1/2/02 7:59:20 PM, Gregg Iverson <golftooter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>One time when I was between jobs I sold vacuum cleaners. I was told to
>forget selling features to the women and show them their dirt. Show the
>features to the men. I think camera buyers fall into two disproportional
>groups. The largest want something simple to use. The second want the
>latest gadget. Somewere the concept of quality has fallen by the wayside.
>
>Gregg
>
>>It is simple - 20 years ago cameras were compared based on quality. Now they
>>are compared (mostly) by price. Joe Consumer doesn't say "Hum which camera
>>will give me the best image" he says "I'll buy the cheapest one."
>>
>>More then once I've been in a Ritz or Wolf or Dury and heard the sales man
>>move the customer to a cheapo zoom. "This zoom is the same as that but it
>>is 1/2 the price and goes from 28 to 90 intead of 35 to 70...." or "buy
>>...."
>>
>>Joe Blow seems clueless with regards to image quality vs lens...
it's rather funny when my "cheap" zuiko 1.8 50 prime (all brassed but clean
glass) completely and utterly
BLOWS away their consumer 28-80 3.5-5.6 zoom out of the water. I mean on a 1hr
4*6 print from cheapie
film, not pro enlargements.
/A/S
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