Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Old Rolleiflex - what is the price range
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 13:29:35 -0700

"Greg.Chappell" wrote:
> 
> If you buy from dealers & are looking for a nice, clean model with 120/220
> capability, you are probably looking at $1,000 & up. I was lucky enough to
> find one that was being advertised at a processor here in Dallas by someone
> retiring for $300 (2.8F 120/220), But those situations are strictly a case
> of being in the right place at the right time. A nice clean 120 only model
> will probably start in the $400 range & go up. Users will most likely start
> in the $300-$350 range.
><snip>
I got my 2.8 F in '76 for 200 bucks with prism. A bit cheap for even then and
certainly now. I printed a neg from it last night. Sacrilege on the LUG but
there is no better deal in photograhy when you come upon most Rolleiflexes in
the few hundred dollar range. You will often get better that Hasselblad quality
with a camera quieter and some ways stealthier than a Leica.
And a fraction of the total parts of a Hasselblad.
Mark Rabiner
"You can't not have a Rolleiflex"