Interesting to note that the new G1 from Panasonic that Godfrey has been having such a good time using, comes in color - Red and Blue and I think Black.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, January 9, 2009, 9:42:08 AM, you wrote: ft> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Bruce Dayton ft> <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. ft> Well, I tend to agree with you - all except for the colour. I like my ft> cameras black. But I'm sure there are many - especially those who ft> would not normally buy DSLRs who'd love one in white, blue, green, ft> whatever colour. ft> Certainly it's targeted to the P&S crowd who might be dissatisfied ft> with the quality of their images but don't want a "complicated" or ft> intimidating DSLR. Quite honestly, it's probably a dead-end in so far ft> as most of the purchasers will buy it with the kit 18-55 and never ft> take that off the camera. It really isn't an "entry-level" camera ft> that will lead a serious hobbyist to invest in a Pentax "system"; at ft> best if they like it they may buy a Pentax next time they're looking ft> for a new camera. ft> I doubt that many who buy this will ever buy more lenses or upgrade ft> any time soon until another compelling new technology comes around - ft> whatever the next equivalent to anti-shake might be. Until then ft> they'll be more than happy with their KM in hot pink. ft> ;-) ft> That being said, is anyone else coming out with something like this? ft> Maybe Pentax has actually stumbled on an untapped niche and could sell ft> a boatload of these until everyone else comes up with their versions. ft> This would actually be the perfect camera for my girlfriend Judy. As ft> I said in a post on another thread, she takes a *istD, sets everything ft> to "green", points and shoots and loves it! ft> I think this will sell very well for Pentax. ft> cheers, ft> frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
