[Leica] I have saved a soul

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Jeffery,
Most dealers have dumped their medium format equipment several years ago.
The manufacturers quit making them maybe three years ago.  The only thing
out there is the Hasselblad/Fuji system.  I think that there are some good
deals on refurbed Pentacons from Hartblei? if you truly desire those.  The
pro's dumped their equipment over the last five years but that was largely
very well used stuff.  I think that medium format will be like Leica stuff;
as folks die relatives will pull really nice stuff out of their closets and
want to know what it is and how much is it worth.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 7/16/06, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Well, I HOPE you told him that he has to shoot B&W and develop it
> himself!!
>
> I keep thinking that, with all of the popularity of dSLRs and digicams,
> the
> price of film cameras, especially medium format, will crash. That doesn't
> seem to be happening yet. I put up an e*** search for "new medium format"
> cameras, thinking that dealers will be dumping their Bronicas, Mamiyas,
> Pentaxes, etc. The only new medium format hits that come up each day are
> for
> Holgas!
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Ko
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> Subject: [Leica] I have saved a soul
>
>
> I have saved a soul.
>
> Last week, a friend was set on buying a DSLR.  Now, he's convinced on
> either
> a Leica M or a Nikon film SLR.
>
> But mostly, I told him to settle on a camera, stop shopping and start
> shooting.
>
> ..Vick
>
>
>
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