Don't you believe it Bob. I was chatting with the owner of my local camera store last year & he commented that the demographic of DSLR sales (and pro shooters) was starting to even up.
Also things like scrapbooking have got the ladies more interested in higher IQ capabilities of DSLR. DS > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bob Sullivan > Sent: Wednesday, 8 July 2009 11:17 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Changing focus area on K-7 > > 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. -- 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.
