To me, camera is just for fun, I never think about resell value. I don't
think camera is a good investment tool (for resell), an investment tool is
something that I can rely on it for living, to me camera is sure not an
option.
We do have all our money invested on stock, based on last three years
experience, we earned over 8% a year and it is good enough to support our
living. Talking about choosing stocks I do consider dividends, over 70% (by
investment value) of our invested company has dividends over 3% a year.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Ken,
>
> You are a professional photographer, you know better than to buy a camera
> based on resale value. Lets put it in real perspective. That $2000 digital
> camera will have no resale value but will make you tens of thousands of
> dollars in the time you use it. The OM-3Ti will too, but it too will have
> little resale if you really use it, cause you'll wear it out or it'll be
> beat up looking at the end. These are tools for you and I, not toys as
> they
> are for collectors and dentists who buy then cause they have the $$$ (A
> phenomenon common in the world of Leicas and Hasselblads too). Tools are
> an
> investment because you'll make money from the work you do with them, not
> because you will ever sell them.
>
> Its kind of like buying stocks. Back when people were sane, they bought
> stock in companies that would make a profit cause the dividends they
> received were the payoff from the investment. Now, no one gives a damn
> about
> that, they just want the stock price to go up constantly and so the
> companies don't bother paying dividends. Instead they focus on
> shortsighted
> immediate gains to bolster the stock price to levels higher than it should
> be based on the real value of the company.
>
>
> On 5/7/10 6:27 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey, let's put it into another perspective: $2000 for an OM-3Ti now as
>> an
>> investment for future sale or $2000 on a digital camera for future sale?
>> I
>> think I'd put my money on the OM-3Ti.
>>
>> AG
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