Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal wrote: > > On 21-04-2000 05:46 Rick Dykstra wrote: > > >How do people rationalise spending big bucks on digital gear? Buy into a > digital camera system and your only certainty is that you'll be > completely overtaken within one or two years... > Yep. Yesterday I handled a Kodak DCS (Canon version) that costs about $16,000. Life expectancy (not operational life, but technologically current life) is certainly less than two years. One way to tell this is to check the cost of leasing. With this camera, it cost vastly more to lease than buy. The leasers know that there will be no market for it in two years. A photo agency is considering buying it for use by several photographers. Only everyday use can even begin to justify such an expense for such a short life--or the potential sales increases for timely pictures running around the world. Of course, you can also consider the higher level DCS that has just been reduced (some indication of new model in offing) from $29,000 to 25,000. Shoots an 18 meg file. donal __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com