Hi, i just joined as sales assistant related to camera (digital mostly) last few weeks...
A customer came & ask for semi-pro camera, i straight away blur & don't know what is that......
could someone kind hearted show me some samples of Semi Pro camera???
Thanks.


This post has been edited by Namgor2006: Aug 31 2007, 02:12 PM

Canon S3 IS
Canon S5 IS

Google is your best frien bro..As a sales assistant, you need to have knowledge BEFORE start the work. go find uncle Google.

This post has been edited by emmeir: Aug 30 2007, 03:00 PM

Not his fault. The employer should have checked his background first. Also should give him some basic training. Anyway if any customer asks for such a thing, if you want to be nice you can point him to anything below RM10,000. If you want to be nasty you can show him the above RM10,000 stuff and tell him some amateurs also buy this stuff, while pros also sometimes go for less than RM10K gear.

The customer was looking for a semi-pro camera. But, what defines semi-pro? Sometimes, the definition could be very subjective, , the customer and the salesperson may have different level of understanding about which is semi-pro and which is not.

I've never come across the term 'semi-pro' for normal digital camera, but there are such thing as prosumer camera.

Semi-pro most probably refers to DSLR, as there are entry/amature level DSLR, semi-professional and professional.

Digital cameras classified as

- compact camera - eg. Canon A400, etc..
- prosumer - Fuji S6500fd, Canon S5, etc..
- DSLR
a) entry - Canon 350d, Nikon D40, etc..
b) semi-pro - Nikon D200, Canon 30d, etc..
c) pro - Nikon D2x, Canon 1d, etc..


Correct me if wrong

This post has been edited by Gadget_Freak: Aug 30 2007, 04:24 PM

Spot on dude but again the whole area of definition of semi-pro could mean a lot of things.

Dear TS,

In truth a professional makes money or his/her career out of photography and they can still use a Canon 350D or Nikon D40 just that as well. Important things to understand about cameras should be to look at the market ranges of cameras, which camera is meant for which market (as stated by Gadget_Freak above). Whether the camera is meant as an entry level, P&S (point and shoot), prosumer cameras (cameras with more functions and allow more user controls) and of course Digital SLR.

In each category you can break it down even further.

Consumer range
- Compact and slim cameras
- High megapixel (marketing teams use this as a way to attract customers)
- High optical zoom
- Image Stabilizer

Do a Google as I am quite tired of writing more here hehe

from what i have reseach.... any camera that cost more than RM2000 may become semi pro camera as what all of u mentioned here are the DSLR/ SLR cameras, other than that they're just compact digital camera
thanks a lot, bro.

This post has been edited by Namgor2006: Aug 30 2007, 08:01 PM

Where you work? Mind to tell? Need your help to check when will Fujifilm Finepix F50fd arrive... Should be by Middle of September to reach MY shore.

Let me tell you my experience : When a customer ask for a 'semi-pro' digicam, don't take him for a fool by showing him a Canon Powershot or IXUS series, show him a EOS series instead, like a 30D or 400D for starters (I am sure you get more commission selling those than a Powershot for goodness' sake!) If he refuses and say it's difficult to use then deny everything and show him how EASY it is to operate the EOS and give him your best offer for the camera. People like this are usually potential EOS owners but lack SLR knowledge, so it's YOUR job to teach him how to use the camera and make his Ringgit worth.

Cheh! I am teaching you how to sell a Canon camera already

Brainwashing him so early and brain washing people to use Canon at the very source. I guess your philosophy is that if the people can't believe you, they might believe the salesmen right? hahahaha

Don't be so lop-sided lar...

FYI TS, you can do the same trick with ANY brand of cameras.

So do we expect a new breed of Pana, Sony alpha and olympus DSLR users coming from his shop?

