Tim Gray
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No one yet as mentioned the influence of raging digital gear developments going on these days. I think sales here could also be slowed by the fact that there are so many interesting digital camera ideas bubbling up these days. The ideas are coming so fast now that people might be waiting to see if their notion of the perfect digital camera is just over the horizon (like the "OM-D" for example).
Actually I did mention that a bit ago 🙂
Another thing I've noticed with the 'higher' end gear is the pretty high prices people are asking. Maybe it's just in M lenses, but stuff is going for almost twice what it did 1-2 years ago. Why isn't really important for this discussion, but it certainly puts a damper on my interest in some of it. Whereas I might be interested in trying out a used lens for a decent bit below MSRP, there's no way in hell I'm going to shell out 15% ABOVE list price for a used lens that has no warrantee.
Others in different financial situations obviously might have different opinions.