Pål wrote: > Malcolm wrote: > > > Deprecation depends on your viewpoint on the product. Here we > are talking > > cameras, and in the majority (?) of cases here it is hobby > money. I have a > > local friend who would be horrified at losing a few hundred pounds to > > upgrade a camera to the latest model, yet he is quite happy to throw > > thousands away to have the latest car every year. I am sure > most of us have > > similar examples. > > The problem is that if you buy a DSLR today, you can have the > same camera or a better one for 50% less in six months with some > bad luck. Thats not depreciation, but wasting money.
An even better example would be computers. You know by the time your latest machine is unpacked and running, it's out of date and someone has brought out a cheaper, faster model. We still buy them, and if we want one ~now~ we go and get one. Your point, however, is well made. Malcolm
