Comments on: "Made for Digital" Lenses will be Worthless in the Future http://www.imageguy.com/made-for-digital-lenses-will-be-worthless-in-the-future/ Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:37:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Zahora http://www.imageguy.com/made-for-digital-lenses-will-be-worthless-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Michael Zahora Thu, 29 May 2008 05:05:42 +0000 http://www.imageguy.com/?p=57#comment-59 a good quality full frame lens will, in my opinion, keep its value better than a good quality 1.5X-1.6X crop factor lens. Any business man knows, things depreciate and technology keeps improving. The trick is to have a good accountant and to plan for the future. a good quality full frame lens will, in my opinion, keep its value better than a good quality 1.5X-1.6X crop factor lens.

Any business man knows, things depreciate and technology keeps improving. The trick is to have a good accountant and to plan for the future.

]]> By: Tesseract http://www.imageguy.com/made-for-digital-lenses-will-be-worthless-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Tesseract Thu, 29 May 2008 02:43:34 +0000 http://www.imageguy.com/?p=57#comment-58 The issue is that as digital moves to Full Frame you will get more megapixels - so old film lenses and new full frame digital lenses will get 'more' picture than the 1.5 or 1.6 cropped lenses. And considering the old stand-by "put money into glass as it keeps its value" isn't going to hold true. For amateurs and semi-pro, not a big deal. But for Professional photographers and their business, depreciation and resale value on a couple of tens of thousands of dollars of camera equipment is a big deal. The issue is that as digital moves to Full Frame you will get more megapixels – so old film lenses and new full frame digital lenses will get ‘more’ picture than the 1.5 or 1.6 cropped lenses.

And considering the old stand-by “put money into glass as it keeps its value” isn’t going to hold true. For amateurs and semi-pro, not a big deal. But for Professional photographers and their business, depreciation and resale value on a couple of tens of thousands of dollars of camera equipment is a big deal.

]]> By: Michael Zahora http://www.imageguy.com/made-for-digital-lenses-will-be-worthless-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Michael Zahora Thu, 29 May 2008 01:29:52 +0000 http://www.imageguy.com/?p=57#comment-57 I don't think they will discontinue them. There will always be people entering the DSLR market and the 1.5X or 1.6X crop factor camera will be the perfect entry point. I just don't think those people will buy the expensive "made for digital" lenses. They will buy cheap lenses to get them started and then will invest in better "full frame" lenses that they can take with them when they upgrade. I don’t think they will discontinue them. There will always be people entering the DSLR market and the 1.5X or 1.6X crop factor camera will be the perfect entry point. I just don’t think those people will buy the expensive “made for digital” lenses. They will buy cheap lenses to get them started and then will invest in better “full frame” lenses that they can take with them when they upgrade.

]]> By: Tesseract http://www.imageguy.com/made-for-digital-lenses-will-be-worthless-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Tesseract Thu, 29 May 2008 00:35:21 +0000 http://www.imageguy.com/?p=57#comment-56 Yeah I covered this 2 weeks ago, basically you are right - sell now and sell quick. For Nikon people DX and likely G lenses are going to be snuffed as pros demand more functionality and full frame comes to their line-up. http://www.hyperphotocube.com/2008/05/11/film-vs-digital.html#more-49 Yeah I covered this 2 weeks ago, basically you are right – sell now and sell quick. For Nikon people DX and likely G lenses are going to be snuffed as pros demand more functionality and full frame comes to their line-up.

http://www.hyperphotocube.com/2008/05/11/film-vs-digital.html#more-49

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