Do KM staffs visit this forum and should they?

[Drudkh]

Do any of the KM staffs visit this forum? I think they should assign someone from their PR dept or whatever to participate in this forum, since KM has always been so quiet other than sponsoring a traveling variety show on mediacorp channel 8 with Jaz Tay. Something like someone from TDK participating in the HWZ forums or EastGear over here as well. I believe through this channel, they can bring more KM users to participate and on the other hand, they know what their customers want.

(* I know this kind of topic belongs to Kopitiam but I think it is more relevant here.)

[tbteng]

Agree! I think they feel its no point talking to CS folks becoz a majority of them are DSLR users are they do not have a DSLR to offer. But I do hope they can think about it once D7D is out.

The clubsnap folks will then be the correct group. But if they still stick to advertising Jaclyn Tay with small cameras and copier machines and ignore CS folks, I will surely jump ship coz with no exposure, they can never build up their DSLR market and so where's the support for lenses ? Not too mention if the biz continues to go "south", they might just wrap up their camera biz one day and we will be stuck with a whole range of lenses.

[deslim27]

I think manufacturers do read forums.. even govt reads forums.. so watch what you say here..

[Drudkh]

Oops, I meant as in official participation in the forum rather than anonymously. We won't know if they do really surf here, and through this channel there will be interaction and confidence.

[STShooter]

Great!

To the guys at KM that are/may/will/probably/hopefully reading this thread.

WE'RE STILL WAITING OR A DSLR!!!!!

WHILE YOU GUYS ARE AT IT, WOULD IT BE SO MUCH TROUBLE TO JUST SHOE-HORN THE A2'S 8 MEGA PIXEL AS CCD INTO THE DSLR YOU'RE ABOUT TO RELEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

THINK OF IT AS MAKING IT UP TO THE THOUSANDS OF LOYAL MINOLTA FANS WHO HAVE BE WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING..........

Thank you for your undivided attention.

[deslim27]

Originally Posted by STShooter Great! To the guys at KM that are/may/will/probably/hopefully reading this thread. WE'RE STILL WAITING OR A DSLR!!!!! WHILE YOU GUYS ARE AT IT, WOULD IT BE SO MUCH TROUBLE TO JUST SHOE-HORN THE A2'S 8 MEGA PIXEL AS CCD INTO THE DSLR YOU'RE ABOUT TO RELEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? THINK OF IT AS MAKING IT UP TO THE THOUSANDS OF LOYAL MINOLTA FANS WHO HAVE BE WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.....AND WAITING.......... Thank you for your undivided attention.

Erh.. are you ok?

[TME]

ST..... what u smoking?

[STShooter]

Originally Posted by TME ST..... what u smoking?

Don't smoke, don't drink, don't gamble. don't womanize.

I have very decent hobbies like photography and reading up on photography.

[STShooter]

Originally Posted by deslim27 Erh.. are you ok?

Yeah. Everything's still under control. It's tough being a loyal cutomer these days you know?

[deslim27]

Originally Posted by STShooter Yeah. Everything's still under control. It's tough being a loyal cutomer these days you know?

I know

We are no different except I don't write it down!

[alpie]

Originally Posted by Drudkh Do any of the KM staffs visit this forum?

I hope they visit and reflect our wish list into their products. But I doubt it.

It sometimes makes me think CS is sponsored by the camera shops in Singapore just to pull more people into the race of buying the latest and the greatest gear. Keep photography at the top of the "hottest hobbies in Singapore" eh?

[STShooter]

Originally Posted by deslim27 I know We are no different except I don't write it down!

Ahhhhh.......!

The brudders feel my pain.

Its ok. Don't mind being the devil's advocate when all us die-hard Minolta users only request, is to have a capable DSLR worthy of Minolta's unequalled lenses.

[STShooter]

Originally Posted by alpie I hope they visit and reflect our wish list into their products. But I doubt it. It sometimes makes me think CS is sponsored by the camera shops in Singapore just to pull more people into the race of buying the latest and the greatest gear. Keep photography at the top of the "hottest hobbies in Singapore" eh?

A believer of conspiracy!

Friend.......

[deslim27]

Originally Posted by alpie I hope they visit and reflect our wish list into their products. But I doubt it. It sometimes makes me think CS is sponsored by the camera shops in Singapore just to pull more people into the race of buying the latest and the greatest gear. Keep photography at the top of the "hottest hobbies in Singapore" eh?

I thought should be "Keep Photographic Gear Acquistion at the top of the "hottest hobbies" in Singapore"??

j/k

[tbteng]

Originally Posted by deslim27 I think manufacturers do read forums.. even govt reads forums.. so watch what you say here..

Not that I don't support Minolta (I am a fan) but, I think I have indicated, my and maybe some of the general concerns of other Minolta systems users. Stability of a system is defintely a general concern amongst new DSLR or existing SLR users. The reason why C & N's population is growing is also partly becoz of their system's stability and marketing efforts into the DSLR arena. Minolta has a fantastic system but too few people really knows very much about it. Minolta really needs to come out of its shell and show everyone what it can do...It may start by inviting, organizing or supporting some CS activities (I am not affliated with CS) to gain exposure and it should deliberately invite the C & N users to let them know the camera's capabilities.

No business can be viable if there are too few consumers for it and when the cost of maintaining a business unit exceeds profits, corners may be cut somewhere. When that happens, quality suffers. It may be unpleasant to read or hear but if we all continue to "stand by the bench" and not voice out, Minolta will not know..(no offence meant). I don't speak for everyone but I speak becoz I hate to see a good thing go down the drain.

[deslim27]

Originally Posted by tbteng Not that I don't support Minolta (I am a fan) but, I think I have indicated, my and maybe some of the general concerns of other Minolta systems users. Stability of a system is defintely a general concern amongst new DSLR or existing SLR users. The reason why C & N's population is growing is also partly becoz of their system's stability and marketing efforts into the DSLR arena. Minolta has a fantastic system but too few people really knows very much about it. Minolta really needs to come out of its shell and show everyone what it can do...It may start by inviting, organizing or supporting some CS activities (I am not affliated with CS) to gain exposure and it should deliberately invite the C & N users to let them know the camera's capabilities. No business can be viable if there are too few consumers for it and when the cost of maintaining a business unit exceeds profits, corners may be cut somewhere. When that happens, quality suffers. It may be unpleasant to read or hear but if we all continue to "stand by the bench" and not voice out, Minolta will not know..(no offence meant). I don't speak for everyone but I speak becoz I hate to see a good thing go down the drain.

I agreed!

Don't worry lah, I can see the new KM is more aggressive in marketing than the old M now. Just time is not there yet to pour in monies for marketing.

Let's review again in 3 months time..

[pshing]

Originally Posted by deslim27 I agreed! Don't worry lah, I can see the new KM is more aggressive in marketing than the old M now. Just time is not there yet to pour in monies for marketing. Let's review again in 3 months time..

i agree, but there is still a long way to go for the marketing team in KM...
they surely need to work harder~

[deslim27]

Originally Posted by pshing i agree, but there is still a long way to go for the marketing team in KM... they surely need to work harder~

They are.. your avatar speaks for them

[UY79]

Originally Posted by deslim27 They are.. your avatar speaks for them

You can judge by counting the number of times you see Jacelyn Tay when commuting.

Cheers!

[TME]

Originally Posted by UY79 You can judge by counting the number of times you see Jacelyn Tay when commuting. Cheers!

I hope that those ads will hav eher holding onto the 7D when it launches... that would really be marketing huh..... or maybe Ix Shen who is an avid photog (but I think he's a Nikon man).... heck any celeb will do lar.....