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Gisle Hannemyr wrote:
"Rich" writes: If Canon goes to 23m in the next pro offering, pros will have no choice (depending on their work) to upgrade again to stay competitive. Which is unfortunate. Working pros computes the cost of their gear into the cost of running a business, a cost which they pass down to their clients. It the pro has a reasonable productivity, this cost is usually a mariginal cost (pennies per shot) and in any case it is less than the per-shot cost associated with film, so an annual upgrade cycle is not a problem for a professional. WORKING pros also don't upgrade just because some new gizmo comes on the market. |
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John A. Stovall wrote: No a 20D and Rebel XT will not take the same quality photos as a 1DsMkII. That's assuming you have lenses with the same f-stop and FOV. If you have a single, long, sharp, telephoto, the 20D and 350D are going to resolve a small subject better. -- John P Sheehy |
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In article , kz8rt3
@mail.com says... In article , John A. Stovall wrote: No pro pays for his camera. What did they do before they were pro? The OP was right. digital Camera's are sold on bigger, better, and disposable. Oh, and if I shoot, but work a grocery store, do I buy my own camera? If you have already done so, has it ceased to function? Do you need the newer model? A pro might justify a quick replacement of a body, but most am's hardly use the capabilities of what they have. Besides the pros, the only ones who need the latest/greatest, are those who care to boast about their equipment. Hunt |
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In article , says...
"Rich" writes: If Canon goes to 23m in the next pro offering, pros will have no choice (depending on their work) to upgrade again to stay competitive. Which is unfortunate. Working pros computes the cost of their gear into the cost of running a business, a cost which they pass down to their clients. It the pro has a reasonable productivity, this cost is usually a mariginal cost (pennies per shot) and in any case it is less than the per-shot cost associated with film, so an annual upgrade cycle is not a problem for a professional. It is for for amateurs and part-time photographers (i.e. people that do not generate a substantial part of the income from photography) that always having the greatest and latest can be a financial burden. But nobody forces these people to upgrade! My ten year old 6 Mpx digicam takes images today that are just as great as it did when it was new in in 1995. On eBay, this DSLR is cheaper than newer point and shoots - and it takes less noisy photographs! Here is a page where my ten year old Kodak compared to my two year old Canon. The Kodak is winning: http://folk.uio.no/gisle/photo/dcs460.html -- - gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ Gisle, You are correct. When Leaf first introduced their 4x5 back, I held off buying one, as they went for ~ US$30,000 with ancillary hardware. Some competitors jumped on the digital bandwagon, and went to the bank. Years later, I bought into digital for less than half, and got so very much more. They were still paying the notes on their early gear, and I hope they did well, but it was obsolete by the time it was paid off, or written-down. When one "gets into" certain gear is the trick, just like buying/selling stock. It is all timing. If I need it, I buy it, so long as *I* (that is a capital "I" for emphasis) can justify it, or a particular client, can justify it. Simple business math. Right now, only my Nikon D70 is on a depreciation schedule, all of my 4x5, 2. 25 Hassy gear and tons of strobes have all depreciated to $0, but they all work fine. Hunt |
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