On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> It's always been a question mark to me ... Why does a camera costing >> $1500+ need a "green mode"? Does Pentax (or anyone else) really expect >> newbies to spend $1500 for a camera body? > > I'm willing to bet that people like that even buy Leicas. Level of experience > or knowledge has nothing to do with how much someone spends on something. ...
Rich people buy Leicas, Nikons, lots of stuff for their presumed status symbol qualities. Sorry, but a Pentax K5 has no cred as a status symbol. The biggest status acknowledgement that a Pentax camera ever got me was, "Hey, I like Pentax. Had one when I was in high school. Great cheap camera! Then I got my Nikon ... cost me a bundle but man! is it nice!" This from a gentleman who had difficulty noticing that his lens cap was still fitted ... on an SLR. Real photographers buy Leicas to shoot after living on a diet of salad, ramen noodles and peanut butter for a year or three. They don't waste a penny on green modes. Whether they take pictures of any particular merit better than the previously mentioned fellow is, of course, a question mark. ];-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
