Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The secondhand value of film cameras also plummeted when a new model was announced,often halving. Frank --- MIKIRO <mikiro@yahoo.fr> wrote: > Used 1Ds also go for $4.0-4.5K here in Japan. A 50% > decrease may be > quite acceptable for a camera of this kind. I for > one would assume that > current and future M-mount digicams will enjoy > longer lives, although it > is my arbitrary speculation. Otherwise, Leica > digital cameras will have > little chance to survive. > > MIKIRO > Japan > > Feli di Giorgio wrote: > > > Have you taken a look lately at prices for a used > Canon 1Ds? The 1Ds II > > isn't even on the shelves yet, and already > > prices for the 1Ds are falling like a watermelon > dropped out of a 20th > > floor window. That was a $8000 > > body, last week I saw a mint one go for $4100. > > > > Feli > > > > On Oct 16, 2004, at 7:05 PM, MIKIRO wrote: > > > >> This is a critical issue to Leica. No one would > be happy to see their > >> $7K Leica cameras worth $2K in two years. In my > opinion, this is > >> justified only by those who make enough money > with the "tools". And > >> then, how many Leica users can do that? However, > decrease of resale > >> value will possibly be smaller than expected > because 6-10MP digital > >> M-mount cameras are produced in small numbers and > probably work well > >> enough even in three years. > >> > >> MIKIRO > >> Japan > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information >