Reading the newspapers at the moment, you could be excused for thinking the prices for everything have been climbing steeply – oil by 50% in 2008, and in the last 12 months it has doubled in price, all manner of foodstuffs and other raw materials such as steel.
So I was surprised, today, when looking through a photography magazine printed in 2004 to see that one thing (other than property) has become much cheaper in the last four years – the camera memory card. Just look at these differences in price:
| Memory card type | Price 2004 | Price 2008 |
| 1GB SD card | 190 EUR | 5.90 EUR |
| 2 GB CF card | 400 EUR | 10.89 EUR |
| 4 GB CF card | 1200 EUR | 26.17 EUR |
It really brings home the message that it doesn’t pay to be on the cutting edge of technology, unless you have very compelling reasons.
