This is why I drink Starbucks coffee...
Larry :)
Jan Steinman wrote:
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>
> It is not in my interest to make price the highest priority in computing.
> ("See this picture? It was made with the cheapest equipment available!"
> Potential customer politely leaves in disgust.)
>
> In fact, I find having exotic equipment that costs a bit more is more than
> made up for by additional sales. When people discover I use [Macintosh |
> Roland | drum scanner | Olympus] instead of stuff everyone has, like [Windows
> | Epson | film scanner | Nikon/Canon], they are often more interested. They
> often respond with, "Yea, I've heard Macs are great for graphics," or "I
> never realized Olympus was so much better than other cameras."
>
> A real problem with selling photography is that everyone has a camera, and
> everyone fancies themselves a photographer. Using equipment that most people
> don't have access to increases allure. Why do you think most wedding
> photographers use Hassies?
>
> I always thought this argument should be easy to make to a bunch of
> enthusiasts of over-priced cameras. After all, you can take the same photos
> on a very cheap camera as you can on an Olympus, no? :-) Imagine the subtle
> differences in ergonomics, durability, built, ease-of use, etc. between an
> OM-4T and a modern "do everything" wonderbrick. There are similar differences
> between Macintoshes and inexpensive Windows machines.
>
> Is it worth it? Certainly not to everyone, or everyone would be using Mac and
> driving Porches!
>
> Please, don't feel you have to defend your low-cost computing. I drive a
> 20-year-old Ford pickup. It was cheap and got great fuel economy. My
> transportation needs don't include impressing others. But I don't go around
> telling Porche drivers that they made a bad choice!
>
> (Of course, there are always those folks, paddling down that river in Egypt,
> insisting that Fords and Porsches are indistinguishable in all ways except
> price... :-)
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