Canon Cannot Keep Screwing It's Customers Over
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I think professionally, camera kit doesn't really devalue all that much.
Say I sell a $3000 camera second hand for $2000.
I've lost $1000, but I'm damn sure that when I'm upgrading a camera it'll make a significant enough difference to my business that that $1000 I've lost is peanuts compared to my profits.
The same idea follows for shutter replacements too.
I went from a rebel xti to a 7d. My 7d paid for itself, extra lenses, flashes, studio gear and my bills in the first year.
The only way I'd make a loss on it is if I paid someone to take it
Say I sell a $3000 camera second hand for $2000.
I've lost $1000, but I'm damn sure that when I'm upgrading a camera it'll make a significant enough difference to my business that that $1000 I've lost is peanuts compared to my profits.
The same idea follows for shutter replacements too.
I went from a rebel xti to a 7d. My 7d paid for itself, extra lenses, flashes, studio gear and my bills in the first year.
The only way I'd make a loss on it is if I paid someone to take it
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Freelancer said:
Sorry, I don't know who Joe Mcnally is and whether he is a better photographer than me. Perhaps he is a god to some and not to others - photography is such a subjective interest isn't it. My point regarding Nikon's lenses is that their range is crap in comparrison to Canon's. Look at all the popular primes and zooms from both parties and compare them. Canon's RANGE is vastly superior - perhaps that's a subjective statement too. I'm not a fanboy and could happily switch if I felt someone else were producing a better product but they aren't. Bodies - maybe but lense range - not.
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neuroanatomist said:bdunbar79 said:
Bob Rand's buddy - they go around taking pictures of maps and globes.
Haha! Classic.
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bdunbar79 said:neuroanatomist said:bdunbar79 said:
Bob Rand's buddy - they go around taking pictures of maps and globes.
I looked through some of the legends portraits. I recognized a few of the photos so he would probably be quite big. Some of the stuff was great. It's not his fault he ended up in this thread.
Haha! Classic.
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A camera is an investment??? Perhaps twenty years ago..... Now they are like a computer, they are a rapidly depreciating expendable item. Like a computer, in five years it is obsolete and needs to be replaced.... Resale value zero.
I think I'll go out and invest in a tank of gas and a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?
I think I'll go out and invest in a tank of gas and a bag of potato chips.... Wonder what they will be worth in 2023?
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neuroanatomist said:Don Haines said:
I dunno...have you seen the price of Twinkies lately?!?
Yeah, but twinkies are the best bet, as they ever expire.
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Daniel Flather said:neuroanatomist said:Don Haines said:
I dunno...have you seen the price of Twinkies lately?!?
Yeah, but twinkies are the best bet, as they ever expire.
Hold onto those twinkies and other Hostess products. Could be worth big bucks if the company goes bankrupt.
You will have a collectors item one day.
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Investment time... Canon comes out with the 5D III. Person A invests in the camera body, in ten years time the camera has gone from $3500 to being sold used for $200
Person B invests in $3500 worth of beer, drinks it all, and throws the empties in the garage. in ten years time the empties are worth $500.......
Moral of the story, beer is a better investment than digital camera bodies.... So go make that higher return investment and have a merry christmas
Person B invests in $3500 worth of beer, drinks it all, and throws the empties in the garage. in ten years time the empties are worth $500.......
Moral of the story, beer is a better investment than digital camera bodies.... So go make that higher return investment and have a merry christmas
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So I invested $1800 in my 7D almost 3 years ago, made $20,000 dollars with it and now may sell it for $1,000... So did I loose $800 with it or profit and make $19,200 with it?Don Haines said:
Ya, it was a good investment.. short term, not long term... And way more fun than a CD or Mutual Fund!
So I invested in a 5D MK III... see how that investment works out in the short term... oh, plus I wrote off the entire 7D... Seems better than twinkies and beer!
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If you are an early adopter, you will get burn with price. That is a fact of life, regardless of what industry you are buying stuff from. In the electronic industry, you will get double burn because things advance so quickly in this industry compare to any other.
If u dont want to get burn, dont be an early adopter. Wait 6 months or a year. It is not the end of the world if u dont have the latest gadget.
If u dont want to get burn, dont be an early adopter. Wait 6 months or a year. It is not the end of the world if u dont have the latest gadget.
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The notion of Canon screwing its customers over is laughable. Are they forcing anyone to buy their products? Did they fail to meet some agreement made at the time of purchase? Presumably, customers are willing participants in transactions, so we must assume that customers feel as if they are made better off by these transactions.
So unless you can claim that Canon has deliberately tried to deceive their customers, i don't see how you can claim that anyone is getting screwed over.
So unless you can claim that Canon has deliberately tried to deceive their customers, i don't see how you can claim that anyone is getting screwed over.
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