{"id":1961,"date":"2007-08-24T12:09:07","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T12:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masterchong.com\/mig\/sony-poaches-nikon-executive-to-boost-dslr-business\/"},"modified":"2007-08-24T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T12:09:07","slug":"sony-poaches-nikon-executive-to-boost-dslr-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/sony-poaches-nikon-executive-to-boost-dslr-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony poaches Nikon executive to boost DSLR business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&ldquo;We have some significant launches in the category in the coming<br \/>\nmonths, and John&rsquo;s experience and expertise in this area will prove<br \/>\ninvaluable for how we bring these to market, communicate our strengths<br \/>\nand work with retailers to expand our customer base,&rdquo;&nbsp;said Sony<br \/>\nAustralia group manager for digital imaging, Yasunari Nishioka.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a challenging new area for Sony &ndash; a challenge we&rsquo;re embracing by<br \/>\ncombining our heritage in digital imaging and consumer electronics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his previous role at Nikon, Wallace was responsible for the<br \/>\ncompany&rsquo;s entire high-end and professional product range, developing<br \/>\npre- and after-sales relationships with key customers. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nch_client = \"masterchong\";\nch_width = 300;\nch_height = 250;\nch_non_contextual = 1;\nch_nosearch = 1 ;\nch_default_category = \"7185\";\nch_font_title = \"Tahoma\";\nch_font_text = \"Tahoma\";\nch_sid = \"dslr\";\nvar ch_queries = new Array( \"sony alpha\" );\nvar ch_selected=Math.floor((Math.random()*ch_queries.length));\nif ( ch_selected < ch_queries.length ) {\nch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected];\n}\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script  src=\"http:\/\/scripts.chitika.net\/eminimalls\/mm.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin: AdBrite --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n   var AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF';\n   var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000';\n   var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'F0F0F0';\n   var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'FFFFFF';\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/ads.adbrite.com\/mb\/text_group.php?sid=384681&#038;zs=3330305f323530\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div><a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adbrite.com\/mb\/commerce\/purchase_form.php?opid=384681&#038;afsid=1\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;\">Your Ad Here<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- End: AdBrite -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\nPrior to his time at Nikon, Wallace worked for Konica Minolta, whose<br \/>\ncamera business Sony recently purchased and used as the foundations for<br \/>\nthe Alpha range.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe that this is the perfect time for me to join Sony, and<br \/>\nsupport the company&rsquo;s quest to expand its DSLR business,&rdquo; said Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Working closely with our retail network and customers, I will be<br \/>\nfocused on demonstrating the extensive offering of Sony&rsquo;s DSLR systems<br \/>\n&ndash; including the substantial range of lenses and accessories. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is a significant opportunity for our DSLR solution to appeal to<br \/>\nenthusiast and professional photographers alike, using the strengths of<br \/>\nthe Sony brand and the Alpha technologies. Our consumers will be able<br \/>\nto grow with the Alpha system as their photographic skills develop.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Related Article:<\/b><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/masterchong.com\/v2\/home\/article\/lens-related\/sony-alpha-full-frame-lenses-300mm-f-4-and-600mm-f-4-or200mm-f-2.8-photo.html\">Sony\/Alpha Full Frame Lenses: 300mm f\/4 and 600mm f\/4 or200mm f\/2.8? (Photo)<\/a> <br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.current.com.au\/2007\/08\/24\/article\/NRWORVNESA.html\">Sony poaches Nikon executive to boost DSLR business<\/a> <br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/masterchong.com\/mig\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/sony_logo.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" style=\"float: right;\" hspace=\"6\" alt=\"Image\" title=\"Image\" border=\"0\" width=\"80\" height=\"60\" \/>SYDNEY: Sony Australia has appointed Nikon&rsquo;s former professional<br \/>\nphotography national business manager, John Wallace, to manage its<br \/>\nAlpha digital SLR camera product range in the newly created role of<br \/>\nbusiness development manager.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace joins Sony ahead of an imminent expansion of the Alpha digital<br \/>\nSLR camera range to three models, building on the original Alpha A100<br \/>\nfirst launched a year ago.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","tag-dslr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/sony_logo.jpg?fit=80%2C60&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.masterchong.com\/v4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}