Using the Older Gear? (Page 5): Right Tenny52.....in this case, "Old", is the perception of the user/owner/prospective buyer of the equipment. It's current if you're still using it...

RonDavis Loc: Chicago, IL

tenny52 wrote:

How old is considered old? Any songs after "My Life Will Go On" are new songs. Cars built after 2010 are new cars.
I am still listening to the 60s, 70s songs mostly, driving my newest 2014Prius which I bought 5 years ago. I am still using my 4 years old Samsung A70. I am still shooting with mainly my D610 even though I bought a newer Fuji T20; I just ordered my Insta360 X3 as my second camera for my coming trip to China I am 70 years old but with a last name Young.

Right Tenny52.....in this case, "Old", is the perception of the user/owner/prospective buyer of the equipment. It's current if you're still using it with satisfactory results

Old/Used/Like New terms often used to sell it.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

RonDavis wrote:

Procrastinating the inevitable sale

Exactly.

And worse, it's worth less in the later resale than the day-1 when it was replaced and should have been sold.

BebuLamar

CHG_CANON wrote:

At what point ever did you employ that old equipment in this new back-up role?

If I bought something new I only sell it if it's broken. If I bought something used I may sell it if I get a good price out of it. Now that I am talking about my toys (which cameras are my toys too) but not other stuff. So I hold on to my old toys but if I don't use a tool I get rid of it.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

tenny52 wrote:

How old is considered old? Any songs after "My Life Will Go On" are new songs. Cars built after 2010 are new cars.
I am still listening to the 60s, 70s songs mostly, driving my newest 2014Prius which I bought 5 years ago. I am still using my 4 years old Samsung A70. I am still shooting with mainly my D610 even though I bought a newer Fuji T20; I just ordered my Insta360 X3 as my second camera for my coming trip to China I am 70 years old but with a last name Young.

I'm with Ron. It's not "old" is actively being used. Not nostalgia-like use of the OP, nor emergency back-up use. My EOS 5DIII is not the current model and labors with the weakness of a mirror, but it's everywhere as good an any similar 20MP to 24MP full-frame digital. The lenses too are just as good, some no even yet replaced with updated mirrorless designs. That's why I argue again the GAS of the UHH community. There are many valid reasons to upgrade. But, the next new incremental update is rarely one of them.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

BebuLamar wrote:

If I bought something new I only sell it if it's broken. If I bought something used I may sell it if I get a good price out of it. Now that I am talking about my toys (which cameras are my toys too) but not other stuff. So I hold on to my old toys but if I don't use a tool I get rid of it.

I sort my images every year in LR and review the relative usage of bodies and lenses. I make plans to use underused equipment, or plans to sell.

My first 'back-up' DSLR created by an upgrade was held entirely unused for 6-months before selling. Next time, I sold the older model concurrent with the new purchase.

kbk

Those belt driven drills went out in 1950's when high speed air driven turbines were developed. Your showing your age!

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Architect1776 wrote:

I don't see the pleasure.
I bet you really like going to a dentist with the old belt driven drill as well?

Connected to a steam engine. 🤣

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

CHG_CANON wrote:

Exactly.

And worse, it's worth less in the later resale than the day-1 when it was replaced and should have been sold.

My cameras serve “roles” just as my other tools do. My “Elph”s and “Q”s are “carry-around” cameras. My “Rebel”s and “K”s are/were larger cameras for times I know in advance I expect to photograph.

I haven’t mentioned the Canon “Rebel” cameras. They filled the “primary” role when I first went digital. Two of them broke - they were both totally useless - processor problems before they totally died - so they ended up in the town dump since they were useless to both me and the mythical person who would pay me money for them. That is why I switched from Canon to Pentax.

RonDavis Loc: Chicago, IL

rehess wrote:

My cameras serve “roles” just as my other tools do... (show quote)

interesting comment.......considering the subject of this thread "Using the Older Gear" which implies older gear is usable....not the dead stuff

RonDavis Loc: Chicago, IL

kbk wrote:

Those belt driven drills went out in 1950's when high speed air driven turbines were developed. Your showing your age!

Thread Subject......"Using the Older Gear?", i.e. Cameras not dental drills......

RonDavis Loc: Chicago, IL

CHG_CANON wrote:

I sort my images every year in LR and review the relative usage of bodies and lenses. I make plans to use underused equipment, or plans to sell.

My first 'back-up' DSLR created by an upgrade was held entirely unused for 6-months before selling. Next time, I sold the older model concurrent with the new purchase.

You are one disciplined individual......(I like your action plan)

Bill_de Loc: US

Flickwet wrote:

I thoroughly enjoy my DX2 with the 25-50, ...

If you enjoy that, you would love a Nikon D2Xs.

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RonDavis Loc: Chicago, IL

Harry0 wrote:

Almost, kinda sorta, but not really.
I was out abd about with my Zeiss Ikon 6x4.5, with some ebay film.
AH! Sunny16! So I pre set the Aperture, Focus and Speed.
Great camera- point and shoot, folds into a box that fits my back pocket!
I miss them days ... but the utter convenience of my D600 has spoiled me.
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Yeah....you probably learned more using the beautifully complex Zeiss Ikon....than being "spoiled by the D600.....(just my opinion)

Valenta Loc: Top of NZ

if you can.....

JBruce Loc: Northern MN

For me as I age, most of the Joy of creation lies in the Artistry of photography, and not so much in the Craft. Good gear is fairly important, but good photographic sense is essential. If what is on the rear screen doesn't pass muster, I rethink, delete and then reshoot. I would much rather make my adjustments in the field, rather than in the computer.
J.