How much have you lost?

[karusel]

Because of the progress, that is. Don't you just hate it? A new camera comes out every year, year and a half, and you sort of, you know, must have it. I am not sure, but I say it is safe to assume that about 20 years ago, you bought a camera and that was that. Oh, now you have to be careful, monitor the markets, watch for those rumors, because when the sh*t goes down, people panic and you don't get a good price. :?

I think equipment is overpriced when it comes to the market, when a new version of that same piece is introduced, price drops to what it should have been all along, and when you're selling your *mint* piece, it is undervalued.

However I see a good thing in this nevertheless. It encourages proper use of photographic tools. If your beloved 1D or whatever camera you own, just lies on a shelf and you kiss it goodnight everytime you go to sleep, pity. When you've made a hundred photos you can be really proud of, you can say it was worthwile, and you didn't really lose any money.

[Andy_T]

Progress in digital cameras is one thing.

When I invested in Internet stock 4 years ago, however.... some other kind of progress that lost me some money:roll:

I lost about half a 1200 f/5.6L if that tells you anything :cry:

Best regards,
Andy

[Belmondo]

Progress in digital cameras is one thing.

When I invested in Internet stock 4 years ago, however.... some other kind of progress that lost me some money:roll:

I lost about half a 1200 f/5.6L if that tells you anything :cry:

Best regards,
Andy

Ouch. I guess we all got hammered a little, but that sounds severe.

[Ikinaa]

Progress in digital cameras is one thing.

When I invested in Internet stock 4 years ago, however.... some other kind of progress that lost me some money:roll:

I lost about half a 1200 f/5.6L if that tells you anything :cry:

Best regards,
Andy

haha...
I invested about 1000 Euro about 4 years ago to buy some paper from a Stuttgart-based company (funny ... as you're from there) for which I worked and which went bankrupt after that, nothing left... too bad...
I wish I had the money back now... would buy me 70% of the 20D... :lol:
(ok... you'll tell me that 1000 Euro isn't half a 1200f/5.6L, but a job I really liked disappeared... that was the real hard part...)

as for loosing money because of cameras... hmmm no, not really lost any money because I never bought my cams without thinking about them. I studied the reviews, when decided, tried to find a good price (somewhere near so that if I had any probs, I wouldn't have more than technical problems :wink: ). So til now, I got an Ixus 300 (for three years now, still using it) an Powershot G3 (since june last year, using it very much), never regretted any of both cams, and now I'm looking for the 20D, will probably buy it end of 2004, begin of 2005, so it won't be all new, perhaps already cheaper (after christmas), can plan for a longer time with the money, and perhaps change my mind. That cam will then be good for the next 3 or 4 years at least (if it will still be working, I hope so...). So that will be 1500 Euro invested and never regretted... :P

[Sketcher]

However I see a good thing in this nevertheless. It encourages proper use of photographic tools. If your beloved 1D or whatever camera you own, just lies on a shelf and you kiss it goodnight everytime you go to sleep, pity. When you've made a hundred photos you can be really proud of, you can say it was worthwile, and you didn't really lose any money.
I have a about a hundred photos which i'm proud of... Does that make it ok to kiss my camera goodnight? More than just the "image payback", I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of learning, socializing and getting myself into (and out of) situations that I normally would never have experienced without my camera. Not all that I enjoy from this hobby results in a printed image.

My camera expenses aren't positioned with an ROI. That is, I don't spend the money until I'm ready to part with it. Photography for me is enjoyed without the extraneous ties or pressures of 'getting my money's worth" out of the equipment. Though I certainly do try!

The 100 "Keepers"... Considering I currently have 22,064 images in 320 folders. Ouch! Good thing I'm not expecting much out of this photography obsession :oops: