What is your longest record of keeping a digicam?

[shutterfly]

Well, I am still holding on to my Kodak DC120. Never uses since then and it hardly clock more than 1000 pictures, sigh now in my museum! But this camera has taken an award winning images for me in 1998 - Singapore 1st digital photography contest ... 2 commenable mentions.... :bsmilie:

Impressive.. Another kodak digicam user. They seem to dominate the market 5 years ago.

 

[r32]

Been with me since '98.

 

[junyang]

Canon EOS D30

 

[drebel]

12 months, same reason. :sweat:

wrong wrong wrong mentality :nono: ... lemme teach u...

let your digicam fully depreciate first.. to $0..
then sell away cheap cheap...
then you can go around and tell the whole world you're making money :bsmilie:

this is Acctg 101

 

[Ah Pao]

Alamak...can things depreciate to $0? Intrinsically don't all things have a "scrape value"? If scrape value = $0, even the karung guni man also don't want liao...take up space only... :sweat:

 

[drebel]

not all things have scrap value...

some even have scrap costs somemore...
eg u buy new fridge.. wanna throw old fridge away.. the delivery guy charge u $50 somemore... lolz... :bsmilie:

 

[sriram]

My one and only digicam was a Kodak DC260. It was pathetically slow, takes 15 minutes to start up and 2 hours to take a picture. Bought it second hand for $500 (owner paid $1500 for it), and after a year, sold it for $100 with 8 rechargeables and 2 CF cards. What a loss. Given the rate at which digicams get obsolete (few months), it's a waste getting a new one. Second hand makes a lot more sense.

 

[CYRN]

wrong wrong wrong mentality :nono: ... lemme teach u...

let your digicam fully depreciate first.. to $0..
then sell away cheap cheap...
then you can go around and tell the whole world you're making money :bsmilie:

this is Acctg 101

hahaha... :thumbsup:

But the other side of equation is economics "supply vs demand". No demand... supply also no value.

 

[arikevin]

Sony F717. 5 months

 

[espn]

Nikon Coolpix, approximately near 11 months before I made a change.


Wellllllllllll.... The only thing's that constant is change. Heehee. Ok ok I'm just trying to dig a way out

 

[jimtong]

Olympus C730... since 2002. Still going strong.

 

[Poon]

Sony 717, >12mths already. intending to stick with it for another 2-3 yrs.

 

[shutterfly]

Sony 717, >12mths already. intending to stick with it for another 2-3 yrs.

Wah.. Maybe you can share with us your secret on how to resist the temptation to upgrade.

 

[Nospeech]

Fujifilm Finepix 4900Zoom since 2001.

 

[Poon]

Wah.. Maybe you can share with us your secret on how to resist the temptation to upgrade.

Follow the instructions below for how to resist the upgarde temptation.


Do the following steps in the listed order:

1. Hold up your camera in your left hand.
2. Stand in front of the mirror and concentrate on the image of your camera.
3. Giving your camera 20 gentle pats with your right hand.
4. Repeat "Myy Preciouusss" in your most tender and affectionate tone.

Repeat step 1-4 three times a day or whenever you feel the urge to upgrade. Also repeat step 3-4 until you feel the urge subside and once again your deeply committed to your camera.


ps. you can also use the following steps on your gf/wife if you ever feel tempted to stray.

 

[Waffle]

Been using a Canon V2 since around May 2002 and still using it now.
My one and only digital camera.
Never been drop before.

holy cow! i never thought i'd find another person holding an IXUS V2 like me here, much less own it from around the same time i got it till now

BROTHER! :sweat: :bsmilie: