PreSsieGuY

im keen to find out how much the camera is worth now

fireball

yeah crazy prices.
i still have the original 2Megapixel canon ixus from 2000 that i paid the princely sum of about $1200 . and it still works !

EVILS2K581

haha got the same thing too! Cool

nofearofdanger

I know from a photography standpoint, megapixels don't mean all that much, it's also about sensor size etc. But it's still pretty funny that most phones these days have more MP than your $1200 camera.

AusS2000

Wow, back from the dead. I started reading this thread and thought, yeah $1600 for a 40D sounds ok. Then I realised it was me that was quoting, and it wasn't a 40D but an S40!

Here's some interesting sidelines:
In 2000, for the Olympics, I bought a Sony F505V. It was a state of the art 3.3mega pixel camera. I got it at dealer cost of only $2200!

A little while later I got an IXUS a pocket camera from my mate who works at Canon.

Since then I have upgraded to an SX20IS which has travelled around the world with me.

But now I've got the bug and am doing a camera course. My mate is now a rep for Canon so gets all sorts of things on loan. I currently have a 550D for the course but am buying a 60D once they come back into stock (tsunamis in Japan, floods in Thailand).


Photo taken with iPhone, which has a higher megapixel then the Sony and the IXUS.

For Vivid on 2010 we traipsed around the streets with about $100K worth of camera equipment on our backs and got some pretty nice shots. My weapon of choice was a 7D. I have this one printed on 100x75cm canvas and hanging in my loungeroom (mother's basement).