On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm with you. I can't spend $1300 every two years on a new body...
>
> Two related thoughts:
>
> 1. If you feel the need to change camera bodies every two years, you
> chose unwisely.
>
> I don't necessarily feel a real need, I just wish they would not abandon
it after a year and a half. Even Apple keeps pushing out firmware/OS
upgrades of iOS devices for three generations.
> 2. A camera body should be viable for four years, at which point, the
> upgrade is worthy, you've avoided the incremental changes, and you get
> a similar design camera because the manufacturers are on a four-year
> product adventure where they can't figure out what they want to
> produce so they cycle through several designs and it takes four years
> to get back to what you like again.
>
>
Somehow, that makes sense.
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