Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for posting the images. I missed this years Huntsville show, which is probably the last reasonably sized show left in the SE U.S. It is good to see a lot of gear still being bought, hopefully by users who want a deal. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 11/12/05, Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > > Last Sunday I went to Houten, a suburb of Utrecht, to attend the > Fotografica Beaurs, Europe's largest indoor photo equipment fair. I met > up with fellow LUGger Michiel Fokkema there. > > The event was truly huge. Too bad I was not in the market for medium > format equipment, because there were LOTS of Hasselblads, Bronicas, > Mamiyas etc. at what two years ago would have been considered totally > ridiculous prices. Leica equipment seems to hold its value better; > Michiel told me that prices on that have fallen too, but I got there > about 4 hours after the fair opened, so by then the best bargains had > been snapped up and the prices I saw were not particularly great. > > In any event, I was not looking for anything in particular, but as > always I was on the prowl for images. The results are here: > http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/960030 > > Michiel scored a 28mm Elmarit R at a great price, but sans lens hood. > Within 15 minutes he had found the approprite hood at another stall, and > he tested the lens on my Canon 1DII. The victims were his father-in-law > and yours truly: > http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/960030/1/44157646 > http://wajsman.smugmug.com/gallery/960030/1/44157652 > > These old Leica lenses can still perform! > > Comments and donations welcome as always. > > Nathan > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >