The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise

Re:The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise by cesaref on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @04:40AM (#35697984)

That Z9 will be yesterdays tech in a year or two, and you'll be able to pick it up for a fraction of its current price. It'll still perform exactly as well as it does today, but the gear heads will be onto the next new thing.

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Re:The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise by MadameBanaan on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:01AM (#35698083)

I do two very expensive hobbies: Triathlon and Astrophotography

I've never bought flagship gear, and I often buy second hand. This is the way.

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Re:The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise by hef19898 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:21AM (#35698183)

That is the reason I love gear heads, otherwise I wouldn't have been abke to get the Nikkor lenses I have for the price I paid, and they are all used by the way. That none of those is compatible with the new Z system helps as well.

Because why would a camera and a lense, that was the top of the line back the day, be less suitable today? Not that a Z9 wouldn't be nice, but I have other hobbies as well and want to see places!

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Re:The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise by jiggawatts on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:57AM (#35698394)

> in a year or two

It probably won't see significant price drops for 5+ years, because the pace of development in the DSLR market is slowing down. There are longer and longer gaps between new significant features, which means the price of used cameras isn't going down as fast as they used to.

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Re:The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise by xmcqdpt2 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:49AM (#35699166)

Some digital cameras (looking at you, Fujifilm X100v) are now selling above release MSRP even three years after release!

As frustrating as it is, I must say it is kinda nice to finally have one sphere of consumer electronics where you don't have to update all the time!

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