David Hughes
David Hughes
Re: Followup
Re: Followup
Hi,
In your shoes I'd be very wary of what you have gleaned from, I guess, the internet.
Firstly, resale values are a very variable thing. I have a spreadsheet showing my cameras and once looked at what I sold to see if it was worth it and the answer was "I dunno" because - looking at about 70 sales of Canons, Leicas and Nikons - I would say that you get your money back on about half but sometimes the loss or gain is in the region of small change. F'instance making a profit of a pound or so doesn't really count as there's packing and time and fuel to the post office and so on. And for those reasons a loss of a pound is even worse.
Reliability and servicing; beware there's no way you can predict these; luck plays a very large part. Examples a Leica was taken to them and done on the spot and no charge and another Leica got an estimate so high that I could buy 10 of them on ebay... One I have owned for years and had serviced etc wouldn't cover the costs if sold at the best sale price I have seen...
Holding them and using them is the best way to judge but you need to hire them or buy them and use them to know them properly. And what works and is liked at first may annoy later on and vice versa. It a very vague thing.
Anyway, I'll wish you luck. If your reasoning has suggested a Nikon then why not start there?
Regards, David
Re: Followup
Hi,
In your shoes I'd be very wary of what you have gleaned from, I guess, the internet.
Firstly, resale values are a very variable thing. I have a spreadsheet showing my cameras and once looked at what I sold to see if it was worth it and the answer was "I dunno" because - looking at about 70 sales of Canons, Leicas and Nikons - I would say that you get your money back on about half but sometimes the loss or gain is in the region of small change. F'instance making a profit of a pound or so doesn't really count as there's packing and time and fuel to the post office and so on. And for those reasons a loss of a pound is even worse.
Reliability and servicing; beware there's no way you can predict these; luck plays a very large part. Examples a Leica was taken to them and done on the spot and no charge and another Leica got an estimate so high that I could buy 10 of them on ebay... One I have owned for years and had serviced etc wouldn't cover the costs if sold at the best sale price I have seen...
Holding them and using them is the best way to judge but you need to hire them or buy them and use them to know them properly. And what works and is liked at first may annoy later on and vice versa. It a very vague thing.
Anyway, I'll wish you luck. If your reasoning has suggested a Nikon then why not start there?
Regards, David