Like Minolta, high-end Pentax bodies still hold their value due to rarity (Specifically the MZ-S and LX, MXen are quite cheap these days). It is kinda odd that an MZ-S is worth around the same as a F5 or EOS 1v though.
-Adam On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:45 AM, John Whittingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Malcolm > > It's good to see the LX & MX still fetching reasonable prices and that people > still value them. If I sold all my other film kit I'd still keep the LX, at > least one MX and at least one KX along with the K series primes I have. > Digital was a bit of a learning curve for me but I'm glad I went down that > route, the biggest problem was finding a good ulta-wide lens I was happy > with. On the digital side I'm happy to keep three DSLR's but no more than > three, if I upgrade beyond the K20D then either the K10D or K20D will have to > go, I'm just in the process of selling some gear I no longer use. > > Best regards, > > John > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Malcolm Smith [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 August 2008 09:01 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: What plans do you have for old digital SLRs? > > Hi John, > >> I feel the same way, for me the upgrade path with film >> cameras was usually the medium (film), or a new lens, so it >> didn't matter that I was still using an MX when there were >> newer models available, besides I enjoyed using the MX. I >> waited until the MZ-3 before having a camera with AF. But now >> the medium is in the camera and it's a whole new ball game. I >> still own 2x MX, 2x KX, 1x LX, 2x Super A, 2x MZ-3 and a 645 >> plus various spare parts bodies. > > I've really cut back on my film cameras - just one MX & a LX - but they are > used frequently and will be whilst film is easy to get. These two are > destined for the shelf when film is no more, I won't sell these. The shift > from film as the medium to the camera has been difficult to get used too, > yet I have to say the economics stack up very favourably against film > processing, even with the amount of photography I do. > > Oddly enough, I sold most of the film cameras because I thought that the > bottom would drop out of the market for them as digital cameras became > widespread. The last time I looked, LXs still made reasonable money. Digital > SLRs second hand don't fair badly either. I think I've finally got to the > stage of accepting a camera (particularly digital) as something which does > have a second hand value. It's time for me to move on with this. > > I think it's time to really look at offers on the K20D. To go back to the > subject line - what do I plan to do with my old DSLRs - I think the answer > is sell them on, in the same way I did with film SLRs. > > Regards, > > Malcolm > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
