Black vs silver camera bodies

3 years 7 months ago #696915 by Ottis
When available, will you select a silver camera over black body?  I'm buying a Fujifilm X-T4 camera and it's offered in both black and silver.  I was going to pick up the silver, however a buddy of mine told me that you never want to buy a silver camera new because the resale value isn't the same as a black body cameras.  

I can't find anything that supports this, not even sure if that is article worthy of a topic.  Can you confirm this?  Are silver camera bodies less desirable and don't retain value the same as a black bodied camera?  

Thank you


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3 years 7 months ago #696940 by Nikon Shooter
There was a time when you had to pay extra to get a black version;
this was the way cameras were offered and expected but times are
changing, As a selling argument, a maker offered only black bodies
and it worked… the others followed. Nowadays, black is offered and
expected leaving just a marginal market for the silver bodies.

This is where the difference is IMO, silver will find a much lesser mar-
ket of takers.

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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3 years 7 months ago #696975 by Shadowfixer1

Ottis wrote: When available, will you select a silver camera over black body?  I'm buying a Fujifilm X-T4 camera and it's offered in both black and silver.  I was going to pick up the silver, however a buddy of mine told me that you never want to buy a silver camera new because the resale value isn't the same as a black body cameras.  

I can't find anything that supports this, not even sure if that is article worthy of a topic.  Can you confirm this?  Are silver camera bodies less desirable and don't retain value the same as a black bodied camera?  

Thank you

From what I've seen your friend is wrong. It's actually the other way around.  One example is with Fuji X-Pro cameras. The silver editions always bring more than the black versions. The XT series are generally the same price but silver may bring a little more than black. 
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3 years 7 months ago #697004 by ThatNikonGuy
Never heard that, but it’s just preference as I see it.  


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3 years 7 months ago #697007 by Shadowfixer1
Back in the seventies and early eighties, black was the premium color and cost more than silver versions. Black became the predominant color in the nineties and now the silver is the premium version that at times cost more. 
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3 years 7 months ago #697011 by Screamin Scott
All of my Nikon DSLRs are Black. Two of my three Olympus mirrorless are silver and one is Black...Most of my older film SLR's are Silver but not all...

Scott Ditzel Photography

www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/

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