Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My Kodak DCS460, 6mp sold for $19,000 when new in 1998. I bought it for $1,000 in August 2002 It's worth nothing now because it won't read/write to its PCMCIA disk(s) and Kodak doesn't repair them any longer... neither does anyone else it seems. Well, actually the N90 body is worth something I guess. Jim telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote (with snide remarks snipped): > > >>the top of the line digital cameras have not been depreciating to >>nothing; they've been holding a surprising percentage of their value. > > > Hom much is an early top-of-the-line Kodak DCS camera worth now, and how > much was it when new? I don't know the model numbers but IIRC "new" was on > the order of $20,000. Perhaps 5 years is a reasonable useful life for a > top-of-the-line digital while top film cameras' useful life is often > measured in decades. What do you consider a few years? 3? 10? > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >