I think point #1 is kind of morbid, but I guess it happens. Point #2 gets my vote for the most likely cause. It seems to me that some folks would get swept up in the whiz-bang digi-kam kraze and want to dump their smelly old 80's Pentax gear (such an unhip decade!)
Deb in TX --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to fear that the desirable lenses and bodies > were becoming increasingly scarce as collectors > bought them up. But I now think they are getting > more and more abundant, or at least easier to find > and own. Here's why: > > 1. As more original owners age and die, their > collections enter the channel. > > 2. As digital photography becomes increasingly > attractive, more owners are disposing of their > 1970s-80s gear...while fewer camera buffs are > seeking 1970s-80s gear. > > 3. More sellers--individuals, camera dealers, and > estate houses--are discovering EBay and feeding > scarce lenses into that channel. While it's true > that more and more buyers are also discovering EBay, > but we enthusiasts are competing with a vanishing > breed. > > 4. More dealers of used camera gear are setting up > online sites. Search engines, meanwhile, are getting > better at finding them all. > > It seems to me that lenses that I would see perhaps > once or twice a year are now turning up on my radar > far more often. > > What do you think? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
