Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/8/04 3:52 PM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> typed: > That used to be the beauty, Vic. But alas, with the dying of film, it is > no longer true. While Leica equipment may hold its value better than > most film equipment, it is no longer holding it the way it did even a > year ago. M6 TTLs purchased for $1995 were selling for about $1450 in > near mint condition - now they're down to about $1150 - if you're lucky- > and used M7s, which are now selling for, what, around $2800, are only > worth approximately 50% of their new priced once they've been driven off > the lot. So if you're going to invest $2500 in a 50 1.4 lens, you damn > well better love that lens. ;-) > Film is not dying BD. I think its great you are on a roll with your Olympus E but lets keep our perspective on the whole thing. The film market is being moderated or minimized. AS there are other technological options which appear more popular for many uses. That's all. There are 10 billion (last count) cameras out there which all use film to take pictures and plenty of people who are going to want to use them for quite some time. The Nikon F6 is due out soon. New film cameras are being introduced every day. And the ones made last year still work. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/