John Lamp wrote:
wrote:
Are there any meaningful parallels that can be drawn between digital
photography and digital audio?
The slide into obsolescence is equally precipitous! 
It is a little weird, isn't it? Definitely bad news from a business
perspective.
In high school, I saved up from a summer job to buy a Crown Graphic.
I still have it. Today, I could probably sell it for about what I
paid for it (though admittedly the dollar is worth less). You can
see some photos taken with it in the latest Recording magazine; I
still use it regularly.
A fellow at work bought a high end digital camera three years ago
and now cannot get even get media for it.
This is even _worse_ than the audio world. The analogue audio world
is inconsistent too: the ATR-100 machines have held their value, while
you can pick up an Ampex 440 (which is really a nice sounding machine)
for next to nothing. And the higher end digital stuff holds its value
for at least a couple years.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."