Dave's right on about this--and more specifically the textile arts and the
paper arts industry are really booming with women doing the most beautiful
work--really high end stuff--and a lot of this kind of craft and art results
in the combining of textile, paper, text, and photographic images for
scrapbooks, fabric books, hand-crafted bookmaking, hand-crafted pop-up
cards--you name it, it's being done--and it's all beautiful and hands-down
creative.
Moreover, Epson is well aware of the scrapbooking industry as they offer 12
x 12 inch paper, which is a standard scrapbooking size, and one can even
sign up for Epson's free newsletter targeted for scrapbookers.
Not all women wielding DSLRs want to be HCB or Capra, but they do want good
quality photographic images for the art that they do create.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Savage" <p...@arach.net.au>
To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:27 PM
Subject: RE: Changing focus area on K-7
Don't you believe it Bob.
I was chatting with the owner of my local camera store last year & he
commented that the demographic of DSLR sales (and pro shooters) was starting
to even up.
Also things like scrapbooking have got the ladies more interested in higher
IQ capabilities of DSLR.
DS
-----Original Message-----
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Bob Sullivan
Sent: Wednesday, 8 July 2009 11:17 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: Changing focus area on K-7
John,
It's been a while since I've conversed with Soccer Moms, but I think
you are way off track. Soccer Moms buy those little point-n-shoot
cameras that fit in their handbags. The 35mm SLR style digital camera
is more for Dads, a serious tool for a man to hunt with and capture
the moment. Something to take on vacation.
Still, most will never get beyond the P&S stage of use. They had best
buy a K-M. The K-7 is a big 'over-kill'. Some could do it, but only
the clueless. The variety of price points Pentax maintains lets them
choose a cheaper alternative, not the top of the line. In the end, I
don't see this feature change as being anything but minor for most
folks.
Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:43 PM, John Celio<n...@neovenator.com> wrote:
>> Ms. Soccermom-Smith would probably never change lenses, never take the
>> autofocus sensor selection off auto select which is the default option,
>> (you'd have to dive into the main menu to do that) never shoot off the
>> green setting, unless she changed to the preset modes, your reasoning
>> seems unlikely,
>
> No, you just supported it. The vast majority of camera users aren't
going
> to use advanced or custom features, just like Jane Soccermom-Smith, wife
of
> Doug "Officegrunt" Smith and mother of three precious, high-energy
little
> snowflakes. She doesn't have the time nor the interest to learn all
that
> techno mumbo-jumbo. She just wants a camera that takes nice pictures,
and
> she wanted the best camera she could afford.
>
> Work a week in camera retail and you'll meet a hundred people just like
her.
>
> Anyway, I was just saying that the "vast majority of camera users"
aren't
> going to be put off by the changes made to the buttons between the
> K20/200/2000 and K7, because the vast majority won't care.
>
> John
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