Re: Camera Design Life


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I've recently got an old Russian film camera in order to have a play with BW film. This has got me thinking now, how long do you reckon my D40 will last? Will it still be taking photos thirty years from now, or will it be junk? How long do digital cameras last before they are broken beyond economic repair? So far, this has not been an issue as my digital cameras have got better and better over the last ten or so years, as they broke or got dirty inside I've just got a newer, cheaper better one but with the D40 there really is no reason to go "better" other than the inner warmth of having a New Thing.

So, design life = ???

T

I saw a D200 for sale a few weeks ago, advertised as like new with only 8,500 some odd shutter activations. I still use a D70 that I've had since new that has almost 5,000 shutter activations. I has operated flawlessly and works exactly the way it did when new. It seems to me technology not mechanical breakdown will more likely be the cause of obsolescence. We shouldn't fall for the false obsolescence suggested by the advertisers of the latest and greatest new thing. Someone in this thread asked why anyone would want a D70. I would have no problem answering that question. It's a good camera.
I'm the one. What I said, exactly, was "How many would want a D70?".
The D70 is a fine camera and probably could take many years of fine pictures.
Most buyers, however, prefer to buy a later model camera and this is clearly reflected in the selling price of the D70. For the same price you paid for your 6 mp camera one could buy a 10 mp body with many other significant improvements. In general D200 camera owners (a camera less than 2 years old) are dumping them in favor of a D300. Another poster said he enjoys his 10 year old 1 mp camera. I don't think you would even consider a 1 mp Digital camera. Would you?



I'm not an expert on this by any means, but I don't worship at the megapixel alter. From what I've seen doubling the megapixels on the D70, D50, D40, etc. sized sensor doesn't give enough more photographic quality to make buy one of the new cameras. But you are right about one thing, the hype on the D300 is making people dump their D200's at fire sale prices so they can get hands on the highly acclaimed D300. If I can get a real deal on a D200 I just might go for it and give my D70 to my girl friend (if she'll take it). The D200 has stood the test of time. It will think this would be an excellent use of my economy stimulus money.

I still have my first digital camera around somewhere, a little Kodak with 0 megapixels. It doesn't have much to offer. I bought a 2.1 megapixel Nikon 950 at an estate sale and had it converted to an infrared camera. I've gotten sharp 11x14 prints from it. I've read about Canon's original DSLR that I think was 2 megapixels. The guy that owned it uses it for web work and you can't tell the difference on the web from it and a 12 megapixel camera. So a lot depends on the intended use.

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