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Roberts More Stock Initiative: Week 1

From the diary of a Roberts internet stock staff employee:

Seven days now in the fray. Stumble in, pour coffee. Shuffle days papers. 100 more new items to go on website. Lastolite, today. Photo studio equipment. Reflect on the casualties of the week: Westcott, Elinchrom. Photo lighting equipment: softboxes, flash tubes, bounce reflectors, Spiderlites. And Kata, those most crucial of all digital camera accessories: bags. The smell of high dernier nylon hangs heavy in the air.

In the other unit my comrade reports they’re facing down that mighty flash maker, Metz. Nikon flashes, Canon flashes, Olympus flashes, they keep throwing them all into the fray.

I fear that casualties in this war will be high, but we’re told that in the end Roberts won’t just reign over online camera sales, but in fact over online photography sales.

I have to go now, the battle awaits anew.



Buy Something Cool, Get Something Useful

Christmas shopping is down to the final week, and I just remembered that we have a special coming to a close at the end of this month. No no, this is good, listen:

You buy one of a selection of Kata’s DR-465 Rucksack (available in several colors, including the one pictured here)

Kata Digital Rucksack

We’ll include this free Manfrotto monopod (yup, Manfrotto, maker of fine camera tripods).

Manfrotto Monopod

There you go. I just made everything easy. Buy the bag for yourself, give the monopod to someone you love (if that happens to also be yourself, don’t worry, we won’t tell.) Is the monopod as good as a Trekpod? Well, not entirely, but heck, it’s free, and free is the best price.



They Run in the Rain

As a general rule, electronic devices do not like moisture. This weekend in Indianapolis (and Speedway) Indiana there is going to be a plethora of electronic devices; mini DV camcorders, high definition camcorders, Nikon Coolpix cameras, Canon Powershot cameras, Sony Cybershot’s, Panasonic Lumix’s as well as Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus and Pentax digital  SLR’s from every corner of the planet, and with only a few exceptions (see Derek’s recent blog, spill) those devices are not going to be very happy getting wet.

Jeff Goshert AquaTech GeekYesterday I sold at least 5 different AquaTech raincover configutrations from the SS-200 all the way up to the SS-600 for the giant lenses that will be panning and riding on Gitzo, Bogen and Trekpod tripod and monopod supports in the damp and wet as well as a Kata rain cover for Sony HRV-V1U HD video camera. Today we expect to sell a few more rain resisting or shielding devices too.

Tomorrow, Sunday in Speedway, at the world famous Indnianapolis Motor Speedway; there will be noise, speed, excitement, and fans from across the globe; and there will be rain. The forecasts are not friendly.  If you have never seen a motorcycle race in the rain it is an amazing spectle, the flashy colors of the bikes and the rooster-tails off the wheels. The good news is this the racers in the MotoGP run in all but the very worst weather conditions. Like a flashy spectral watercolor painting they do run in the rain!

P.S. For the low tech crowd we sale umbrellas and disposable film cameras too.




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