What would Asian and European women think?

Sergey Borachev wrote:

Tom Caldwell wrote:

I might wonder why women form any part of the world would wish to have a camera tool that was any different from a man with a similar level of interest in photography.

I was led by previous posts to believe that they, or the ones being targeted, are not exactly on the same level in terms of interest, as men, or that other things like camera style, shape or colour of the faux skin maters more than phototaking features and performance. My own experience says that they are either smartphone or travel zoom users and not very keen in all the photography details (the majority), or, they tote big camera lenses (DSLRs) that their husband bought for the family, or, they are as or more serious as the average male hobbyists with serious FF DSLRS. I can't remember any women carrying such in-between cameras, i.e. serious compacts that cost so much as the e-PL9 or x-t20 etc and yet not exactly so good in IQ or in value as the FF.

It is ok Sergey, I was just making light fun at your expense - I think that we all realise what you meant.  But there were and are a whole lot of serious and very competent female photographers about.

Just as much as there are a lot of male casual snappers using basic camera gear.  On the othe hand there would be many mobile phone users of both sexes who take little interest in photography who have huge natural talent.

It is therefore hard to categorise in general terms.

I think that the greatest number of photographers simply want to point and click and get a reasonably good image without needing to know anything about the kit in their hands.  No matter how good the kit.  It is a more rare thing to be more concerned about the process of photography.

My talented musical daughter came home one day from school one day after a friend had told her that she was “lucky” that she could play the piano.  Obviously that was not luck - but simply hours and hours of hard work and dedicated practice.

Cameras appear to be simple devices and they all come with “auto” modes these days but to properly understand the ability to get more good images it gets quite complicated.

There is also the point that manufacturers sell “cheap” dumbed down gear quite deliberately to the entry level market who have no ambition to progress very far.