Bongo
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after much research and thinking about it, came to realize I don't need another hobby - which is what medium format film would be to me -
but I do need/want a new camera - last I bought was my Sony Nex 6 -- 13 years ago. SO after more thinking and researching I landed on a
Sony rx100 IV -- just about the polar opposite of a Mamiya aC330. If like me, you haven't kept up with the prices of used compact digital cameras, there is a craze going on and the prices have absolutely sky rocketed. What was a few hundred dollars 3-4 years ago, today go for $800--$1,200plus for cameras 10-15 years old. For a digital camer that's along time. !! Insane.
So only way to get something a bit cheaper is to buy on Ebay from Japan or China - they do have reputable dealers. The night I was about to pull the trigger, Trump imposed 145% tariffs - so I panicked! And feared the price of used compacts on the domestic market would soon skyrocket even further overnight.
I'd been following influencers on Youtube, and a guy I Iike said the Nikon1 J5 (10 years old) was a cracker-jack camera and a sleeper on the market. I bought one that night with a 10mm 2.8 lens. It's slowly growing on me, with workarounds I had to figure out, but -would I buy it again? NO. Hard to know what's right for you without trying it first.
Well, f*ck it, I'm going to get another camera. Really analyzing my needs and the market - a lot more savvy on both fronts now.
but I do need/want a new camera - last I bought was my Sony Nex 6 -- 13 years ago. SO after more thinking and researching I landed on a
Sony rx100 IV -- just about the polar opposite of a Mamiya aC330. If like me, you haven't kept up with the prices of used compact digital cameras, there is a craze going on and the prices have absolutely sky rocketed. What was a few hundred dollars 3-4 years ago, today go for $800--$1,200plus for cameras 10-15 years old. For a digital camer that's along time. !! Insane.
So only way to get something a bit cheaper is to buy on Ebay from Japan or China - they do have reputable dealers. The night I was about to pull the trigger, Trump imposed 145% tariffs - so I panicked! And feared the price of used compacts on the domestic market would soon skyrocket even further overnight.
I'd been following influencers on Youtube, and a guy I Iike said the Nikon1 J5 (10 years old) was a cracker-jack camera and a sleeper on the market. I bought one that night with a 10mm 2.8 lens. It's slowly growing on me, with workarounds I had to figure out, but -would I buy it again? NO. Hard to know what's right for you without trying it first.
Well, f*ck it, I'm going to get another camera. Really analyzing my needs and the market - a lot more savvy on both fronts now.
