NCIS switch from nikon to Canon 7D

I was watching an episode of NCIS tonight and noticed the yellow nikon strap was no more... then i saw a canon logo and on a rear shot the buttons were on the left hand side. Anyone else pick that up?

Has canon outbid nikon to push it's new baby the 7D?

I have one and love it... just need to learn how to use it now lol.

lol, i never noticed that ..hahaha..

I love my 7D ..

Maybe they're actually using the 7D to film parts of their episodes. kekeke.

TCShadow wrote in post #10312711
I was watching an episode of NCIS tonight and noticed the yellow nikon strap was no more... then i saw a canon logo and on a rear shot the buttons were on the left hand side. Anyone else pick that up?

Has canon outbid nikon to push it's new baby the 7D?

I have one and love it... just need to learn how to use it now lol.

See....who says Canon has bad ISO performance and low light focus issues...if NCIS can use it in complete darkness it must be good....!

TCShadow wrote in post #10312711
I have one and love it... just need to learn how to use it now lol.

I've heard other people say this and I do not understand this statement at all.

It's not rocket surgery, all you gotta do is point the dang thing in the general direction of something and press a button . . .

AZAlphaDog wrote in post #10423419
It's not rocket surgery, all you gotta do is point the dang thing in the general direction of something and press a button . . .

I agree, but some people are absolutely clueless about camera settings... They don't know how to set any setting other than the greep box and maybe P. Then of course you have the category of people who blame the camera for everything they do wrong "This camera makes blurry pictures at f/4, ISO 200, 1/3 sec!". Of the already legendary topic where someone was ranting, kicking and screaming about how terrible his 7D was because it couldn't do ISO 100 (obviously highlight tone priority on) and because his version of photoshop didn't support it yet (bad, BAD Canon for that!).

Props to people realizing they might not know the camera cover to cover yet, and are prepared to invest the time. I did with my 40D and now it saves me so much time to be able to shoot it with optimal settings and controls (like using the custom functions properly, and not wasting time when doing adjustments on the settings).

Funny how this thread has de-evolved from "product placement" which is just an extension of a companies marketing plan to other things that have nothing to do with "Photography Industry News."

I would guess there would be some sort of press release about this somewhere on a production company's web site somewhere, or maybe for those scenes the prop person couldn't find any Nikon stuff because it all got stuck at the border going into Canada so an assistant went to Best Buy and purchased several of the cheapest dSLRs on the shelf.

Again, this is not "Industry News" just fanboy gossip.

Interesting. I haven't been watching the latest episodes, but I'll have to keep my eyes open for that.
Product placement in shows tend to lead the new enthusiasts towards those brands and it's a "feather in the cap" when it's one of the more popular shows like CSI or NCIS.

Hmmm not rocket surgery ya say?
Now that's either a mangled metaphor or a very dangerous hobby.
"all you gotta do is point the dang thing in the general direction of something and press a button . . ."
Ahhhhh yes.....
but those only apply if you trust luck & the saving glory of greenbox/auto modes.

The thread has been derailed yes, but have a look....
which comment started that trend?

No, this is not directly relevant as Industry News,
but a product switch in a popular show like that can have an interesting impact in sales figures....
Tenuous though the connection may be, it could be classed as News.
But that's just MHO.

Did you notice that in that one TV show or movie they used Apple laptop computers . . .

and then there was this show on the other night where for some odd reason everyone was driving Toyota cars and SUVs' ? seems strange, and when it was time for the commercials there were some shampoo commercials and a whole bunch O' Toyota commercials . . .

And this one show had these dudes in it that only drank this one kind of soda, man those dudes were cool! Boy I sure wish I was like one of those dudes, they got all the chicks and looked like they were having so much fun . . .

I bet if I drank that kind of soda those dudes were drinking I would be cool too, and get chicks and stuff . . .

Just a few keywords for you:

Product Placement
Branding
Image Advertising

Just so you know, it has a lot less to do with the usability, or saleability of a product and a lot more to do with the fact that large sums of money changed hands to make it happen.

Thanks for expanding on my point of how product placement works....
and showing that this thread does indeed reflect on the ever shifting trends in the photo business world.
Yep a little label strategically placed in camera view might not seem like much, but it's worth BIG $$ in the advertizing world.

Actually, I've heard that they are currently working on software that can allow people to pause the show and order the products they see in it. Product placement will be even more important.

wem wrote in post #10438833
Actually, I've heard that they are currently working on software that can allow people to pause the show and order the products they see in it. Product placement will be even more important.

With more and more people using DVR to watch TV and fast forwarding through the commercials, product placement within the show is becoming more and more important to the advertisers. If only half as many people are watching the commercials, why buy the ad space when you could place your product within the show that you know people will be watching?

WRT NCIS, I'm anticipating the replacement of Abby's "Caf Pow" with something from 7-11, or some enterprising soul creating a Caf Pow brand.

Always remember, the people producing/writing/desi​gning TV shows and even moreso movies do all that they do to influence you to feel and react a certain way. Everything (or nearly everything) that you see is there for a purpose. Did Clint Eastwood fall down at the end of "Gran Torino" with his arms spread wide and feet together by accident? (Trying to avoid spoilers) Best Buy sells plain black camera straps, but Nikon (and now Canon I suppose) paid the producers of NCIS to use gear showing their product names.

I remember watching a series called Las Vegas, where all the actress mentioned that they where using Jeans from 7 man earth (or something like that) and they where giving away the new GM truck, and all where driving GM cars, and the newer artist was "performing" at the hotel making guest appearances .
Product positioning is very old

AZAlphaDog wrote in post #10423419
I've heard other people say this and I do not understand this statement at all.

It's not rocket surgery, all you gotta do is point the dang thing in the general direction of something and press a button . . .

It's like when your friend want you help take photo of him with his Nikon camera.
Even you have years of experience in Canon DSLR, you still would freeze.

you dont even know where to adjust shutter speed.

It's not rocket surgery, but you still need a few days to know all the function.

Gotta love product placement, at least NCIS isn't as over the top as some i've seen (Transformers 1 and the new Camaro is on my top ten in your face product placements with the sudden music popping, perfect angle parking job, high priced lighting and oogling by the actor and sidekick)

+1 on akipics. been there and the other party didn't quite understand why I didn't know how to run his camera for him.