On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM, <eactiv...@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 12/17/2008 11:58:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > bkday...@daytonphoto.com writes: > I have the same feelings. When all else is equal or seemingly > so...consumers will look for way to differentiate. Somehow, I think > that many 'soccer mom' types would find this attractive and would > consider it when they might otherwise pass by the Pentax. These > would be the same ones buying the Nikon D40 or one of the myriad of > Canon Rebels (I can't keep up with all the sub models). Both of > those would more likely be chosen for various reasons, but color > isn't one of them. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > ========== > Cough, women aren't quite that stupid. So basically this is a stupid move on > Pentax's part. > > (They could have spend the marketing money on something else. I'll be really > surprised if it alone garners them any new sales.) > > Marnie aka Doe :-)
Sales numbers of multi-coloured P&S's would disagree with you Marnie. Ditto the unusual level of interest in the various coloured versions of the Panasonic G1, the first large-sensor Digital camera to be available in colours other than Silver and Black. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
