Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would be pretty fed up if any of my camera equipment failed within 5 years - electronic or mechanical, digital or film. DSLR values will not drop disastrously until a good inexpensive alternative is available, which it isn't yet. Digicams become valueless within days, but so do film P&S cameras. It is IMHO a mistake to compare proper film cameras with P&S digital, it is an apples and oranges comparison. Quality for quality digital is still many times more expensive than film - it is up to individuals to decide if it is worth it for themselves. Professionals pay for their digital equipment in months in saved film, it is quite a different situation for we amateurs. Frank On Saturday, January 31, 2004, at 01:12 pm, Teresa299@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/30/04 4:42:09 PM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: > > << Let me make a prediction - Five years from now the 90 elmar will, > comparatively, be worth what a used DSLR is today. It's been saddly > apparent for some time that the days of planning to get ones money out > of used Leica equipment have passed. And five years from now, used film > equipment will be a real glut on the market. This is not to say that > you > shouldn't buy the lens; if it's what you want to shoot with, buy it! > But > do not think of it in terms of what you can later recoup. > > B. D. >> > > can someone do the math for me? > > a 5 year old dslr is what, a canon 1? and 5 years ago you would have > bought > it for.....what $4K. and it's worth now about...what $500? And an > 90 elmar > new is what $1500....so it will be worth $175 or so in 5 years? > > I don't know the real numbers but if this is true then happy days are > here > again. Because unlike the worthless 5 year old piece of plastic, > chips, wires > and other techno snot (otherwise known as a dslr), the elmar or > noctilux will > actually be useable for many years to come. > > > kim > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html