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 W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
