Here's how it works - most of them will give you a media discount -
Nikon gave me NPS membership (I didn't ask but the card comes in
handy). Panasonic once gave me and many others an outing In Sydney
with a nice hotel room (to pad the numbers and look impressive to the
Japanese execs who'd flown in). The discounts mean you still pay
higher than wholesale. I don't think Reichman mentions whether he pays
retail! I've had decent discounts from Olympus, Leica and Ricoh at
various times, but I had to ask - nicely.
Canon wouldn't give you the time of day.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 27/10/2009, at 3:06 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> It is coming. We haven't had any manufacturer give us anything
> yet. In
> fact, I'm rather ticked that Olympus doesn't send me graft. And
> probably if
> they did, my E-P1 article is sure to have made it stop.
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