>> I'm only asking since I want to try and avoid the classic >> trap of buying something to find out it's replaced a week later!!!! > > > Just don't buy anything today. Wait until the coming PhotoMarketing > Asociation International opens up the coming show in Vegas ( March 5th)...
But, whatever is announced at the show won't actually be released for another 3 months, so you wait... At which point you find out that "production difficulties" have held up actual availability another 3 months, so you wait... Now, of course you don't want to buy one of the first units off the assembly line, since they tend to be buggy, so you wait another 3 months... By which time everybody else in the world has figured out that this is THE hot camera to buy also, so there's a 3 month waiting list, so you wait... In the meantime, rumors of an even better model from a competing manufacturer give you second thoughts, and besides there's the possibility of getting what you want at a substantial price drop if you just wait another 3 months... Moral of the story? Sometimes you're better off ignoring what's rumored, and making the best deal on something that's sitting on the shelf today. Sure, the longer a given model has been out, the better the chances the price will drop soon, and cameras are only going to get better and (relatively) cheaper, but what are you missing out on while you..... wait? -- Jay Busse Photo Illustrators =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
