I think your giving the bulk of the current market too much credit. Dave
On 12/16/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You claimed 90% originally, not "closer to > 90% than 10%". I dont think its anywhere > near 90%, I bet the first thing many people > do is get rid of the kit lens or buy another > that will do what the kit wont because the > kit lenses are limited capability and buying > SLR/DSLRS is about capabilities. I have > a pet peeve about when people always claim > "somebody else" or "90% of the people" > does this or that, when they don't. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Cory Papenfuss > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:56 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D > > > > Do you really think that 90% of DSLR buyers > > will never buy another lens? That's crazy! > > One of the main reasons for using SLRS/DSLRS > > is to be able to change lenses as needed. > > In fact the digital point and shoots are now > > getting so good, some going to bigger sensors, > > that it wouldnt make sense to even go with a > > DSLR for those 90% people... > > jco > > > Yes. I think that a large fraction of people who buy DSLRs > never > buy another lens. I pulled the percentage out of the air, but I'll bet > it's closer to 90% than it is to 10%. Remember... many people buy a > DSLR > because they've been told it's the best they can buy. They happily put > it > on "Smiley" mode and point-n-shoot. Just because it doesn't make sense > doesn't mean people don't do it. > > -Cory -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
