![]() Can you imagine someone buying a 20-year-old digital camera today to use as their main camera? And using that camera for five or more years? That’s unheard of, but it used to be normal in the days of film. My first SLR was a 20-year-old Canon AE-1, which I purchased over 20 years ago when I was in Photography 101 in college. There are still big leaps happening today, but we’ve reached a point of diminishing returns, and those leaps don’t mean as much in practical application. There were significant leaps when new camera models came out. It’s a byproduct of technology that advances quickly, and also habits formed when digital photography was new and not especially good. People buy cameras and use them for a year or two or maybe three, and then they move on to whatever is new. I remember seeing the X-T1 on sale for “only” $1,000 and that was considered a bargain at the time. ![]() This was a $1,300 camera not very long ago. It’s very difficult for me to believe that I snagged this beauty for only $300. I don’t know the story behind it, but it seems like maybe someone used it a couple of times and didn’t like it, so they boxed it up and it sat on a shelf for four or five years. It really did appear unused! It even had the original firmware installed. Yea! It looked brand new except it was missing the sync cap. Well, the packaged was delivered a couple days ago I opened up the box with anxious curiosity and found inside… I wasn’t sure what I was going to find when the package arrived. ![]() The condition of the camera said “low shutter count” and “in like-new condition.” When you’re purchasing things off the internet, my experience is that it’s rarely exactly as described. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I purchased a used Fujifilm X-T1 for only $300.
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