I told them "it tells me what my camera settings are"'... Response: "Oh".
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:59 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope yout told them "Text Only" > > On 1/12/2010 7:44 PM, Tom C wrote: >> >> (crap keyboard) - photography. It's not FF, but then they don't even >> know enough to understand the difference. The other day they asked me >> what the LCD panel on the top of my *ist D was for. :-) >> >> Tom >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Tom C<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I don't know I... I think a lot of 1st time DSLR buyers are wowed by >>> the size& weight. It looks like a pro camera so now I "feel like a >>> pro". I know someone with some Nikon model that doesn't know the >>> first thing about >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:28 PM, John Francis<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 05:41:12PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Your source is either kidding you or himself: In a year *someone* (my >>>>> money's on Sony) will have a FF camera for around $1600. The $1500 >>>>> price point won't be far behind. (That's what the ist-D sold for when >>>>> it was first released.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not quite - the release price was $1695, which is what I paid for mine >>>> from one of the big mail-order houses (B&H, Adorama, and the like). >>>> >>>> But, in any case, I don't see the threat to the APS-C cameras coming >>>> from the upper end - quite the contrary. There are already several >>>> very capable 4/3 and Micro-4/3 cameras on the market. It's hard to >>>> convince a first-time buyer that the extra size and weight of the >>>> DSLRs is worthwhile (although the entry-level DSLRs do still have >>>> a bit of a price advantage). >>>> >>>> I see the advanced amateur consumer market moving to the smaller, >>>> lighter format, while the APS-C cameras will remain at the low end >>>> of the prosumer market. "FF" won't replace APS-C; they each have >>>> their own niche to fill, and each performs its own job better. But >>>> if the market segment isn't large enough to support more than one >>>> competing format I suspect the eventual survivor will be APS-C. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > 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.
