ashton kutcher, sells cameras. Ask anyone at the stores where these items are sold. It will amaze you. My non scientific poll confirmed the demand for all things ashton. the people i spoke with said folks walked in asking for the Ashton Kutcher camera. They did not care for nor want anything else.

Amazing isn't it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Marketing.

I love how Ashton "blocks" the Nikon pros... Lol -15 points. They really need to be more creative and not only try to appeal to 13 year old girls by using a popular actor.

I still like Olympus's way of advertising smart and cocky. Doesn't mean Nikon should follow but they need to change what they are doing...

monty11 said:
Thanks Pere for locating them on Youtube, when the news came out only one was uploaded and I didn't check again when I posted it here.

I however like the messages that the Olympus puts forward ... point-and-shoot: it's a crime ... how true :D

The Olympus message might be true, but it is also a bit arrogant, and not a way to sell your cameras to everyone, your add should want people to get a camera, preferable a Nikon and get out and take pictures and being you bought a Nikon the point-and-shoots are going to turn out great

Pete

"Hey you know, call me. Let's make beautiful pictures together."

That very pick-up line totally worked on my wife when I met her! :^)

Is it me or does Kevin Spacey look very sick in those commercials?

Thanks Pere for locating them on Youtube, when the news came out only one was uploaded and I didn't check again when I posted it here.

I however like the messages that the Olympus puts forward ... point-and-shoot: it's a crime ... how true :D

in the old D5000 video (not the ashton martin one), I liked the "so simple... all the pictures have been taken by children" motto.
the editing is pro work for sure but the shots have a candid feel that I find in my own children's shots.

"Don't be a tourist."

LOL!

still I prefer Nikon ads over the canon ones.

Like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua3dnCy7d-I

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADYtPvik46o

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1L8at-41Y

I am not sure this is what I like to see in Nikon advertisement, a bit to much of a smartass add if I should say. Nikon's adds have to touch people, make them want to take pictures, fill up their harddrives with great images

Pete

Have a look at Olympus' new campaign with Kevin Spacey ... a totally different caliber: http://www.olympus.co.uk/consumer/22521.htm

Here's a Canon ad for comparison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BQfCoqbubE

optimaforever said:
gosh! that was a long clip!
well done but the music is too annoying and repetitive (I guess it was looped).

Yes long, but shows that Nikon can make quality advertisement, this kind of thing with better sound and shorter length

What Nikon needs is a certain advertisement style that build brand recognition, you see any add and you just know it is from Nikon. Canon has a bit of that, but sadly Nikon has add that portrays idiots playing with camera gear

Pete

I can't wait to see what Nikon makes for their 100th anniversary in 2017! :^D

gosh! that was a long clip!
well done but the music is too annoying and repetitive (I guess it was looped).

WOW

One more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYUZ3YkL-Pg

Pete

Anyway this has been posted before, but this is what Nikon adds should look like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG_Z6-u81PY

Pete

Well I just saw the vids but I think this Ashton guy is "handsome enough" to allow himself to play the fool in public.
Ok some cuts are maybe a bit too much (the roll on the catwalk, the oops glassbreaker, the tonguy, etc.) but globally the clips leave a fresh and young impression after a first watching (now if you see those clips several times a day, it can be boring... I guess).
In Japan Nikon uses Kimura Takuya aka Kimtaku, also a very successful "talent" (which in Japan means the guy is an actor, a singer, a comedian, a guest often invited for tvshows, plays in many commercial ads, etc.) but he's always "too cool", very serious with a glimpse of George Clooney or Harrison Ford's sexiness, and therefore gives a "too mature" feel to the ads. Ashton is very Jim Carrey-esque but without the comical feeling... yet his clips smell the old "hollywood chewing gum" freshness, dunno why...?

NikoDoby said:
That wedding commercial for the D5000 is just a re edit of the same commercial for the D60. Notice in some shots the D badge is conveniently covered by a hand.

LOL, Niko's right!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZGJzcORPIU

That wedding commercial for the D5000 is just a re edit of the same commercial for the D60. Notice in some shots the D badge is conveniently covered by a hand.

I think we all know I don't agree with Ashton as a spokesdork for Nikon (I voted for Sam Worthington) but these two cameras (D3000, D5000) are selling very well for Nikon. So how much of that is due to these stupid commercials? I guess we can't say they've hurt sales :^(

On a side note my condolences to Brittney Murphy's family. She was Ashton's ex before Demi.

Gentoo said:
Good point and perhaps you're right but HE is distracting.

I agree, I really don't like him and wish they would go about it different. But they did have an idea and I think it came off right to most people.

Niz said:
I don't think they are good commercials, but they are trying to put in a point and that is this camera can take good photos that the pros can too. Thats why he was at the runway shooting the models. It shows him and then the other photographers with bigger cameras and flashes and more. It shows that the D5000 can take pro quality photos.

Good point and perhaps you're right but HE is distracting.

I don't think they are good commercials, but they are trying to put in a point and that is this camera can take good photos that the pros can too. Thats why he was at the runway shooting the models. It shows him and then the other photographers with bigger cameras and flashes and more. It shows that the D5000 can take pro quality photos.

adamz said:
maybe there's something wrong with me, but I like both of this commercials

Really? I didn't look at the D5000 ad, I have a feeling that "I don't need to see it". And in the D3000 ad he just seems plain silly. Like the stupid face he makes, and then him breaking all the cups. I would have better enjoyed watching him drop his D3000 so Nikon can prove its "durability"—now that would be awesome! :^D

Actually I like a few "snippets" of some of his ads. Like I like the "Click Click Click Click 'Fully Operational'" part of his D90 ad. But he's still a dork :^P

maybe there's something wrong with me, but I like both of this commercials