Malcolm wrote: > Deprecation depends on your viewpoint on the product. Here we are talking > cameras, and in the majority (?) of cases here it is hobby money. I have a > local friend who would be horrified at losing a few hundred pounds to > upgrade a camera to the latest model, yet he is quite happy to throw > thousands away to have the latest car every year. I am sure most of us have > similar examples.
The problem is that if you buy a DSLR today, you can have the same camera or a better one for 50% less in six months with some bad luck. Thats not depreciation, but wasting money. Pål