Would you Buy Camera Named "Kiss"?
Jan 6, 2014 06:57:41 #
I was surprised to see that Canon has a line of cameras called "Kiss, and they're selling very well." It's the top selling DSLR in Japan.
Jan 6, 2014 07:03:23 #
Many years ago some Japanese cameras had lenses called Junkonar.
Nikon had a lens series for Enlargers, EL Nikor. (Surely EL for Enlarger Lens) but it got to be known as the Spanish Lens.
Nikon had a lens series for Enlargers, EL Nikor. (Surely EL for Enlarger Lens) but it got to be known as the Spanish Lens.
Jan 6, 2014 07:03:28 #
lighthouse
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Kiss, is the Japanese Rebel line.
jerryc41 wrote:
I was surprised to see that Canon has a line of cameras called "Kiss, and they're selling very well." It's the top selling DSLR in Japan.
Jan 6, 2014 07:09:25 #
lighthouse wrote:
Kiss, is the Japanese Rebel line.
Yeah. I prefer Rebel to Kiss, but I prefer omitting both. Like Nikon's Coolpix line, sometimes a catchy name degrades the camera's image. Just my opinion.
Jan 6, 2014 07:13:51 #
Jan 6, 2014 07:23:21 #
BboH wrote:
"Keep it simple stupid!"???
So the Japanese are stupid, and we're Rebels? :D
Jan 6, 2014 07:32:23 #
It was not until the T1i (500D) that Canon became logical with their US Rebel naming. I still prefer the 300D, 350D, etc up to 700D now.
Jan 6, 2014 10:10:20 #
ronwande wrote:
Many years ago some Japanese cameras had lenses called Junkonar.
Nikon had a lens series for Enlargers, EL Nikor. (Surely EL for Enlarger Lens) but it got to be known as the Spanish Lens.
Nikon had a lens series for Enlargers, EL Nikor. (Surely EL for Enlarger Lens) but it got to be known as the Spanish Lens.
If Chevrolet was able to sell the Nova which in Spanish means Doesn't go in Latin America, then I don't see the problem buying a Kiss model camera
Jan 6, 2014 10:12:22 #
Shutterbugsailer wrote:
If Chevrolet was able to sell the Nova which in Spanish means Doesn't go in Latin America, then I don't see the problem buying a Kiss model camera
It's doing very well in Japan. I guess the Japanese like kisses. That name seemed to work for Hershey.
Jan 7, 2014 02:06:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yeah. I prefer Rebel to Kiss, but I prefer omitting both. Like Nikon's Coolpix line, sometimes a catchy name degrades the camera's image. Just my opinion.
I really think that if Canon had stuck to model numbers instead of damming the entry level cameras with meaningless names (they probably didn't think or care about the meaning), they would have sold a lot more cameras!
Jan 7, 2014 02:40:15 #
Mogul wrote:
They did in some markets (at least in Britain and South Africa), and that is much more logical to me.I really think that if Canon had stuck to model numbers instead of damming the entry level cameras with meaningless names (they probably didn't think or care about the meaning), they would have sold a lot more cameras!
Jan 7, 2014 03:35:00 #
The Rebal was the first inexpensive DSLR. It's what put a DSLR in every household, and put Canon on the DSLR map. Canon did with the Rebel, what Nikon desperately needed.
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Jan 7, 2014 06:20:27 #
Well, the E on all my Olympus cameras stands for E-volt. Think electricity might be at the center of their cameras?
Jan 7, 2014 06:44:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yeah. I prefer Rebel to Kiss, but I prefer omitting both. Like Nikon's Coolpix line, sometimes a catchy name degrades the camera's image. Just my opinion.
I agree, i think they should just give them a number instead of a name. Jerry, i have to admit though, sometimes when i take a really good shot, I've been known to 'Kiss' my Rebel T3i.
Jan 7, 2014 08:33:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was surprised to see that Canon has a line of cameras called "Kiss, and they're selling very well." It's the top selling DSLR in Japan.
It's an acronym for "Keep it Simple Stupid". Must be easy to use.
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