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Old March 2nd 04, 01:39 AM
Stacey
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Default Digital cameras hold value?

MikeWhy wrote:

"Stacey" wrote in message
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So a $5000 camera isn't worth getting fixed? I'm willing to bet a $5000

film
camera would be worth fixing no matter how old it was.


I think you're just being daft. The $5000 didn't pay for solid mechanicals
or optics. It paid for the pioneering R&D. My father bought one of the
first TI SR-50 calculators when I was in high school. Today, simple four
function calculators are trade show throw aways; nobody even wants them,
let alone are willing to pay for them. By way of further analogy, how much
would you pay today for an original brick car phone?



I'm being daft? Of course the $5000 wasn't buying solid mechaincals or
optics. You think the $1000+ digicam you buy today is any different? People
are raving about those digital rebels but in 6 months to a year will be a
"dinasour" that people will laugh about anyone trying to -seriously- use
one.
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Stacey