OMG. How many special edition cameras are there? Seems that all of them or most of them are marketed for the Far East market. Someone should make a blog post with a list and images. There might be enough to fill pages and pages. And I obviously don't blame a manufacturer for doing them. If there is a market then by all means. I don't think it devalues the brand. I mean, us forum folk might chuckle and even rant a bit on some threads but we are obviously not the target market however diverse the forum population might be anyway.
68k?OK, anybody that owns, works, is associated with Phase One should never complain about the hasselblad lunar, or the H series Ferrari edition.I don't think Hanks gold signature is worth 68,000 Washingtons, but if they really do sell in china, I'm going to buy a gold sharpie and start signing everything I own.BC
I have the impression that almost all players (P1/Hasselblad) have a big problem with PR and marketing. Brand identity! That's the key.
i want an edition with the image quality professors face laser etched on the side so that if you look up close you can see it's made up of tiny 1's and 0's.that would really appease my pixel peeping fetishes.
lol, the gems I get to read on the internet.What should they do? Run an advertorial and an FPFC on Pop Photo?I'm sorry, actually working in marketing, I found that incredibly hilarious.
That implies this horse can run faster on a specific course than it's less blingy cousin.I for one strongly object to "special editions" which add no actual features/value/distinction other than exclusivity/styling.But for the sake of argument let's tell a story about Bob the photographer. Bob sells prints. His prints are fairly expensive. They are unusually well made, and have beautiful color, great tonality, and are printed on a very durable and long lasting paper. Bob usually sells his prints to professional decorators for inclusion in high end hotel lobbies and CEO's offices, but also sells a healthy share to very rich collectors. Bob gets approached by a Chinese dealer that says he can sell 99 of his most expensive prints for twice the price, if only Bob puts his signature on the back, tags it with a limited edition number, and delivers it in a special packaging. Should Bob say no? My view is that he should say no - offering something of his for more money without any actual increase in underlying value is demeaning to the customer and erodes brand value. But I can also definitely understand why Bob would agree - especially when the whole thing is very transparent (i.e. the customer knows it's not better, it's just part of a limited release).
Bob is in business to make money right? he would be certifiable if he said no. Working on the principal an item is only worth what someone is prepared to pay, then Bob's prints are worth every penny.
No. Certifiable to buy it. This is like paying 10 grand for an xbox that Bill Gates signed and at least the world knows who Bill Gates is.It would be different if it Hank was the inventor, but ceo signatures that sell to a VC. I think that's a pass.We're into this crazy period that anything that makes an extra 50 bucks is worth doing no matter if it's in bad taste. The worst part is you kind of get the feeling that the person signing it thought it was cool.I'm guess Phase is a stable company, to me it's kind of smacks with let's sell why the selling is good.I listened to parts of that interview that Kevin Raber did with his previous employer and though I'll admit I skipped over 70% of it, it said nothing. I was like a press release from Exxon/Mobile.Of course, IMOBC
The thing that upsets me about this is that during the interview with Kevin Raber the guy said with rather patronizing superior attitude that Phase would never do “wooden handles”...No, indeed, Phase doesn’t do wooden handles, they do golden signatures...And where Hasselblad applies a markup of $5,000 Phase applies a markup of just short of $30,000...
Oh, you mean like this?
