The Sad (but true) State of the Photography Industry: A Long Overdue Opine
November 5th, Carl Garrard
So, I was on ebay the other day. Saw this listing of a D300s and two lenses for about $425.00. It's brand new, 600 shots on the camera, lenses hardly used. It's such a good deal, I grab it. And then I start to reflect. The more I dig into it, the more I see the picture, a picture and story I've seen a thousand times or more since I got into digital photography...
A photographer buys a brand new D300S, throws away the box, buys two new lenses, puts 600 shots on the camera puts it down and lets the kit sit in a closet for who knows how long, never to be touched again. Years later he or she sells it to a retailer at some point. The camera was neglected so long that the original battery goes bad. The seller adds a third party battery to the kit out of his own pocket and puts it up on ebay for a profit. Sellers take a 10% hit automatically from Ebay, and with free shipping they pay that expense too.
