Maybe this observation from last weeks darkroom class may be helpfull. One of the young ladys,who takes nicely composed pictures,has a problem with over flash and other lighting details with her mf camera. She mentioned to the instructor that she felt if she bought a digital rebel or N70,put it on P mode, her results would improve dramatically.No mention of a film body in the story. It was not until the instructor had a long talk with her about cameras,light meters bracketing +- EV etc did she realize there was more to cameras than a lens and a battery.(nothing a general interst night class would not fix) I'm sure there are many more like this young lady out there that feel their photography will only improve with a digital rebel or N70(BTW i keep pluggin' Pentax but no ones a listnin')in P mode. Good for sales but not good for their confidence. imnsho
Dave > Perhaps they expect in two years from now to be in another price range > with a DSLR then $1350. > > > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 18:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I seem to recall reading a post recently that said that Pentax expects > its > > DSLRs to outsell its film SLRs in two years. > > > > Are Pentax's film camera sales that bad? I find it hard to believe tha> t > > a product that is currently selling for $1350 or thereabouts is going t> o > > outsell a product that is going for less than $350. Where are people > > going to come up with that spare $1000? > > > > The film N80 is likewise $1000 cheaper than the digital D100 that is > > based on it, and there are several Nikon models below that, in the $300> > > range. Perhaps people who are currently buying N70s for roughly $300 a> re > > not going to buy D70s for $1000 but will buy a $300 coolpix digital P&S> > > instead (that's cheaper than a lot of coolpixes...) > > If people were willing to spend $1000 for SLRs, why is there so much > > effort put into capturing the $250 and $300 segment of the market? > > I don't see everyone toting MZ-Ss, or even Nikon F100 or Canon EOS-3s > > (which can run rings around a D70 in almost every way). > > > > Last I looked, $300 didn't get you a very impressive digital P&S. > > The models that tempted me were more like $500, which could have gotten > > me a second LX in good shape instead. > > > > Pop photo's "report from Japan" suggested that most manufacturers expec> ted > > digital camera and film camera sales to stabilize. Digital SLRs are st> ill > > trickling down to the lower rungs of pros who have much stronger econom> ic > > and functional reasons to pay for them than most people, and this may > > account for the continued strong DSLR sales. > > > > DJE > > > > > -- > Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >