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From: David J Taylor on 9 Nov 2009 03:14 "Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message news:4af77c58$0$1655$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... [] > Almost double the price going fromk 10MP to 12MP? You will always find that cameras drop in price from their introduction, making it difficult if you take a snapshot of today's prices. According to DP Review D60 was Euro 699 at introduction, and the D5000 Euro 799. In my view, the extra Euro 100 would be worth it just for the higher ISO capability of the newer sensor. > And from DPReview ... > > The D5000 is something of a departure for Nikon - it's bigger than > the D40/D60 sized cameras but still smaller than the D80/D90 body > style. And it's not exactly what we'd call pretty. From a > conceptual point of view, the D5000 is most of a D90 shoe-horned > into a D60 body with an articulated screen added to the back, and > it looks as if the designers took that as an instruction for what > it should look like. It's adorned with a profusion of bumps, lumps > and nubs. > > In many respects, the D5000 harks back to the D50 - it's a > surprisingly large compared to its peers and, unlike recent little > Nikons, has a feature set that will prompt many a debate about > whether to buy this camera or the model above. > > -- > Ray Fischer Owning both a D60 and a D5000 I can tell you that the size difference is very little - just a few mm in depth. As it produces excellent images, I'm not that fussed if it's not quite as "pretty" as other cameras. David
From: Ray Fischer on 9 Nov 2009 23:06 David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > >"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message >news:4af77c58$0$1655$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >[] >> Almost double the price going fromk 10MP to 12MP? > >You will always find that cameras drop in price from their introduction, Spare me the bullshit rationalizations. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: David J Taylor on 10 Nov 2009 03:46 "Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message news:4af8e6c9$0$1588$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... > David J Taylor > <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >> >>"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message >>news:4af77c58$0$1655$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >>[] >>> Almost double the price going fromk 10MP to 12MP? >> >>You will always find that cameras drop in price from their introduction, > > Spare me the bullshit rationalizations. > > -- > Ray Fischer > rfischer(a)sonic.net Well, if you are trying to compare prices, if does not make sense to compare the price of a new model with one at the end-of-life discount period. I have tried to be polite and courteous to you in these discussions, but as you have been unable to extend the same courtesy to me, I regret that I will no longer be reading your messages. Goodbye, Mr Fisher. David
From: Ray Fischer on 10 Nov 2009 14:09 David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message >news:4af8e6c9$0$1588$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >> David J Taylor >> <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>"Ray Fischer" <rfischer(a)sonic.net> wrote in message >>>news:4af77c58$0$1655$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net... >>>[] >>>> Almost double the price going fromk 10MP to 12MP? >>> >>>You will always find that cameras drop in price from their introduction, >> >> Spare me the bullshit rationalizations. > >Well, if you are trying to compare prices, You claimed that adding a swivel screen wouldn't add significantly to the price or size. Your own evidence shows otherwise. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: Wolfgang Weisselberg on 10 Nov 2009 17:08
David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Agreed that price-setting is somewhat artificial, although that's not as > true of today's DSLRs as it was a few years back. There is no non-artifical price setting, except for selling at cost (and even that is artifical, since you have to predict the number of items being sold to factor in development and other one-time costs). There is also no "fair" price --- you take what you can get within the limits of the market and your plans. > If anything, the price > of some high-end P&S is being hiked. You can assume all P&S cameras have a markup. > If the swivel LCD doesn't add to the > cost, for whatever reason, then that's great for the consumer. The swivel LCD doesn't add (much) to the assumed (by the marketing department) percieved worth of the camera, else there would be a noticable price step between similar models with and without. Whereas during the megapixel race more pixels (whatever their quality) were (and still are) an argument much advertized, to the point that there are few low megapixel cameras still around (usually in speciality niches) because they wouldn't sell for a price that would still make money. -Wolfgang |