On 9 February 2012 02:07, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Still, we only have to remember the reaction to the K-01 to understand >> why they do it. Making the K=01 look like a smaller version of a >> Spotmatic would have been a much better design choice form a sales POV >> than the what they did. > > I think that depends on how many potential buyers are Middle-Aged Men > Who Used To Shoot Chrome and Leather Cameras. > > Certainly, MAMWUTSC&LC are well-represented in the current population > of photographers, not to mention mailing lists and forums on the > Internet. But they are not the only market that one should try to sell > to. I like the look of the OM-D; even though I'm not quite a > MAMWUTSC&LC, my first serious camera was my dad's, and he is. But I > think there's room in the marketplace for a variety of looks, and the > younger-than-MAMWUTSC&LC demographic has a long future in the > marketplace.
I know quite a few people under the age of 30 who own & still use OM series cameras. They'd all love the retro styling of this beast. Bloody hippsters. DS -- 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.
