However, I would agree that the whole profile of photography has been raised in the last two or three years, and this has probably had some sort of rub-off effect on film.
But as a result of buying a DSLR, and therefore more lenses, I now have a cupboardful of film SLRs, bought as part of job lots which contained lenses I wanted. I'm afraid to sell them in case I create a glut, and destroy the market. :-)
John
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:51:34 -0500, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Apr 4, 2005 4:57 AM, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Or is it because there is a new breed of film photographers, busily buying up old MXen etc, at bargain prices and then paying over the odds for lenses to go with them? Possibly, but I don't think so.
I wouldn't discount that too quickly. I've been watching film camera prices for the last couple of years and they are consistently rising. During that time I've purchased a Crown Graphic, Mamiya C220, a handful of lenses, and, most recently, an MX. I got the MX for a song, but the other two I purchased for what was, at the time, "market value". Compared to today's prices they were cheap. I find it hard to believe there is a "new breed" of film photographers accounting for all of this, but there may be a remaining old guard who are gobbling up what they perceive to be the last few decent cameras while the manufacturers turn their sights on the digital market. This may also explain Cosina's manufacturing of screw-mount and k-mount bodies and lenses (I have no idea how successful this has actually been for them). I'm not saying the D and DS aren't responsible for a good chunk of this, either. They certainly have their hands in it, as well.
Let's raise a cheer for the DS.Amen. Can't argue with that.
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