No, I implied they were using DSLR's more than the old fogeys, who are often still stuck on their SLR's (The latter includes me, I still shoot a lot of film on my 10 film SLRs)
-Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > No, he implied that the younger crowd was using > SLRS more than the old fogies. I did not and still > Do not agree. The younger crowd are more likely > To not even know what a SLR is let alone buy one > Compared to the veterans IMHO... > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:02 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > >> No way, I bet they are still a small fraction of total camera >> Sales. The mainstream is still very heavily digital p&s. > > Umm John, if you go back and read Adam's post, you will note he is > talking unit volumes of SLR sales, not % of SLR sales to P&S camera > sales. > The SLR has definitely taken a surge in popularity of late and it is > younger people who are pushing the numbers. > I invite you to read: > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071804infotrend_dcsales.asp > > Here is a small excerpt: > > > "One of the brightest spots for digital camera vendors has been the > Digital SLR. Canon's Digital Rebel and Nikon's D70 were two of the best > selling models of 2004, despite their higher average prices. Photo > hobbyists have been attracted to the powerful features of these cameras. > > InfoTrends/CAP Ventures expects the consumer DLSR market grow 81% in > 2005." > > The thread is about DSLRs, why are you introducing P&S cameras. > They are irrelevant. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
