On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >>> This is a camera designed for people who are used to taking photos with >>> cell phones. >> >>That statement says more about your bias, Larry, than it does about >>the camera or its intended audience. > > I don't understand that statement, Godfrey. I think Larry's exactly > right and I think it's a smart move for Pentax (and Nikon, Sony, et al > who are going for the exact same demographic). These people are the > biggest market for a camera like the K-01. (Which is bigger, the > number of people who own Pentax DSLRs or the number of people who own > iPhones?) They're the students I see every day in the classrooms in > college. > > Old fogies like me and you and Larry are a secondary or tertiary > market for this camera. The cell phone shooters are the future and > Pentax is quite right to be pursuing them.
As an older fogy than either of you, it appeals to me a lot because it reminds me so much of how I used to work with a Hasselblad or Rolleiflex with waist level ground glass finder. I have never owned a cell phone camera (although I'll buy an iPhone 4S sometime later this year, because it has a good camera and that nice, big, sharp LCD to focus and frame with...). -- 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.
