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Ripolini wrote:
I'm not a Nikon shareholder so I have no interest in how many Z30 cameras Nikon will sell. It's a product I can forget of.
Is it an interchangeable lens camera?
I guess it's not designed for most of fellows who replied.
Z9 too is not a product for me and my photography. Did I ever criticize that camera?
I feel I have the right to criticize Nikon when they castrate deliberately a product, or simply forget small simple implementations that would render their products more appealing to a larger cohort.
Ripolini...
I'm not criticizing you, I am just making the assumption that you are not in 16-29 demographic looking to capture the your youth and display it via snap chat or tiktoc...
Me, I'm just a 57 year old high school biology teacher. I'm, quite possibly, the oldest educator in my building of 3500 adolescents.
I'm known for my photography in the area, and kids visit me about this all of the time. Most of my colleagues have toddlers, travel, and are under 30. The kids all want to be famous, show themselves online, and get as many likes as possible.
A tiny percentage are serious about this; many in bands, drama, or sports. They ask about cameras and how to improve their videos... The Z30 is for that group.
So let's say only 4 kids out of 3500 in grades 9-12 will buy the Z30. There are 15,000,000 high school students in the US (alone). If four of 3400 buy the Z30, that's over 17,000 units sold.
Why is marketing to this logical?...
First none of these kids will be buying a Z9/Z900, etc... too much $$$. Second, these are US numbers only, so scale this up to reflect the total buying population. Third, I've limited myself to high school students... so scale to include a nominal number of college-aged and younger adults. Finally, you have now introduced a population to a brand. When buying expensive equipment that has a specific UI, most people exhibit a degree of brand loyalty.... PC users stick with PCs & Mac users stick with Macs. People often buy multiple generations from the same automative company... I'm on Mini Cooper #6.
Affordable products introduce a consumer to a brand and allows for up- sales as interest and wealth increases.
So, I stick by my point... the camera was not designed for you (or me...)
regards,
bruce
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