I think it is the computer factor. Digital is a lot more forgiving than
film. You can snap away to your hearts content and then do stuff on the
computer afterwards - everyone with a PC is wanting some form of
digital camera. And when you paid $1,000s for the computer hardware,
whats another grand on a 300D when you dont have to pay any money for
dev and printing (my dad prints his out at home on the inkjet).
Antonio
On 17 Jun 2004, at 00:05, Mark Dalal wrote:
From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
There were a surprisingly large number of people at the tourist traps
in
USA
with film SLRs instead of compacts. Seven or eight americans
apporached me
and told me about their plans to swap their film SLR for a digital
one.
All
of them talked about the nikon D70 and canon "Rebel D".
I had a similar experience. I fellow I had worked with bought an Optio
550
and really liked it. He hadn't been involved in photography beforehand
but
liked the little Pentax and talked about buying a D70. It seemed
totally out
of the blue. It's been my experience that a surprising number of
people are
talking about these D-SLRs. Ads on tv are pushing them. I've seen more
ads
for the the D70 and Rebel D than I've ever seen for Pentax and Nikon
SLRs.
The only film SLR ads I can recall are the EOS Rebel and maybe some
Minolta
gear ("only from the minds of minolta" - that still rings in my head).
Camera companies are doing mainstream advertising for $1000 cameras!
And
people (non-photographers) seem to be getting really interested!
Mark
