Re: Camera Design Life

On Fri, 30 May 2008 09:41:54 +0100, PDM wrote:

"ray" <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 13:30:50 +0100, Tony B wrote:

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

FWIW - my old 1mp Kodak DC210+ is still working fine. I believe I've
had it for close to 10 years now.

Oh dear! I'm still using my Pentax Spotmatics bought in 1970. Never ever
bothered to upgrade until digital started to get good. Got used to the
camera and noticed by the time some photographers using modern cameras
had found the on switch I had already taken a dozen pictures. Now I'm
using a D40x and guess that I will probably not bother upgrading for a
very long time. The technology would have to improve significantly
though.

PDM

Point being that a (digital) camera is not truly obsolete until it dies or
you give up on it. BTW - I'm now primarily using a P850 - but I did use
the DC210+ for shooting haloween photos at the local library last year.
They simply wanted to be able to print out small pictures of the folks in
costume - no need for multi megapixels since the pics were done 12 to a
page - and I have an AC adapter cord for the DC.

.

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