Two thoughts.
Some of the masses might like that the lenses look like Canon's pro
stuff that they see at all sports events.
The G1 comes in colors. I recently saw a photo of a deep red one
somewhere. Photokina report?
On Jan 9, 2009, at 09:42 , frank theriault wrote:
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bruce Dayton <bkday...@daytonphoto.com
> wrote:
I tend to agree with John. This is not targeted at a 'Pro'
photographer who is supposed to look like a 'Pro' - it is for the
masses and black is rather boring, as is silver - the two colors
we've had forever. If it were available at a reasonable price, I
might want one, purely for the color.
Well, I tend to agree with you - all except for the colour. I like my
cameras black. But I'm sure there are many - especially those who
would not normally buy DSLRs who'd love one in white, blue, green,
whatever colour.
Certainly it's targeted to the P&S crowd who might be dissatisfied
with the quality of their images but don't want a "complicated" or
intimidating DSLR. Quite honestly, it's probably a dead-end in so far
as most of the purchasers will buy it with the kit 18-55 and never
take that off the camera. It really isn't an "entry-level" camera
that will lead a serious hobbyist to invest in a Pentax "system"; at
best if they like it they may buy a Pentax next time they're looking
for a new camera.
I doubt that many who buy this will ever buy more lenses or upgrade
any time soon until another compelling new technology comes around -
whatever the next equivalent to anti-shake might be. Until then
they'll be more than happy with their KM in hot pink.
;-)
That being said, is anyone else coming out with something like this?
Maybe Pentax has actually stumbled on an untapped niche and could sell
a boatload of these until everyone else comes up with their versions.
This would actually be the perfect camera for my girlfriend Judy. As
I said in a post on another thread, she takes a *istD, sets everything
to "green", points and shoots and loves it!
I think this will sell very well for Pentax.
cheers,
frank
Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com
http://gallery.me.com/jomac
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