RE: Nishika Cameras

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> As was mentioned here recently, 3.5 Realists have been spotted in
> camera store windows with price tags of $400+.  Does this make the Realist
> a $400 camera?  By the above logic, it seems the occasional example of

No, but if it *sells* at that price, then yes.

Of course if it sells later for $50, then it's a $50 camera then.

The worth of a camera (or anything else) is what someone will pay
for it, rather than that which is hoped for it.  And it's dynamic.

The perhaps trickier philosophical question? how much is a Realist
is worth is if the buyer was *willing* to have paid $700 for it
(for whatever reason) but buys it for the $400 asked.  Is it
a $400 camera or a $700 one?

Mike K.

P.S. - $700 being a quoted Nishika price is, of course, by complete 
       coincidence.  :-)


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