Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Different kind of shock over here in Germany - the selection on the s/h market is simply overwhelming, reasonable prices too. People going digital has led to a massive price drop on the s/h 35 mil and MF markets. I recently picked up no end of excellent CY, Rollei, Zeiss and other decent glass at rock bottom prices e.g. 1.4/50 Planar with a slightly dented filter ring for 35 Euros. Leica stuff seems to be holding its own with the exception of R3 - R5 (Portugal) there are even 2 R3 Safaris for sale in Hannover. R-E's are quite rare and command higher prices and R7s are very rarely found, R6 and R6.2 are rare and actually overpriced. R8 and R9 are quite reasonable. Prices of M cameras are very much model and condition dependent. Screw mount cameras are increasingly filling the shelves - my local dealer thinks this is a demographic effect - LTM owners are dying off, and their kids are selling off the old gear. Douglas Richard Clompus wrote: > Philip, is Mid-City still in business on Walnut Street? I bought some > Leica gear there and they had quite a bit of darkroom supplies also. > > Richard Clompus > > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 10:37 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: > >> That's par for the course, pretty much. I know a few camera dealers >> that >> once had big stores but now strictly do everything online. >> Maintaining a >> retail store is just too expensive these days when the bottom line >> you're >> competing against is a giant like Amazon.com. >> Here in Philly, the closest photo store with a decent selection of >> anything >> is in Bryn Mawr. All of the big camera shops closed down or were >> bought out >> by Ritz and now are just purveyors of point & shoot cameras. We do >> have a >> Calumet, but again, it's a big chain store, it's expensive and they >> have a >> used gear selection that is more like a museum than a showcase. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf >> Of Rob McClure >> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:42 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] In Shock >> >> >> For the first time in morte than a year I went to the two primary >> professional camera shops in Columbus, Ohio -- Midwest Photo Exchange >> and Cord Camera (main store). I realize that digital has overtaken >> film, but was shocked to find virtually no used equipment, digital or >> film. Both stores previously had massive inventories of this stuff. >> Also, the new digital equipment in stock was pretty pedestrian -- the >> usual Canon and Nikon. Very little Pentax, Olympus or Panasonic. >> Both are Leica dealers, but no digital or film Leicas were in stock. >> The large MF and LF departments at MPEX are shells of its former >> selves. I guess I am partly to blame as I now buy most of my used and >> new equipment mailorder. Is this typical of what is happening to >> camera stores in other markets? I suspect it is and it is disturbing. >> I'll think twice before buying mailorder in the future (in the unlikely >> event I can find those items locally). >> >> Rob McClure >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >