Igor PDML-StR wrote: >As for your and others being surprised about your students not hearing >about 4/3rds or mirrorless, I can offer one (out of multiple) possible >explanation. My good old friend whose daughter is roughly of the age of >your students wanted to buy a reasonable camera for his family trip, and >then for his daughter to take for her study-abroad program in China. >Not being involved much in photography since his student years, he >automatically thought about SLRs (obviously digital, as he's heard about >that). Because in his mind there were P&S's and [D]SLR's. I pointed out to >him some of the 4/3rds cameras, and he was surprised and happy, as those >offered him (and his daughter who was skeptical about DSL's weight) much >lighter photo bag, with the quality and amount of control more than >sufficient for his needs. > >I wouldn't be surprised if some of your student's decision for/information >about the camera could've been influenced in some similar way by their >parents.
This is pretty much what I surmised: Unless they have an (older) family member who's a photography enthusiast, mirrorless and 4/3 simply don't exist as far as college-age kids are concerned. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
