> I disagree (respectfully). Canon changes their body line too fast for out of > date equipment to be worth anything in more than a couple of years. Add to > that their history of orphaning their customer base entirely, and their junk > optics (bokeh that makes Yassir Arafat look like a beauty queen), and Canon > is just about the worst camera investment going.
Of course, the cheaper things get, the less you stand to lose. Case in point: early adopters of the Canon EOS D30 have lost more cash than the entire cost of the EOS 10D. The D30 has gone from an as-introduced price of about $2900 to about $1000 in three years, for a loss in value of about $1900, give or take. Of course that doesn't account for the use of the camera in the meantime, or for the savings in film and processing. Also, it doesn't account for the current volatile state of the technology, in the sense that any given three-year period may not be a very good indicator of performance in any other three-year period. Canon lenses generally have very good _bokeh_, however. --Mike
