Bob, in the horse game its the other way around. The ladies have the dslr's.:-) But, they have them set up, for the most part, as auto cameras, like some one else mentioned. I get people coming up to me quite often, now that they know me, and ask me why theri jump shots are blurry, missed the jump etc. I then ask, what shutter speed and aprture are you using, what iso are you set at, etc. I don;'t know, they say, i set it for auto.
Thats for Canon and Nikon shooters. I have yet to see other than me, a Pentax camera at a horse show, so i would think a good majority of Pentax cameras are sold to people who know the brand and have some slr knowledge. I would get frustrated quikly with this AF shift think Bill has talked about. I know with my Nikons, af shift has been on the 4 way controller for years, but i can lock the controller with a quick lever shift and till use the controller to roll around menus and photos on screen. Dave On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Bob Sullivan<[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
