Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the days of rapid obsolescence of digital are receding. Digital cameras have got to the stage where I, and very many others, probably the majority, consider it to be competitive with 35mm film, better in some ways worse in others. In these circumstances it is natural that the depreciation is less than it was, particularly in a growing market. I note that canon D60 cameras are still selling on ebay for about what I sold mine for over a year ago despite it now having been replaced by 2 subsequent generations. Certainly the tiny number of Kodak DCS cameras, which had very little application even when new, have lost their value but they were produced at a time when the rate of improvement was at an astronomic level. Frank On 9 Nov, 2004, at 18:58, 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 >