Granted, the older DSLR's likely still work and mine do also. And for those applications where more MP are not necessary they are certainly still useful. My son just had a short part-time opportunity doing real estate inspections, and it made sense to use the lowest resolution setting on the camera because the photos were only going to be on a website for a short while and upload speed was important.
But when it comes to purchasing a digital camera for personal use I think most of us tend to purchase the best that we can afford at the present time. We used to get relatively frequent improvement by switching to a new higher grained film, or a better lens, and moving to a different format was a gigantic leap. In a business setting an older outdated camera can see plenty of use, just like other assets may. But in a personal setting, if I'm going to make the effort to go out and photograph and carry all the gear, it's my best camera and lenses I'm reaching for. Tom On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Desjardins, Steve <desjard...@wlu.edu> wrote: > I have an *istD sitting right behind me in my office at work. It's the > official dept. camera. We will continue to use it until it breaks. We just > don't' need more MP or AF speed. Eventually, I think that more cameras will > be like that. $2000 or less, 32 MP, acceptable AF speed. Shoot RAW, let the > PC do the processing. You could have a camera like that for 10 years before > upgrading, maybe longer, just like a film camera. > > How long do you think the new Leica M9 will be in service before in ends up > in Technotrash? > > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Malcolm Smith > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 4:58 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: DPR review of K-7 > >> Tom C wrote: > >> Not being argumentative, just thinking out loud and thinking that >> because of the short life cycle of digital products, maybe our >> parameters for measuring them should also be changing. > > Before the introduction of the *ist D, this was discussed at length and from > memory, most of the things that were written then have come to pass. > > At the time, the biggest issues I had about digital SLRs, were the cost, > durability and how quickly it would become obsolete and worthless. I've been > pretty much found wrong on all of these points, although the most difficult > thing (that I still struggle with at times) is the mindset of film v digital > cameras. When you have had a camera 20+ years and the only thing you use is > film, it is hard to see the camera itself as a consumable, and I agree with > your comment above. > > Anyway, the cost issue, is pretty much the same investment as a film camera, > with the same pros and cons on choice. Durability has been a great surprise, > and the original *ist D still goes strong and the only times it has played > up a little has been when on low battery power. And although some years back > we discussed the fact that these cameras would quickly date and be replaced > - which has happened - they are certainly worth something some years on, and > not the dispose of nil value I had imagined. Once you throw the reduction of > film costs and processing in, mine paid for itself years ago. > > I always intended to get the 'next but one' replacement - what turned out to > be the K20D, but events always stopped that from happening and so a K-7 is > on order. From my position as a current *ist D owner, that represents a > great leap forward, and I now have the confidence that it will last me until > the 'next but one' replacement for this, whatever that may be. > > Malcolm > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
