Why Buy New Digital Cameras?

With so many opportunities for the everydayface recognition, software menus, LCD screens,
consumer to utilize online auction sites like eBay, whymemory cards and firmware upgrades. These are all
would anyone resort to buying brand new digitalfeatures driven by or completely impossible without
cameras at full prices? Or, any product for that matter.CPU's and software. Meaning, that cameras are not
Well, many reasons actually. They generally have tojust cameras anymore, they're actually little miniature
do with trust, warranties, and appreciation for thecomputers that just happen to take pictures. We all
shinier things in life. While those may be some perfectlyknow how often computers become obsolete and
good reasons, does that mean the people who do buyupgraded. That lesson certainly hasn't been lost on the
used digital cameras know something the rest of usbrain trust that run companies like Canon, Sony, Nikon
don't?and Kodak. OK, maybe a little lost with Kodak, but I
Probably not, maybe they just look at things a littledigress.
differently. Camera manufacturers are releasing newThe point I'm trying to make here, is that with the rapid
camera models at an unprecedented rate. Before thefire release of new digital cameras, there is a plethora
advent of digital cameras, it was harder for Canon,of good used digital cameras available at great prices. I
Sony, Kodak, Nikon or Kodak to come up enough newhave a couple old digital cameras (like my Canon
features to convince customers they should upgradePowerShot s40) sitting at home that I paid top dollar
their cameras. So they didn't.for a few years ago. Today they still work brilliantly,
Today however, things have definitely changed. Digitaland can be had on eBay for a disturbingly low fraction
cameras mean more megapixels, image stabilization,of what I paid for mine.