I'm not sure about this. When i was young, there weren't that many folks shooting period because film and processing cost money. Now with cell phones and the internet there are an enormous number of images being taken. I'll bet there are at least as many, and I think more, young folks taking photography seriously, but they get lost in the facebook noise. Of course, the whole lomography thing really confuses what we think of as serious photography.
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 2:36 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the young people I know are *NOT* doing "serious" shooting. The few > who are, are using DSLRs or video. > > But most people who buy cameras are not "photographers". That seems > particularly true of young people today. They don't care about the image > itself, only that it's a picture of them having fun with their friends. > > > From: "P. J. Alling" > >> Most of the "young people", I know doing serious shooting are using B&W >> film in vintage SLRs. >> >> On 9/22/2011 1:10 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>> From: Tom C >>>> >>>> It doesn't validate it to me. I'm not sure what camera companies are >>>> thinking, but it seems to be along the lines of 'hey, there's some >>>> sucker out there that will buy anything if we make it and market it >>>> right'. It's almost like they're deliberately attempting to insult the >>>> consumers intelligence. Maybe image quality (IQ) = intelligence >>>> quotient (IQ). >>> >>> Their target market is young people. We're not. >>> > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
