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Old May 30th 13, 07:24 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Alfred Molon[_4_]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rnaIFjJkuzQ&list=PL94U2tauvOl7cSpb4G8k5x4EaSp-d_LTR
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Old May 30th 13, 10:03 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Sony makes fun about DSLR users

On 2013.05.30 14:24 , Alfred Molon wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rnaIFjJkuzQ&list=PL94U2tauvOl7cSpb4G8k5x4EaSp-d_LTR


The whole set is he
https://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&v=LvD3tFrR8Zg

Pretty funny. I've seen a few of those. But never been one.


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Old May 30th 13, 10:14 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On 31/05/2013 6:24 a.m., Alfred Molon wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rnaIFjJkuzQ&list=PL94U2tauvOl7cSpb4G8k5x4EaSp-d_LTR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnaIF...x4E aSp-d_LTR


If that's Sony's best attempt at launching a "viral marketing" campaign,
then they deserve what they'll get.
It's about as convincing as a car advertisement from "Great Wall" trying
to tell people that they're idiots if they buy something with more
features and better quality than the appalling, unsafe, and unappealing
**** that comes out of their sweat-houses in PRC.
Sony aren't that bad - and should perhaps try to present themselves as
having a bit of class - this campaign makes them look like bottom-feeders.
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Old May 30th 13, 10:29 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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On Thu, 30 May 2013 20:24:03 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnaIF...x4E aSp-d_LTR


Says more about the particular users than DSLRs.
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Old May 30th 13, 11:05 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Alfred Molon[_4_]
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In article , Me says...
Sony aren't that bad - and should perhaps try to present themselves as
having a bit of class - this campaign makes them look like bottom-feeders.


I found some of those videos quite funny. They are capitalising on DLSR
user stereotypes (the equipment fetishist and so on), which sometimes
are quite true. I remember once spotting a guy walking with a big Canon
DSLR + lens along the streets of Munich, with the kind of "proud
invincible owner of superior equipment" smile on his face.
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Old May 30th 13, 11:08 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Alan Browne
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Default Sony makes fun about DSLR users

On 2013.05.30 17:14 , Me wrote:
On 31/05/2013 6:24 a.m., Alfred Molon wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rnaIFjJkuzQ&list=PL94U2tauvOl7cSpb4G8k5x4EaSp-d_LTR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnaIF...x4E aSp-d_LTR


If that's Sony's best attempt at launching a "viral marketing" campaign,
then they deserve what they'll get.
It's about as convincing as a car advertisement from "Great Wall" trying
to tell people that they're idiots if they buy something with more
features and better quality than the appalling, unsafe, and unappealing
**** that comes out of their sweat-houses in PRC.
Sony aren't that bad - and should perhaps try to present themselves as
having a bit of class - this campaign makes them look like bottom-feeders.


I just saw it as a laugh at gearheads. Sony certainly keeps their own
logo out of the way in this one.

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Old May 31st 13, 12:17 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Me
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Default Sony makes fun about DSLR users

On 31/05/2013 10:05 a.m., Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , Me says...
Sony aren't that bad - and should perhaps try to present themselves as
having a bit of class - this campaign makes them look like bottom-feeders.


I found some of those videos quite funny. They are capitalising on DLSR
user stereotypes (the equipment fetishist and so on), which sometimes
are quite true. I remember once spotting a guy walking with a big Canon
DSLR + lens along the streets of Munich, with the kind of "proud
invincible owner of superior equipment" smile on his face.

Perhaps he was a good photographer?
Stereotypes are dangerous things at the best of times.

If the purpose of the Sony campaign was to say "if you're a clueless
idiot - then get a Sony NEX", then they've succeeded.
There may be valid reason to get a Sony NEX, but...
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Old May 31st 13, 02:13 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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On 5/30/13 4:14 PM, in article , "Me"
wrote:

On 31/05/2013 6:24 a.m., Alfred Molon wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rnaIFjJkuzQ&list=PL94U2tauvOl7cSpb4G8k5x4EaSp-d_LTR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnaIF...4G8k5x4E aSp-
d_LTR


If that's Sony's best attempt at launching a "viral marketing" campaign,
then they deserve what they'll get.
It's about as convincing as a car advertisement from "Great Wall" trying
to tell people that they're idiots if they buy something with more
features and better quality than the appalling, unsafe, and unappealing
**** that comes out of their sweat-houses in PRC.
Sony aren't that bad - and should perhaps try to present themselves as
having a bit of class - this campaign makes them look like bottom-feeders.


Sony went from a Mega Player to a third rate Also-Ran insignificant in a
very short time. They have NO business making fun of ANYTHING with their
recent rack record.

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Old May 31st 13, 07:08 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Sandman
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Default Sony makes fun about DSLR users

In article ,
Alfred Molon wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=rnaIFjJkuzQ&list=PL94U2tauvOl7cSpb4G8k5x4EaSp-d_LTR


Well, it's funny and the link goes to their youtube page that has a
small NEX-link, so it's not in your face advertising, which I like.

But then again... Doesn't Sony... make... DSLR's?

Wouldn't it a be a bit like Apple making a video making fun of clueless
laptop users?

It kind of lessens the credibility of the videos - what if you 're a
Sony DSLR user that see these ads?



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Old May 31st 13, 07:23 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
Wolfgang Weisselberg
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Alfred Molon wrote:
In article , Me says...
Sony aren't that bad - and should perhaps try to present themselves as
having a bit of class - this campaign makes them look like bottom-feeders.


I found some of those videos quite funny.


As in all bad comedy, you have to have somw writer to invent
the absurdities of completely unbelievable carricatures of
strawmen they put up.

Maybe someone will put up a video of Sony-camera users
performing such usual tasks as hammering nails in walls
with their camera, trying to attach the lens to the LCD,
macroshooting flowers with the lens pointing straight up into
the sky or being completely baffled at opening the box that
contains their camera. Oh, and trying to make a movie with
a long lens at the usual 'arms streched out in front' stance
and the camera rotated by 97°.
Film these clips with an DSLR for additional insult.


They are capitalising on DLSR
user stereotypes (the equipment fetishist and so on), which sometimes
are quite true.


So you're saying a (huge) majority of DSLR-shooters is about
as intelligent as dry grass and knows as much of their gear
as the next cow eating said dry grass?

How come Sony doesn't say a single positive thing about their
cameras? They could easily point out that some tasks might be
better handles with their camera --- they choose to simply say
"everyone who uses the products of the competition is a complete
idiot" (which is very bad form), and that tells me they can't
even *dis*honestly say anything positive about their cameras.


I remember once spotting a guy walking with a big Canon
DSLR + lens along the streets of Munich, with the kind of "proud
invincible owner of superior equipment" smile on his face.


Non sequitur. You can't prove a stereotype of a large and
present group by spotting a single possible example in all
your life.

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