John, It's been a while since I've conversed with Soccer Moms, but I think you are way off track. Soccer Moms buy those little point-n-shoot cameras that fit in their handbags. The 35mm SLR style digital camera is more for Dads, a serious tool for a man to hunt with and capture the moment. Something to take on vacation. Still, most will never get beyond the P&S stage of use. They had best buy a K-M. The K-7 is a big 'over-kill'. Some could do it, but only the clueless. The variety of price points Pentax maintains lets them choose a cheaper alternative, not the top of the line. In the end, I don't see this feature change as being anything but minor for most folks. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:43 PM, John Celio<[email protected]> wrote: >> Ms. Soccermom-Smith would probably never change lenses, never take the >> autofocus sensor selection off auto select which is the default option, >> (you'd have to dive into the main menu to do that) never shoot off the >> green setting, unless she changed to the preset modes, your reasoning >> seems unlikely, > > No, you just supported it. The vast majority of camera users aren't going > to use advanced or custom features, just like Jane Soccermom-Smith, wife of > Doug "Officegrunt" Smith and mother of three precious, high-energy little > snowflakes. She doesn't have the time nor the interest to learn all that > techno mumbo-jumbo. She just wants a camera that takes nice pictures, and > she wanted the best camera she could afford. > > Work a week in camera retail and you'll meet a hundred people just like her. > > Anyway, I was just saying that the "vast majority of camera users" aren't > going to be put off by the changes made to the buttons between the > K20/200/2000 and K7, because the vast majority won't care. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/calemp > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > -- > 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.
