Austin Franklin wrote:
> That is not true with film cameras.
Oh yes it is! About 4yrs ago I bought a pair of EOS1n's. One was s/h and
cost 875GBP, the other was new and cost ~1100GBP. Both are now worth
~500GBP s/h. Depreciation of ~12% pa. The same goes for my Rollei 6000 MF
kit, £3k evaporated down to <£1k. I don't even bother to insure kit now,
the depreciation is about equivalent to getting burgled annually by the
time I add in the premium: why add self-abuse to injury?
Previous generation Canon FD cameras took about twice that long to lose 50%
of value. My enlarger, bought 1982, is still worth 80% of what I paid for
it according to dealer prices (tho' GOK who buys darkroom kit now).
Hah, those days are long gone, unless you buy Leica M's (not Leicaflexes
though, they're as disposable as Nikons and Canons - see eBay!).
Cameras, scanners, computers, digicams, software, printers are all now
worthless, superceded junk faster than you can say 'I just made the last
finance payment today'.
Worst of all, bleedin' clients don't pay any more than they did c.1985...
Regards
Tony Sleep -
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