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Subject: [Leica] Re: Medium format
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue Jul 18 22:26:24 2006
References: <20060717212043.46957.qmail@web55905.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

It is not a generic flea market, it is PHOTO flea market, held twice a 
year in Houten, a suburb of Utrecht. Definitely the right place to look 
for Hassy and other classic (and not so classic...) equipment:
http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/960030

Nathan

H. Ball Arche wrote:
> Geez. One of the differences between Europe and the US
> is that there you can find Hassy stuff at a flea
> market.
>
> --- Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Nope. The details are: I bought the Hassy with 50mm
>> and 80mm lenses and 
>> the extra magazine from a retired photographer here
>> in the Netherlands, 
>> through a Dutch classifieds site. Price 650 EUR,
>> transaction done in 
>> person. Then a few weeks later I went to a photo
>> flea market near 
>> Utrecht and picked up a 150mm for the Hassy for 150
>> EUR. So altogether I 
>> have spent 800 EUR on my outfit.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>     
>>> On Jul 17, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Nathan wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Sorry to sound harsh, but you are living in a
>>>>         
>> dream world, Vick. The
>>     
>>>> prices of medium format gear HAVE already
>>>>         
>> crashed, and they are NOT
>>     
>>>> going to go back up. This is why I picked up a
>>>>         
>> Hasselblad outfit earlier
>>     
>>>> this year--the price was simply irresistible. For
>>>>         
>> the price of a 50mm
>>     
>>>> Summicron, I picked up a Hasselblad body with 3
>>>>         
>> lenses, 2 magazines and
>>     
>>>> various odds and ends.
>>>>         
>>> Wow! What a buy.
>>>
>>> Do they have another?
>>>
>>> Larry Z
>>>
>>>
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>> -- 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Almere, The Netherlands
>>
>> SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!
>>
>> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
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>>
>> 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
>>
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>>
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-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!

General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com
Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
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

Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog



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