On Jan 11, 2010, at 10:48 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> That's all true. But a High-end camera is $3000 and up these days and >> that's a fact. >> > > Not even that low, they really start around $4500 (D3 or a 1D) and > head up from there. The A900, D700 and 5DmII are the top-end of the > amateur line. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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