Darin Heinz wrote:
OK.
For a while now, I've seen used Nikon D1 bodies (first generation on
up) sold at eBay for, on the average, about $300 US. On places like
KEH.com, moderately battered ones go for even more. It is an older
SLR, and boasts a whopping 2.65 megapixels.
Any idea why even "paperweight-condition" cameras are fetching high
prices? Like the time I tried to illustrate "nothingness", I'm drawing
a blank.
(by the way, is "paperweight" an obsolete term yet?)
Darin Heinz
See my photographs online at http://www.photo.net/photos/DarinHeinz/
One thought is that when new they cost many many $$$$$ and the owners
are unable to accept the fact that the new devices are better featured
and cost much less. I see this at 'hamfests' where people try to sell
old ham gear for a price close to what the new better featured gear costs.
Then there are some that didn't buy a Nikon, but a "NIKON". I used to
work in a camera shop and we sold a lot of Nikon jewelry. Not diamonds
and gold but Nikon cameras....... Nikon has always been very good for
the most part and a lot of people bought it because it was NIKON without
knowing what it was or what it did or how to use it. They had an
expensive P&S !
I think the term is epaperweight now...... A virtual device at extra
cost from MS.....
Bob
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