On Apr 4, 2005 4:57 AM, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or is it because there is a new breed of film > photographers, busily buying up old MXen etc, at bargain prices and then > paying over the odds for lenses to go with them? Possibly, but I don't > think so. > I wouldn't discount that too quickly. I've been watching film camera prices for the last couple of years and they are consistently rising. During that time I've purchased a Crown Graphic, Mamiya C220, a handful of lenses, and, most recently, an MX. I got the MX for a song, but the other two I purchased for what was, at the time, "market value". Compared to today's prices they were cheap. I find it hard to believe there is a "new breed" of film photographers accounting for all of this, but there may be a remaining old guard who are gobbling up what they perceive to be the last few decent cameras while the manufacturers turn their sights on the digital market. This may also explain Cosina's manufacturing of screw-mount and k-mount bodies and lenses (I have no idea how successful this has actually been for them). I'm not saying the D and DS aren't responsible for a good chunk of this, either. They certainly have their hands in it, as well.
> Let's raise a cheer for the DS. Amen. Can't argue with that. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com