The part I hate most is this : The customer walks in and SPECIFICALLY asked for a Nikon camera with so-and-so budget. When I showed him a (then) Nikon D50 he starts his bla bla bla with Sony, Canon and Olympus DSLR like he's got the cash to buy everything on my shelf, so ... you know very well he's gonna walk out the shop with a Nikon in his hand but he is just wasting your time with all his "I know cameras more than you" lecture. My strategy was this : Tell him SOMETHING that the camera he specifically asked for has that the REST doesn't, in this case it was Nikon's D-Lighting Technology, which I am sure Canon or Sony, etc. do not adopt. 10 - 20 minutes down the line and he is your happy paying customer, knowing very well he bought a UNIQUE camera compared to the rest. These kinda people wants to be unique, he knows what he want so he went asking here and there, ended up all confused before he entered your shop. It's YOUR job to straigthen him but first you must know your cameras well. What he wanted was a Nikon camera, the rest are just hear-say ...

thanks....
for my first time, i don't expect i can sell a camera for a day....
at least i can make customer satisfied what i tell them about camera.
as i think, mostly the customer come when they have do the research before
so they have a target already, & only come to compare the prices
yea, there might be exception when a noob coming to ask then walk away without buying anything

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Added on August 31, 2007, 2:07 pmhaha...
i experienced it also.
there's a customer who came along with his wife
his wife really made me headache, she said we set the price very high to earn money or commisions
but the truth is the price for certain camera r now standard for the camera shop all over Malaysia, not only at my shop
she keep on arguing or bargaining with my supervisor, but still good he has bought the camera also at last
after spending for almost half an hour

This post has been edited by Namgor2006: Aug 31 2007, 02:09 PM

when customer ask for budget camera /DC, recommend Ixus powershot mju coolpix, when customer KNOW to ask for Semi-pro, treat them as Pro n at the end of the day they might end up buying the pro-camera ( we know they r not pro...yet.) ,make them a pro-wanna-be or he-thought-he-is-pro, good sale done ma...haha

just google S5IS

Nikon D200
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Nikon D200

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Type Single-lens reflex
Sensor Nikon DX format 23.7 mm × 15.6 mm CCD
Maximum resolution 3872 × 2,592 (10.2 M/10.0 M pixels sensor/effective)
Lens type Interchangeable, Nikon F-mount
Shutter Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal plane shutter
Shutter speed range 30 s - 1/8000 s, bulb
Exposure Metering Three-mode through-the-lens (TTL) exposure metering
Exposure Modes Programmed Auto [P] with flexible program; Shutter-Priority Auto [S]; Aperture Priority Auto [A]; Manual [M]
Metering modes 3D Color Matrix Metering II, Center-weighted and Spot
Focus areas Normal: 11 areas; Wide: focus area can be selected from 7 areas
Focus modes Instant single-servo AF (S), continuous-servo AF (C), manual (M)
Continuous Shooting 5 fps, up to 37 / 22 frames (JPEG / RAW)
Viewfinder Optical
ASA/ISO range 100 - 1600 in 1, 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps (up to 3200 as boost)
Flash Manual pop-up with button release Guide number (ISO 100, m)
Flash bracketing 3 to +1 EV in increments of 1/3 or 1/2 EV
Custom WB Auto, Six presets, Manual preset (four), Kelvin temperature, Fine tunable
WB bracketing 2 to 9 frames in increments of 1, 2 or 3
Rear LCD monitor 2.5-inch (63.5 mm) TFT LCD, 230,000 pixels
Storage CompactFlash (Type I or Type II) or Hitachi Microdrive
Battery Nikon EN-EL3e Lithium-Ion battery
Weight About 830 g without battery, memory card, body cap, or monitor cover
Optional Battery Packs MB-D200 battery pack with one or two Nikon EN-EL3e or six AA batteries
The Nikon D200 is a semi-professional digital SLR camera. It falls between consumer DSLR cameras like the Nikon D40 and D80, and high-end professional models like the Nikon D2Hs and D2Xs. It is often used as a backup body to supplement the high-end professional line of cameras because of its similar feature set and layout. Upon its introduction, it was intended to fill the void in the Nikon line-up left by the discontinuation of the Nikon D100.

This post has been edited by tongyam: Aug 31 2007, 03:00 PM

tht is pro-sumer......
semi-pro is diff.....D200...

yup, correct