First off, the average DSLR buyer is a first time buyer. That's why low-end DSLR's sell so damned well. Most people get one, a kit lens or two and leave it at that. The guy buying a second or third one is likely moving up in spec, to a bracket that sells distinctly less.
And what Bill said about the average SLR buyer still applies today. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Yeah back then but not now. And of course we were > NOY talking about "first time buyers only", we were > Talking about all SLR buyers. Of course the first time > Buyers are going to be younger than all slr buyers/users. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > William Robb > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 12:46 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: The JCO survey > > >> You cannot prove this and I cannot prove otherwise >> But I would bet the demographics of SLR users is >> Much older than P&S shooters because P&S has been >> Mainstream for the past 20 Years while SLRS faded >> Out at that time. > >>From my time in the business, I got a pretty good idea of the > demographics. > The SLR shooter is generally older than the P&S user, but it's more like > > a few years than a few decades. > Gender is the bigger demographic separator, it was quite rare to see a > female who regularly used an SLR, and generally they had a reason to use > > one, rather than an inclination, when they started with an SLR. >>From what I saw, the average first SLR buyer is a mid 20s male. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
