[pure-silver] Re: Looking Forward to Film
- From: "Bob Rosen" <afterswift@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 15:56:06 -0700
Hi Aaron,
Use value is more important than market value. For example, I'm using a 1998
Dell PC -- the first of the USB models -- and getting first rate service from
it daily. It processes the usual digital images quickly, handles MS Publisher
2003 like lightning, tours the Net like Superman, and has never disappointed
me. It needs no replacement. Its Pentium II 450MHz processor juggles its 384MB
RAM like a master performer. And it replaced W98SE with Windows 2000 Pro in one
leap.
As for the fall in value of the F5, the market is fickle. Film cameras
constitute an irreplaceable aspect of photography which will become apparent
over the next decade. I'll never abandon my film Leicas and Nikons. The best
among us will still use them. There is no replacement of the negative. It's
irreduceably photographic.
Which reminds me, the NYT had a splendid article about Dusan Stulik, the Getty
Museum's curator of chemical photography. We can punch it up from The NY Times
of Sunday, April 1, 2007, Art section.
Best Wishes,
Bob
Best,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron Reece
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:57 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: buying photo stuff on ebay
Justin:
You may console yourself with the thought that you have had three years of
additional use from your F5, which I hope has been worth $475 US or CDN to you.
If you think this level of depreciation is bad try buying a new computer, and
see how much it is worth in three years.
Best regards,
Aaron
On May 25, 2007, at 2:49 PM, Justin F. Knotzke wrote:
Strategy on ebay depends on the item. I just won a nikon F5 for $325.
Please tell me this said F5 doesn't work and was run over by a 40 foot
truck only to land on the train tracks and be run over by a locomotive..
3 years ago I paid $800 for mine.
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