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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LensWork" data-source="post: 50200" data-attributes="member: 1283"><p>If you can sell your "boss" using this logic, great. However, I would point out that assuming the minimal devaluation of these items five years hence is a bit optimistic. My rational is that you are, for one, quoting a new price of $2200 for the D700 and a current used value of between $1799 - $2000; the D700 when first introduced was $2699, not $2399-$2499. The price reduction of a new D700 was just announced a couple of weeks ago (March 1, 2012) and therefore we have not yet seen a corresponding drop in the average selling price of a used D700. Also, the selling price of a used D700 has over the past year actually increased due to the extremely limited availability of new ones because of production issues that have affected Nikon since the earthquake in Japan and the flooding in Thailand. As new D700s return to dealer's shelves at the new lower price, the selling price of used ones is certain to decline. Also, I anticipate that there will be an increase in availability of used D700s as some owners sell-off their D700s to get the new D800. In summation, with the increase in availability of both new and used D700s, the lower new price of D700s and the availability of the D800, as well as the certain fact that five years from now the D800 will most probably have been superseded by a new model as well, your estimation of only a 15% decrease in value of a D800 is most likely very optimistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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