[quote name='AAC7man' timestamp='1313398006' post='10754']
You're probably right, but I don't like the price increase bit. Many recent lens releases assume that users have become much wealthier!
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For most equipment, there's a starting price which is higher. Over the sale lifetime the price drops gradually until just before it is discontinued. Any replacement would generally come in at a similar entry price, waiting for the price drop cycle to work again... its more obvious on bodies though since they're on a shorter cycle than lenses, but something similar works there too. So within a space, there's old and cheap, or new and expensive. Had to break that cycle... unless something is out of production and still desirable, in which case you get old and expensive! For example, I'd love to play with a Noct-Nikkor but the price is something else... if you can even find one.
You're probably right, but I don't like the price increase bit. Many recent lens releases assume that users have become much wealthier!
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For most equipment, there's a starting price which is higher. Over the sale lifetime the price drops gradually until just before it is discontinued. Any replacement would generally come in at a similar entry price, waiting for the price drop cycle to work again... its more obvious on bodies though since they're on a shorter cycle than lenses, but something similar works there too. So within a space, there's old and cheap, or new and expensive. Had to break that cycle... unless something is out of production and still desirable, in which case you get old and expensive! For example, I'd love to play with a Noct-Nikkor but the price is something else... if you can even find one.
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