The Value of your camera in the rat race.
Oct 1, 2012 23:14:26 #
It seem like a rat race if you want to keep up with the latest camera. As a Nikon user I find it frustating how many new models they are bringing out at the present time. I personally have given up trying to keep up. It also knocks the hell out of getting a fair price for your camera when you go to sell when in a few months you find yourself back 2 or 3 models. What do you think?
Oct 1, 2012 23:19:58 #
Oct 1, 2012 23:23:08 #
I have already done that twice but it would be nice to get fair value if you decide to sell.
Oct 1, 2012 23:24:20 #
Doug B wrote:
It seem like a rat race if you want to keep up with the latest camera. As a Nikon user I find it frustating how many new models they are bringing out at the present time. I personally have given up trying to keep up. It also knocks the hell out of getting a fair price for your camera when you go to sell when in a few months you find yourself back 2 or 3 models. What do you think?
I don't feel the need to keep up. I've always tried to exhaust the capabilities of what I have before upgrading. The question I ask myself is this: Is my gear limiting what I can do? Usually I find (if I'm honest) that there is something I can do to improve my photographs.
Oct 1, 2012 23:27:22 #
It is the way it is . Since these things are really microprocessors with some glass attached, they follow the same power for dollar curve as computers. I find it unnecessary to "keep up," although I understand the urge to do so. I will probably get the D800 next year when Apple comes out with a desktop machine with the next generation processor, but I have to tell you my D3 (12MP) and D7000 produce fantastic images. In fact, the D3 can do things the D800 cannot do. If your camera made great images when you bought it and it still makes those images today, it is hardly obsolete. When it can no longer produce the images you need, THEN a new unit might be needed.
Oct 1, 2012 23:28:02 #
That is true. I don't think I will ever know everthing there is to know about my computer oops! camera:-) I have bought my last one.
Oct 2, 2012 03:54:55 #
oldmalky
Loc: West Midlands,England.
I made my mind up when i bought my a57 that i will buy no more and i intend to stay out of the rat race.
Oct 2, 2012 04:58:04 #
Take a look at the flip-side of the coin:
A 1958 Volkswagen "Bug" looks identical to a 1977. So you buy the 1977 brand new, and it looks 19yrs. old before you drive it off the lot! Plenty of people were totally turned off by that!
A 1958 Volkswagen "Bug" looks identical to a 1977. So you buy the 1977 brand new, and it looks 19yrs. old before you drive it off the lot! Plenty of people were totally turned off by that!
Oct 2, 2012 06:02:13 #
If it ain't broke don't fix it. When mine gives up the ghost then its time for a new one.
Oct 2, 2012 08:29:57 #
CaptainC wrote:
It is the way it is . Since these things are real... (show quote)
Well put.
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Oct 2, 2012 08:33:14 #
G.Feduccia
Loc: Paradise in Florida Panhandle
I have come to understand that there really is a "Point of Diminishing Returns", especially when it comes to new gadgets such as computers, phones, and cameras. Like everyone says, if it still does what you expect it to do, then use it til the wheels fall off! Just like the first WordPerfect Program I had decades (?) ago . . . if it worked on my newest computer, it would still do more than I need word processing to do. Just thoughts. Gary
Oct 2, 2012 09:11:36 #
The economic value of anything, cameras included, is what you can get for it or what you're willing to pay for it in a free and open exchange. That's the 'fair market value'. Anything else is wishful thinking or sentimentality.
Oct 2, 2012 09:19:11 #
oldmalky wrote:
I made my mind up when i bought my a57 that i will buy no more and i intend to stay out of the rat race.
I made the same decision when I bought my D90.
Then made it again when I bought my D300S.
Now just made it again when I bought my D600.
Oct 2, 2012 09:29:10 #
CaptainC wrote:
It is the way it is . Since these things are real... (show quote)
I agree 100%, I shoot with a CanonT2i and I learn something new every time I shoot. I will take the same shot 3 to 5 times adjusting the settings for each shot giving a different look for each shot. As long as the camera doesn't break and keeps producing nice shots I think it will be a long time before I upgrade.
Pappy
Oct 2, 2012 10:25:17 #
Trying to keep up with cutting edge technology is too expensive for the average photographer, but if you absolutely need some new feature in a camera and it will make you money or save you time then you should buy it. Staying a couple years behind in camera models is a better use of the average person's dollar, you'll save quite a lot compared to todays prices. You can still find "new in box" cameras that came out two or three years ago and the price in some cases is nearly half of what it was when it first hit the market, then in two or three years you can upgrade to what came out this year at another big savings. Each year new models come out with higher and higher resolution and everyone wants that but I remember when not that many years ago the "pros" were claiming how great their 5mp cameras were, then when a 6mp came out everyone HAD to have that model.
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