Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on up here too, Hoppy! We will hold a Benelug meeting just for you :-) G Hopkinson wrote: > Nathan, if you are going to keep bringing up the bargain prices on your > Hasselblad gear, I'm going to have to visit and berate you > personally. Don't think it's an idle threat. I'm off in October to counsel > Luis in Spain. You could be next. > Still the Bronica RF has an awful lot of appeal. But I have the Mamiya 645 > and you can't give them away in out local market. Damn > the digital tsunami. > > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market > whattoys will you buy? > > Most non-collectible medium format gear has really become cheap. In the > past 12 months, I have acquired 2 medium format outfits: a Hasselblad > 501CM with 50mm, 80mm and 150mm lenses, and a Bronica 645 rangefinder > with the 45mm, 65mm and 100mm lenses. The total price of the Hassy kit > was a bit under $1000; the Bronica outfit was a bit more, but only > because the 100mm lens is rare and hard to find. The used photo > equipment fair I attended last weekend was awash with Hasselblad and > other MF gear. > > Nathan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands Opportunistic Image Acquisition General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu 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 SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS!