On 20 Sep 02 at 12:22, John Lovda wrote:
> 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.
The Kodak/Canon DCS1/3/5, based on 1n, were about US$20-25k new.
The next series, DCS520/560-EOS2000 (all based on 1n as
well) wasn't much cheaper, definately not 10k.
The 1.3Mp of DCS3/5 is more than fine for web-use, and I am still
looking for a DCS3-infrared (none of such versions in the later
generations AFAIK)....anyone?....;))
The odd thing is: price of DCS1/3/5 can't drop forever, since there
is a perfectly normal analog 1n attached to that Kodak digiback
(only a few wired connectors you need to cut away)....you only need
a normal back to make a functional analog camera....:))
(and a booster if you want)
And, you got better AF back in 1994 than 8 years later in the
D60....;))
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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