Thye D30 body has already dropped at least 400 UKP since its launch - the
cheapest I've seen them in the UK is 1800 UKP. I am hoping that the D2000
replacement will be cheaper than the Nikon D1. I am finding that I waste
so much time scanning and cleaning (digitally) my negatives that a switch
to digital is almost inevitable.
The potential problem is the speed at which the technology is changing - a
digital SLR is out of date within 12 months, and its second hand value
plummets when new/better ones come out.
I was shooting hockey alongside a chap from the Daily Telegraph on
Thursday and although he still has film cameras, he says he's just got so
lazy with his two D1s that he never uses them. What does annoy him (and
me) though is that the picture editors seem a lot less concerned about
printed picture quality just because the images are available quicker.
I've seen almost full page soccer photos on national dailys of such poor
quality that I wouldn't even have submitted them.
Chris.
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