Alexander wrote: > Interestingly, a majority here confesses how they > prefer manual focus and even all-manual bodies over > the new AF-bodies. In the real world however, exactly > the contrary has happened: Obviously because of a lack > of demand, most manual focus and all all-manual 35mm > SLRs disappeared from the market.
It's not only the equipment in itself that matters, but the fact that it is "old" and not longer available brand new. It is also about the "thrill" of finding an elusive item at a great price. > I think at the end of it's life time the LX was 3x as > expensive as it initially was. > Too expensive. > The desire for ultimate quality vanishes as prices > increase. Yes, but also the fact that there are limits on how long you can sell the same product. At a certain point the market becomes saturated and the used price is so much lower than new price that few are willing to pay for a brand new one. When a product get old enough initial buyers can sell the thing for the same they gave for it 10-15 years earlier, something they are happy to do, maintaining a "low" used priced compared to new price. This happened also with the 67; the used market was so full of it that few bought new ones anymore as good second-hand samples were plentiful at significant savings. Pål
