But the mail you were relying to said "I wonder if these expensive digital cameras will retain their value like film cameras, or as I suspect, they will follow the depreciation of computers." Depreciation does not refer to the new price variance of anything. To be honest, what you are saying about new DSLRS is actually not that far different from PCs. New PCs have not come down as drastically in price as you might think(unless you buy a cheapo non brand low spec one) - you just get a lot more for your money. Folks may be chasing old SLRs, but not old DSLRs!
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paris, Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 August 2002 18:19 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > I guess I didn't make myself clear. I don't see the price of > new DSLR bodies following new computer prices. That is to > say, the new ones are not going to be drastically lower > priced as each generation is born. Features and performance > will increase over time but that's not going to make them > cost less to buy. Used DSLRs may get cheaper, espeially if > the time between new models decreases. But my whole comment > was based on new prices. Heck, you have a hard time giving > away an old computer right now, but there are a lot of folks > right here chasing hard after old SLRs. > > Len > --- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > You seem to miss the fact that DSLR technology is advancing > in leaps and bounds. While prices may not decrease > significantly, quality of newer models will certainly > increase. This means that resale value of old DSLRs will > rapidly drop when a new model is released. This is why they > are like computers - it does not necessarily have anything to > do with volume sales. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paris, Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 20 August 2002 16:35 > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > > > > I don't think digital SLRs will follow the depreciation of > > computers. Digital point and shoot cameras, yes. SLRs, no. > > The build quality and features offered by film SLRs carries > > over into digital SLRs. The majority of camera users are > > happy with their zoom lensed point and shoots and see no > > reason to pay for the pro, or semi-pro, features of a digital > > SLR when a digital point and shoot allows them to shoot > > decent pictures and walk around without carrying bags of > > lenses and other equipment. (Hey! I have a lot of fun > > putting a 50mm macro on my camera and leaving all the other > > stuff home while I go walk about, too.) > > > > So, to make the point. There are tens of millions of people > > buying point and shoot cameras. That's where the prices will > > continue to come down. There are a lot less people buying > > SLRs, especially digital SLRs, so prices there are not going > > to decrease a lot. Economies of scale don't really apply to > > speciality items, which SLRs, both film and digital, really are. > > > > It's easy to see a time when evry home will have at least one > > computer, and it's easy to see a time when every home will > > have a digital camera, but I don't see more than ten percent > > (and probably less than that) being digital SLRs with > > interchangeable lenses. > > > > Len > > --- > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 5:34 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Today's rant: Alright, already. > > > > > > At 06:23 AM 8/19/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > >Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This issue is not strictly "generational" IMHO. If it > > were, the only > > > > digital cameras one would see would be cheap point and > > shoots that > > > > are marketed specifically to the younger crowds. We > > wouldn't have 6+ > > > > megapixel SLR's on > > > > the market because no 19 year old could afford them. > > > > > >A good observation, I can think of someone who has just retired and > > >'gone' digital. I wonder if these expensive digital cameras > > will retain > > >their > > value > > >like film cameras, or as I suspect, they will follow the > > depreciation > > >of computers. > > > > You got it. This trend is already apparent. > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > > unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > > directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery > > at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery > at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
