Okay, here's some ammo to those who highlight DSLR depreciation and the 'must keep up' aura that permeates the electronics/photo markets.
A well-known Canon dealer in the UK is advertising the D10 on pre-order at 1499 GBP (with a 512MB CF card) - or 'your D60 and 500 GBP'. So if I want to trade in my mint in box D60 and hand over 500 notes (the best part of 800 USD) then I can have a brand new camera. Perhaps if I sold it on the used market I might be looking at 1200 to 1400 quid. This on a camera that cost 1899 GBP last September, although I was able to claim back the tax, effectively making it about 1600 GBP. Still, you can see the money literally leaking out of it! The question is, am I tempted? Well, as with all new shiny toys, yes I am. But not for long. If I look at what I have, and what it does, and what I can make with it, in fact I am not tempted in the least. It does the job very well indeed. The new camera may have a metal shell with more AF points (of which I would probably only continue to use one...) and a few more bells and whistles (Adobe 1998 colour space would be a slight benefit, but not much) but ultimately I am content with the choice I made, and so no reason at all to switch. What has this to do with Pentax? If you buy the Pentax DSLR this summer, then the summer after, maybe later, you will be confronted by a similar situation - and the feelings engendered are very interesting to say the least. A sort of 'oh no I don't want to be left behind' fretting, countered by a 'crickey - all I want to do is make some nice snaps and this is all a load of bollocks' reality, ending up with a 'well I'm doing just fine and I'm not going to let this hype get to me' cosiness..... Food for thought. Cotty ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________
