What get me going are all the special interest groups banner's all over town. Then there are the restaurants that are closed for private parties, with the underwriters, usually defense contractors and pharmaceutical 'providers', listed on the window. It goes on and on. S. Dimitrov On Apr 29, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > Thanks Slovodan. I guess I'm just getting cynical about this sort of > stuff. Damn it's irritating being constantly marketed to. I hate it. > > Adam > > On 4/29/07, slobodan dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: >> There is usually an equipment pool, free of charge, provided by Canon >> and Nikon at these of events. It's for registered pro service >> photographers. It's really not a big deal. >> >> S. Dimitrov >> >> >> On Apr 29, 2007, at 8:44 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: >> >> > I was watching ABC News coverage of the California Democatric Party >> > convention and noticed a photographer with a Canon with (I'm >> guessing) >> > a 70-280 f2.8L lens. I KNEW it was a Canon because there was a HUGE >> > "Canon" label wrapped around the lens shade. It looked like a >> product >> > placement. Another news show, sports this time, and another >> > photographer covering the game with the same label. >> > >> > Is this really product placement? It doesn't seem ethical to me >> > although maybe it was a loaner lens and Canon decided to stick >> labels >> > all over it. Nevertheless if this is the wave of the future..... >> > >> > I'm curious is all, I guess. >> > >> > Adam >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information