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Subject: [Leica] OT (definitely) price advice
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Sat Sep 16 03:52:13 2006

Buy it Daniel. Use it and enjoy it.
Sometimes, if she's really polite, let that young lady try a roll of film 
through it.

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Daniel Ridings
Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2006 20:39
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT (definitely) price advice

Probably only you will get this little anecdote, Nathan.

I was discussing this and my daughter came in to the kitchen. I
explained I was considering a Hasselblad.

She looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"What's that," she said. "Tea?" as she reached for her Pentax istD.

Hassel = Hazel as in hazelnuts
blad = leaf (as in tea leaf)

Maybe I should tell the store: hey, look. You haven't got a chance
selling that beast. Most people don't even know what it is.

:-)

Daniel

On 9/16/06, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:
> I paid 650 EUR for a 501 CM with 80mm and 50mm lenses and two A12
> magazines, plus a couple of extra bits like the quick tripod coupling.
> But it is far from being mint, I bought it from a retired wedding
> photographer, and although Dutch weddings are not violent, the camera
> does have its fair share of cosmetic damage (glass on the lenses was 
> clean).
>
> So, if you can get a LNIB outfit as you describe for 690 EUR, I think it
> is a very good deal.
>
> Nathan
>
> Daniel Ridings wrote:
> > I apologize for the off topic question but it is a traditional
> > buy/sell period in the lives of lists and I have no real experience.
> >
> > Hasselblad.
> >
> > I can buy one (the classic 500 C/CM) with a 80/2,8C and C12 for 690
> > Euros or 875 USD.
> >
> > It is in perfect shape. In fact, it has never, until now, been outside
> > the Hasselblad factory. (I am in G?teborg, the home of Hasselblad).
> > There is not a mark on it; hardly a fingerprint. The shutter works
> > fine.
> >
> > Is this too much? I know prices on medium-format have fallen, so maybe
> > I shouldn't even consider paying this much.
> >
> > I remember Nathan picked up a kit a few months back, but I don't
> > remember the price. I would also eventually want a wide-ange.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
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> >
>
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
>
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