Throw-away digital?

cheddar-caveman

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3 Aug 2010 - 8:15 PM

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Food for thought-------------------

We've had throw-away film cameras for decades now but I wonder how long it will be before someone brings out the throw-away digital one? I guess the cost of the sensor will inhibit this for the foreseable future?

Just a talking point-----------------

JJGEE

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3 Aug 2010 - 8:23 PM

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Sony have already got one.
It is called the A900.... all it is good for is throwing away
Shame because the Zeiss lenses are great !

Paul Morgan (Challenge Team)

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3 Aug 2010 - 9:57 PM

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Quote: as Paul says above they are already here.... but i really dont see the point in them

Well were all using them

Thincat

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3 Aug 2010 - 10:07 PM

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Quote: Sony have already got one.
It is called the A900.... all it is good for is throwing away


That's not what the reviews say - or most people who use them.

BubbaG2000

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4 Aug 2010 - 11:12 AM

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Do you not have to return them for photo-printing and recycling?

thewilliam

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4 Aug 2010 - 11:23 AM

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Mainstream DSLRs are pretty close to throw-away because their value goes into free-fall as soon as the next model is released.

You can buy a good D3 for just over half the price of a D3s. The D2Xs will fetch about quarter of its new price, and the good old D1X is less than one-tenth of what it cost new.

thewilliam

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4 Aug 2010 - 1:47 PM

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I'm happy to use the same kit for years on end. Perhaps because I'm a vulgar professional!

In the good old days of film, we bought our Hasselblad and Nikon outfits and, like Grandpa'a axe, they seemed to go on forever. Now and again we'd buy a new lens or replace an old body, but it was built to last.

Happily, my digiback allows me to continue using my V series Hasselblad kit, but it pains me that a Nikon digital body costs over twice as much as a film body and has to be replaced after half the time.

The Kodak DCS760 bodies served me for 6 years, which is a long time by digital standards and they were a long way from worn out when they needed to be updated.

Ken Rockwell calls it "digital rot"

User_Removed

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4 Aug 2010 - 1:54 PM

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lol@digital rot

Excellent description!

I really wish the likes of the big names would make ,say, an OM1 exactly like before, but with a digital sensor.

Any of the big names really. I know it won't happen, because they don't want the kit to last forever.

Dave