In article <33C235B3.3C2@kih.net>, lefarmer@kih.net says...

>What makes Nikon so special? A slick advertising ploy several years ago.
>
>Nikon sent many of the top photographers in the country a camera and a
>set of lenses...free. Then these photographers started using them and
>writing articles, mentioning the Nikon. and from that is where the Nikon
>name grew.

Hmmm, I missed that one, darn...! ;-0
But, guess what Canon has been doing for many years,
and very successfully, BTW...;-)
Methinks you are trying to call the kettle black, when it is
actually the pot that is...;-)
(I think Nikon has been much less imaginative in marketing than
Canon has been in the last several years....)
Hope This Helps
(David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether)