I won't say I haven't tried...
Bob Sullivan wrote:
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
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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
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