On 1/11/2010 9:18 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:29 PM, P. J. Alling
Funny but I would consider a camera with a street value of about four times
what I paid for my K20d to be a high end body, which describes the 5DmII.
The 5D costs half of what Canon's high-end bodies do, and that matters
to Canon which does considers them amateur bodies
Under $2500 is not a high-end body in 2010.
What would a Spotmatic sell for now, if corrected for inflation? How
about an LX?
The economics have changed. The LX and the Spotmatic were designed to
last 20 to 30 years. Digital bodies are designed to last 20 to thirty
months before they're technically obsolete. The mechanical cameras were
more or less hand crafted. Digital cameras are assembled by robots and
the parts are almost grown. Costs and pricing are very different and so
are expectations.
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