Well P45+ used/demo units are selling in the $16K-$17K range from a dealer, lower from end user to end user. Since you receive $25K credit on a P65+ upgrade, trading in a P45+ rather than selling it nets you an extra $8K - $9K.
I am positive digital upgrades will never stop, but it would be nice to see a little more sanity in the way they are performed.
I 've always thought it was s shame to just chuck a still good digital camera or back to upgrade to the next and I think RED is on to something.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/red-one...rade-next-week/A $5,750 sensor upgrade that gives a 400 iso base sensitivity without having to throw out anything, (but the sensor).
When you think about what your $40,000 digital back is worth used on today's market which is less than 1/2 price, or the cost of upgrading to the p65 at $17,500, you have to wonder why?
I know how much I've made off my Phase backs, Canon cameras and lenses and know that today they are still as viable as they were 12 months ago and since they're still working, still in use and no client is asking me for more in the still photography image area, for me the next step up is better motion capture.
Comparing the total costs of systems to a p65+ at $50,000 to a complete RED including
5 prime lenses, viewfinders, lcds, rods and mounting that can come in workable and ready to shoot at $51,000 to $55,000, the price of the still camera world doesn't make sense to me.
I guess it depends on what you do and what you plan to do, but I look at a camera as not how much I can take off my taxes but how much I can add to my repertoire and billing.
BC