I assume product life. As opposed to the LX which had a product life of
oh about 20 years. Digital technology is changing so quickly...
Useable lifetime will be much longer. My question is if the cameras themselves
last 20 years will there still be consumables available for them.
At 07:29 PM 1/8/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>As Pentax have recently claimed that their digital camera will have a
>lifespan of six months, it seems likely it is a new version of the then
>outdated DSLR shown this spring!
Can I just clear something up? What exactly do you mean by a 'lifespan'
of 6 months? Do you mean a 'shelf-life' in the stores? Obviously you do
not mean the usable life of the camera! Is it perhaps the span of time
between 'upgrades' or models?
Would-be digital SLR purchasers: I think there is too much hype around
'gotta-have' thinking. The problem with computers where once you buy one,
a few months down the line they introduce a sleaker, faster, bigger model
is in danger of being duplicated in the digital camera arena. This
mind-set is plain daft.
If you approach the task mindfully, keeping your requirements from
digital photography to the fore, and dutifully try and ignore the
gotta-have feeling, then there is no reason at all to be worried about
what you might miss out on.
Decide what it is you want, what you are prepared to pay, and make your
choice accordingly. Do your research, find your entry point, and go for
it. Then get into what you have and enjoy it. Go use your gear and have
some fun. Digital is about using the things, not about collecting them -
Spotties they ain't!
.02,
Cotty
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