Must be regional. The few remaining stores in the SE Michigan that
deal in used gear have become very selective about what they'll accept
in trade. The stock response to anything that used to be pricey seems
to be "Try ebay". If the potential trader winces, the store may offer
pennies on the dollar and, like car dealers, make it up on the new
stuff the trader is buying.
I've long been convinced that the best trade gear gets scarfed up by
the employees and never even makes it to the used cases. This bit of
cynicism is based on conversations I've had with a few salespeople
over the years that bragged about deals they've gotten on trade-in
stuff at which customers never had a chance. One of the perks they
get for putting up with clowns like me.
ScottGee1
On 1/9/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That's one thing I think I'm really going to miss when I go to
> > a DSLR. I also shoot a lot of waistlevel in "TLR" mode with
> > the C5050 and tilt screen.
>
> I really love using the A1 in the studio for this very reason.
> Product photography with a "waistlevel" viewfinder is the cat's
> meow. However, the digital cameras don't have the nasty
> reversed image of a reflex camera.
>
> Back to Walt's point. I've been noticing the equipment in the
> used bins at the pro shop I frequent. On the rare instance that
> a medium-format camera shows up, it's gone within hours. It has
> to be either way overpriced or a real beater in order to sit as
> much as a week. Almost all of the used equipment now is 35mm
> Canon with a sprinkling of Nikon. F5s and F100s last only a
> couple of days at best, but the Canons--even beautiful EOS-1V
> bodies will rest for a while. Now there is a decent selection
> of used digitals, such as D60s, 10Ds and D100s and Fuji S2s.
> They sit for quite a while. They're getting more life as
> rentals than anything.
>
> AG
>
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