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Canon 400D Anonymous
Hey /p/

What's with the Canon 400D/Kiss X/Digital Rebel Xti?

Why not just give it a single name?

Is it because americans get's confused with numbers?

Just wondering!
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>> Anonymous
>Is it because americans get's confused with numbers?

Yes, have you seen our movie numbering system? We can only keep it up for about 2 movies, then we give the third a stupid name.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
you see, white people, they talk like this. but, black people, you know, they talk like THIS.
>> Anonymous
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>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>150331
The Madness of King George the 4th <- UK
The Madness of King George <- USA

WHERE ARE FILMS 1-3?! <- stupid americans if given UK name.

Naming things differently in different markets is quite common however.
>> Anonymous
EOS 400D: Europeans probably have less tolerance for marketing bullshit. Also, a name tuned the cultural differences of all the countries served by the Canon Europe office would be hard.

Rebel: Caters to the American myth of everyone here being so individualisitc. Also, rebellion is "cool" for us. For Europeans, who have actually seen real prolonged social unrest in the past century, it's a serious matter, whether postive or negative. And Japan is biased against rebellions.

Kiss: Kawaii, I guess.
>> Anonymous
>>150338
You're forgetting Rocky. We had such a nice long streak of numbers going, then BAM. They fuck it up.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>Why not just give it a single name?
Because you touch yourself at night.
>> Anonymous
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I live in teh USA.

Is it possible to order one of these with the 400D logo instead of the homoerotic "REBEL XTI!!!1" logo? I really like this camera but I'm OCD about fugly shit on something expensive I might buy.
>> Anonymous
wow, you're all fucking wrong

it's from the automobile industry

euros prefer numbers and generic letters, bmw series 3-5-7, audi a4-6-8 and so on

americans prefer real names, taurus, continental, cavalier

japs prefer funky shit, civic, accord, camry

the more you knew
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>> lurker !rK4K86e49M
The Kiss shit seems really fucking stupid. Kiss? What the fuck? Fuck I hate japan
>> Anonymous
>>150419
Wait a minute.....isn't that english uniforms?
>> Anonymous
I think theyre being bombed right there. Again.
>> Anonymous
>>150388
Black paint or electrician's tape. Fixed.

>>150407
This is bullshit.

How is "cavalier" a "real name" but "civic" is "funky shit?"
>> Anonymous
>>150479

they've done research and this is how they name cars

google it idiot

and use fucking common sense

escort, mustang, navigator, explorer, tundra, REAL WORDS that are in the dictionary

camry, sentra, altima, corolla, tercel, MADE UP words

minus some exceptions from recent times when american companies use fake words and japs use real words
>> Anonymous
>>150505

co·rol·la (k-rl, -rl)
n.
The petals of a flower considered as a group or unit and usually of a color other than green; the inner whorl of the perianth.

Looks like that's the only one with a meaning
>> Anonymous
>>150505
Still Accord and Civic are real words and pretty far from 'funky' whatever that means in this context.
>> Anonymous
>>150505
Oh, yeah, the Japanese marketers think "We're Japs. We give our cars funky shit for names."
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>150419
Yeah those are britfags, no one else would use the SA-80 even given the choice.
>> Anonymous
that's like a couple exceptions

euro = serious = numbers and letters

american = normal = words

jap = crazy ass shit = no need to explain

just a quick google

"Among the ones that made us smile are the Daihatsu Motor Naked; Honda Life Dunk and That's; Isuzu GIGA 20 Light Dump and Mysterious Utility; Mazda Motor Bongo; Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear and Pistachio; Nissan Fairlady Z and Prairie Joy; Rickman Space Ranger; Rinspeed X-Dream; Suzuki Cappucino; Toyota Motor Deliboy and Toyopet; Volkswagen Thing and Volugrafo Bimbo. We think it's a shame that the Honda Life Dunk doesn't sell over here. Its goofy yet inspiring name would probably attract a fair number of buyers."
>> Anonymous
>>150515

prove me wrong, really

fact is, japan really is on the edge for a lot of things
>> Anonymous
>>150518
>euro = serious
>jap = crazy ass shit

>american = normal

Mild xenophobia. You've got to love it.

>>150519
Well, no shit. They've got an entirely different cultural history than Western countries. They were an entirely different civilization, they had different symbols, before the Meiji period where they started importing and syncretizing Western influences. And they're still very differnet. Of course they're going to seem a little off to Western ears.

But "Kiss" is in no way less real or whatever than the "Rebel." "Honda Rebel." Works. "Ford Kiss." Works.
>> Anonymous
>>150527Mild xenophobia. You've got to love it.

hmm, no just fucking generalization

german engineering, cold, fast, hard, efficient, numbers and letters represent that

american is relaxed, easy going, casual, words represent that

japan is almost always leading the way, it's the future, something funny, wild

>>150527But "Kiss" is in no way less real or whatever than the "Rebel." "Honda Rebel." Works. "Ford Kiss." Works.

stop trying to argue, the fact is Canon has the Kiss for Japan, 400D for euro/world, Rebel for NA

i'm explaining why that is
>> Anonymous
>>150527But "Kiss" is in no way less real or whatever than the "Rebel." "Honda Rebel." Works. "Ford Kiss." Works.

uh, depends on what market they're aimed at. Ford Kiss in Japan works, Honda Rebel in US works.

really, no one would buy a Ford Kiss in America, it's quite possibly the gayest name a car would have and you know how homophobic US can be

Honda Rebel would be idiotic in Japan, Rebel just screams cowboy
>> Anonymous
>>150528
It's marketing, but not for the reasons you're saying. Otherwise it wouldn't be the Toyota Tercel in the United States.

And there's a difference between generalizing and treating countries like a set of personality traits with as predictable I-O circuits as a computer.
>> Anonymous
It was done because Americans are stupid.

Same as when they had to change the names of movies and books in the past.
>> Anonymous
>>150533It's marketing, but not for the reasons you're saying.

please explain why then

>>150533Otherwise it wouldn't be the Toyota Tercel in the United States.

uh, yeah

except they mostly have different names back home in japan

they're using weird words derived from real ones, integra, altima, maxima for the states