Re: Camera Design Life
"Tony B" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lots of interesting contributions to this thread, but I'm still none the
wiser as to how long I can expect my d40 to last, i.e. before it breaks,
not before it becomes obsolete due to newer equipment.. I guess it was
pretty much obsolete when I bought it earlier this year!! But I'm not in
the market for the latest/greatest, with my modest Nikon I have a dSLR
that takes great pictures, well up to the biggest prints I produce and has
enough features for me to spend many, many more hours learning to make the
pictures I want. The question I was trying to frame was, how long will it
be functional? As I say, I recently got a forty year old Russian
rangefinder for BW and it makes great pictures. Will my D40 still be able
to do that in 40 years???
AFAIK a good rule of thumb is to take the manufacturers rated life and
double it.
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Peter
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- Re: Camera Design Life
... Lots of interesting contributions to this thread, but I'm still none the wiser as to how long I can expect my d40 to last, i.e. before it breaks, not before it becomes obsolete due to newer equipment.. ... I guess it was pretty much obsolete when I bought it earlier this year!! ... But I'm not in the market for the latest/greatest, with my modest Nikon I have a dSLR that takes great pictures, well up to the biggest prints I produce and has enough features for me to spend many, many more hours learning to make the pictures I want. ... Will my D40 still be able to do that in 40 years??? ...
(alt.photography) - Re: Camera Design Life
... not before it becomes obsolete due to newer equipment.. ... make the pictures I want. ... Will my D40 ... camera will still be working in 40 years. ...
(alt.photography) - Re: Camera Design Life
... I guess it was pretty much obsolete when I bought it earlier this year!! ... But I'm not in the market for the latest/greatest, with my modest Nikon I have a dSLR that takes great pictures, well up to the biggest prints I produce and has enough features for me to spend many, many more hours learning to make the pictures I want. ... Will my D40 still be able to do that in 40 years??? ... Anyone out there using a Sony Mavica digital camera with the floppy disk drive these days? ...
(alt.photography) - Re: Nikon 50mm 1.4 AFS on Nikon D40 - Should I upgrade lens or camera?
... which makes the 1.8 lens very nice for what I take pictures of. ... still enough for me to manual focus. ... (except for the autofocus on the D40)? ...
(rec.photo.digital) - Re: Nikon D40 for first time dSLR?
... 'point-and-shoot' cameras. ... Other than the D40 being smaller and lighter ... the advantages you'd expect from a DSLR. ... As for getting blurry pictures, ...
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