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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 332739" data-attributes="member: 16090">My take is that, holding on to some equipment that may be useful in future is what all of us rationalize for retaining old seldom used equipment. I am also in this camp. In contrast my wife keeps selling off what ever has not been used in last couple of years. (In India we are fortunate that every thing has a market - old news papers, broken electronics, broken furniture . . . .).&nbsp;I now realise that excepting hand tools and a few pieces of equipment which neither deteriorates nor gets phased out; selling off every thing that is surplus; especially rapidly depreciating assets like DSLR bodies); is a financially correct decision, as every day you procrastinate, its value drops. As you keep debating, the resale of either your Sony or Nikon is plummeting. By the time you decide, the value of $1000+ kit today, may realise only $500, so you have lost. If you need a backup/replacement at a later date; unless you are profession photographer; you can always save the money from this sale and use it to acquire newer equipment as and when you need it. I waited for the price to be just right when I sold my film cameras and lenses. Then again waited till there was a new DSLR - D3300 and its price plummeted in India.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 332739, member: 16090"] My take is that, holding on to some equipment that may be useful in future is what all of us rationalize for retaining old seldom used equipment. I am also in this camp. In contrast my wife keeps selling off what ever has not been used in last couple of years. (In India we are fortunate that every thing has a market - old news papers, broken electronics, broken furniture . . . .). I now realise that excepting hand tools and a few pieces of equipment which neither deteriorates nor gets phased out; selling off every thing that is surplus; especially rapidly depreciating assets like DSLR bodies); is a financially correct decision, as every day you procrastinate, its value drops. As you keep debating, the resale of either your Sony or Nikon is plummeting. By the time you decide, the value of $1000+ kit today, may realise only $500, so you have lost. If you need a backup/replacement at a later date; unless you are profession photographer; you can always save the money from this sale and use it to acquire newer equipment as and when you need it. I waited for the price to be just right when I sold my film cameras and lenses. Then again waited till there was a new DSLR - D3300 and its price plummeted in India. [/QUOTE]

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