I'd disagree with one thing, many men who aren't into photography will buy an SLR because it's the biggest and most complicated camera. Then they'll borrow their wife/GF's P&S for most use (My father is a classic example of this).
-Adam Vic Mortelmans wrote: > Hi, > > it's true, I also got into photography by having inherited the Pentax > Spotmatic F after having been owned by my uncle and my father. > > But about the male-female thing I have another view. Are you not too > easily assuming that everyone who owns a camera, is really in to > photography? > > Anyone (male or female) who wants a camera just for the occasional > snapshot, will rather get a small p&s than a SLR. Just like cars: > someone travelling long distances each day will ride a big car, while > small cars are sufficient of occasional trips for shopping. > > So the better question is: "why are more men in to photography than > women?". > > Groeten, > > Vic > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Sidebar - It's been interesting to me how many men on this list started >> young >> -- given a camera by their father, uncle, neighbor, some older male. Sort of >> a male thing. Maybe even a male bonding thing. >> >> I know in my family, my father gave a 35mm camera to my older brother and >> not >> me (got a new one, passed the old one along). Guys are supposed to techie or >> something, right? Well, those assumptions were definitely prevalent back >> then. >> Later when I was going to take a trip to Tahiti in my thirties I got myself >> a >> Pentax P&S and that was my first real camera. >> >> Anyway, I started wondering if that isn't one reason more men than women use >> SLRs and DSLRs. (I think with P&Ss the gender percentages are probably about >> the same.) >> >> Guys were handed cameras young. >> >> Idle speculation, but interesting. At least to me. >> >> Marnie aka Doe :-) >> > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
