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Originally Posted by johninvegas
Not knowing the camera, I will make a comment, but stand ready to have other people tell me I don't know what I'm talking about.
Here's the thing about older digital cameras--they have very little value. I've actually sold a couple of perfectly good, working DSLRs for around $50 each. They were about 3 generations old so that's what they were worth. The camera you are looking at is discontinued. That tells me that there is a new model on the market and the worth of this model will be practically nothing in a year or two.
That said, if the camera will do what you want, if you have the money and if you won't get buyers remorse when you find out this camera is worth about $50 or less if you want to sell it in the future, then go ahead and get it.
I will tell you that the 84x digital zoom isn't worth anything, it will be so full of noise as to be unusable. And the total Xtech accessories are together worth about $15. As probably is the tripod that comes with it.
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Funny you mentioned that, I spent a chunk of money on a Canon pocket cam, some years back (late 2010 or so, I believe). That thing took tremendous shots, for what it was, and had great glass.
But also as you say, Canon was was busily producing models to supersede it.
By the time they were several models later, I got out. Amazon or eBay'd for good money, probably $.25 on the dollar and glad to get it. Whoever bought it got something with residual = zero. Got my money's worth on several vacations, though, and that was the whole point.
Cellphones are sweeping away those little cameras, fast. Guessing that market will be dead in five years or less, don't quote me on it but my Pixel XL takes damn good shots for example and, uh, it's always with me.
I'd thus pay $0.00 for the camera in-question. Brand, model irrelevant (Sony, Panasonic, Nikon, Canon). Leica, Fujifilm, different story.
Go bigger, get a *used* starter DSLR kit like a D3300, or a Fujifilm X100T like the one I just sold used but mint the other month for $800. Being Fujifilm note the original X100 from eight years ago used is still $350.
Or even a X-T20 and a 35mm equivalent for APS-C sensor (23mm lens, thus) if you want to actually learn something along the way.
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