I've mentioned that I teach basic photography classes at the local community college.
I've been teaching these classes for several years. In a class of a dozen people there will be eight to ten women in their late twenties to early fifties. Usually they are moms and the family historians. The remainder of the class will be a mix of men (usually accompanying their wives) or retired folks. The cameras are usually a broad mix of point and shoots representing all the price points. There are usually a couple of DSLRs, sometimes none. Keep in mind, these are low-cost, non-credit, basic classes for point and shooters that want to know a bit more about their cameras. Saturday's mix of students was about the same, except it was all young moms. All but two had DSLRs. Eight were Canon digital Rebels. One was a Canon S2. The final was a Sony point and shoot with an alphabet soup model number. As usual, none had ever taken a single shot with the camera mode set beyond Auto. To bring this around to Pentax... I'd estimate the ages of the women were from late twenties to early thirties. One woman was in her fifties. I'm guessing none of these students were concerned about compatibility of old glass when they bought their Rebels. For the most part they were looking for a "very good" camera at a reasonable price. They recognized the Canon name and the price of the Rebel was right. It was a fun class. This was a bright, motivated group that wanted to know how to get the best from their cameras. They asked good questions. Many will return to purchase accessories. An accessory flash will be on several of their Christmas lists. Many of them want a longer zoom range than that provided by the kit lens. This is the group of people that a camera maker needs as buyers today. I'm glad Pentax is providing old guys like me with great stuff. But we won't be around to use legacy glass forever. See you later, gs <http://georgesphotos.net> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
