The kiddie (college) market is Digital P&S because they Grew up on P&S. It's the old fogies who shoot SLR because only they even know a SLR is in the First place. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 5:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The JCO survey Mark Roberts wrote: > William Robb wrote: > >>Where is the economic advantage to them to put a feature on a camera of >>little benefit to a very small % of the user base? >>One user being willing to buy a feature doesn't make a very rational >>argument for inclding something, does it? >>There is a much larger % of users who wouldn't use it, don't want to > > pay > >>for it, and may look elsewhere for a camera (read different brand) > > > And in fact these are the people who represent the most desirable > demographic for Pentax: The college-age crowd just getting into > photography - who may become life-long Pentax users if that's the > system they can be persuaded to buy into today. Despite the elitism we > older, more experienced photographers feel, we aren't a very profitable > long-term investment to pursue. With the greatest respect 8-) that's cobblers. Middle-aged and older people are where the money is at. No kids (if they've got any sense....), house paid for, at the peak of their earning potential. They are the ones with money to throw at expensive hobbies and pastimes. > > The people who Pentax most needs to attract weren't even *born* in 1982 > when the "A" series lenses were introduced! (Isn't that a scary thought > for a lot of us!) > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
