Um, actually it got through. I've been getting multiple emails
(sent/received at the same time) all day. Anyone else having this problem?
Luaksz
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:48 PM
Subject: Long Ramble to Cotty
> This apparently didn't get through the first time, sorry if it appears
> twice.
>
>
>
> > Pentax DSLR buyers, take note. I doubt seriously you will be keeping
such
> > a camera for only 6 months, and if you do, i wish I had your income!
> >
> > .02
>
> Cotty,
> More like a shilling than two pence (I have no idea what I'm talking
about).
> You're right, is what I'm trying to say.
>
> My brother's a medical doctor, and bought a 2-mp Nikon 950 when they were
> being closed out--he got a good deal. Only recently has he been making
> noises about maybe replacing it, and that's because it's been
malfunctioning
> intermittently. Meanwhile, the 990, 995, and 4500 have all been
introduced.
>
> My bro still raves about the quality of his prints, although they don't
seem
> that great to me.
>
> I don't have any figures for digital camera ownership (anyone here a
member
> of PMA?), but over the years I've seen various numbers for various kinds
of
> consumers, numbers mostly provided by PMA. The average ownership period
for
> an SLR user has crept down over the years. If memory serves, it was 15
years
> in the 1970s, 11 years in the '80s, 8 years by the time AF Wunderplastik
> became prevalent.
>
> Digital is probably just too much in a state of flux to compile meaningful
> numbers, but I don't think it's unreasonable to hypothesize that DSLR
buyers
> would keep their cameras for 2-5 years as long as they aren't among that
> rabid (and rich) minority that simply has to have the latest thing the
> instant it comes out.
>
> I mean, supposedly Canon is coming out with a 4-mp "D40" DSLR at PMA that
> will cost ~$1500. The D30 has 3 mp and cost $3k when it was brand new, $2k
> by the end of its run. So the new camera has a fair bit larger sensor and
> costs a fair bit less. But how many D30 owners will be rushing to dump
their
> D30s for D40s? Not very many, I'd say. The two are still too close.
>
> Some number will want D80s, but that's significant upgrading, like an MX
> owner springing for an LX. It doesn't mean the MX is outdated or
incapable,
> it just means the person would rather move up.
>
> Same deal with your D60 and the new D80. 2 megapixels don't amount to all
> that much that you'd have to upgrade. You can continue to get good use out
> of your D60.
>
> If someone here buys a 6-mp Pentax "MZ-D" for $1,700 next summer, chances
> are pretty good that in three years, a Pentax 8-mp DSLR, say, will be
> available for $1,400. But that still won't necessarily mean that the
"MZ-D"
> buyer can't proceed to continue getting his or her money out of their 2003
> purchase.
>
> And of course--yes, MIKE'S POINT AGAIN--it depends on how much film you
> would have shot in the interim. The more you normally shoot, and the
longer
> you can keep your first DSLR, the more film and processing costs you save.
>
> I have to admit that the idea of the Canon D40...a 4-mp CMOS (assuming
it's
> CMOS) for $1,500 is the first time that the notion of a DSLR has sparked
any
> real interest in my brain. I've always been a big fan of the D30's image
> quality. Just lovely color purity, I think. Assuming the D40 is as good or
> better, at $1,500 it starts to look tempting. If it moves to $1,200 or
> $1,300 any time in the near future it will start to be something I'll have
> to start contemplating carefully.
>
> I think my own jumping-in point might be getting nearer.
>
> Of course, naturally, I'll want to wait to see what Pentax does. And I'll
> probably wait to see the successor to the Sony D-717, too. I've heard it
> rumored that Sony will be intro'ing an 8-mp chip at PMA, and that it will
> finally be coming out with the larger-capacity Memory Sticks. The idea of
an
> F-717 but with an 8-mp chip and, say, a 512MB Memory Stick is mighty,
mighty
> appealing. Such a camera might not match the image quality of the D60, but
> it might come pretty close.
>
> --Mike
>
>
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