Smart old man

per · 08-23-2008, 09:21 AM

I was walking around at the local mall today with my girlfriend, her son and some friends, it was a big "fireman sam" day so we thought it might be fun for the kids.

Anyway, as I was taking pictures of the kids with "Sam" this old man came over to me and started complimenting my camera (K10D with grip and 16-50*) saying my equipment must have been expensive etc.

So we started chatting about cameras and he said he wanted to get a DSLR soon and had been looking into the matter for quite some time (he must have been atleast 70 years old).. So I explained some of the benefits etc.

As it turns out, this man was a pentax man, and he admitted it was the only reason why he even said hello in the first place, I just laughed and said Pentax people are usually nice people and he agreed.

A fun moment, I think i could have sold a camera if i worked in a photo store today.. Hehe

little laker · 08-23-2008, 11:15 AM

I hope that you told him his old lenses would work with the new models

If you meet up with him again it might be nice to offer him a few processing lessons.
That way he'll find the transaction a whole lot easier, and you'll probably have several new and exciting stories to share.

per · 08-24-2008, 01:00 AM

Sadly I did not get his name, but I told him about the compatability with old optics and he really liked that, I also told him about other advantages, the ability to store images away from home in case of fire etc.

I really like that older people are adjusting to new technology, I remember my grandfather told me about a month before he died that he was getting a computer, this was 7 years ago, but he didn't live long enough for his plan to materialize