On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > > Locall, one major film camera retailer pretty much only sells > film cameras to b&w students. Almost everyone else gets > digital From $1000 to $2000, the nice solutions are really hot. > And this Christmas they're going to get even hotter. > > Collin > > <snip> > >Still, if film were about to die I'd expect KEH would refuse to buy film > >cameras, or at least only buy the rare ones and ones in collector > >condition. They aren't PAYING much for other stuff, but that's > >presumably because the used market is pretty glutted. > > > >DJE
Nice neighborhood you got there, with the average guy buying a $1000-$2000 camera. I also wonder how many folks buy cameras any given year. Even if EVERY camera sold in 2004 is digital, there will still be a lot of film cameras in use. Most people are probably happy with their cameras and don't see a need to shell out a paltry couple of grand to get some new-fangled digital gadget. I suspect that digital P&S cameras sell well to people who are basically non-photographers, just as film P&S cameras did. DJE
