<P>In a humorous vein, I noticed this blurb in today's newsletter from<BR>Robert's Imaging:</P> <P><BR>"Super news from Canon! They have dropped the price on the Canon EOS-1D digital SLR. Call us for details"</P> <P><BR>If the 1Ds does to the 1D price what the D60 did to the D30, it might be that one could soon buy a very nice 1D for $2500, which would in turn depress the D60 market..........and so on.</P>
This is one of the unfortunate aspects of digital photography. A nice film camera such as a Leica, Nikon, Canon can hold its value over time. Regardless of the quality or how beautifully constructed a digital body may be, they are now in EXACTLY the same situation as a personal computer in terms of resale value. They drop like a rock when the next model comes out. Someone on ebay was recently trying to sell a Kodak/Canon digital body (based on an EOS-1) with a 1.3mp sensor that probably originally went for $10K. No one touched it for $1K. Luckily, the good L lenses stay up much longer. John Lovda __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
