That sorta hits the nail on the head! Walt
On 10/14/07, George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
