No multiple e-mails, but my posts have been taking longer than usual to get through...
cheers, frank Lukasz Kacperczyk wrote: > 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 > > =================================== > www.fotopolis.pl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =================================== > internetowy magazyn o fotografii > ----- 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 > > > > > > ***************r-e-k-l-a-m-a************** > > Chcesz oszczedzic na kosztach obslugi bankowej ? > mBIZNES - konto dla firm > http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbiznes -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
