John and Dave, Well, I stand corrected. I'll have to spend more time looking at who has what cameras. I'm a bit befuddled as my sister the art teacher and crafter gave up the DS and went back to her Sony P&S. And my daughter the quilter traded the Pentax P&S for a Canon P&S. Dave, does this mean you can hang around camera stores and pick up girls? Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:27 PM, David Savage<[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
