Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/15

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] The final gasp of MF film?
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:33:42 -0800
References: <CAF8hL-GYA-TnC=rVhuSgU7gAwuFZ_A8RxTofGnVgC2wZDM1MzA@mail.gmail.com> <7db094724fee74306ed590a556cd25e0@mail.gmail.com> <80F9701439F20347874CE5E4E03C22E9412F0CC1@WhizzMAIL01.whizz.org>

True, the price have held up since the BIG DROP a few years ago.

I have an LS-9000 so I am all set for scanning. Occasionally people are
selling their Flextight low end models (one with firewire, not SCSI) for
~$3K and I am sort of tempted, but the LS-900 delivers...

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:21 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> I have thought that Hasselblad V (other than the SWC/M series) is quite
> cheap, my scanning (and the cost of film in NZ) has put me off though ;-)
>
> john
> ________________________________________
>
>
> Don't think it's the final gasp of MF film, but I do think that (judging
> from the prices I've seen) the equipment isn't exactly being dumped at
> fire sale rates, either.  My guess is that the owners want the money, for
> whatever reason (whether to invest in digital, pay their taxes, or spend
> at the casino).
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> I'm noticing a lot of Mamiya 6 and &/7II have been come onto the market in
> the last few weeks. Usually there's one or two being advertised about once
> every month, but now it seems that one every few days.
>
> My guess is that the lure of the digital and the improvement in quality is
> finally convincing people to let them go...
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>



-- 
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] The final gasp of MF film?)
Reply from rgacpa at yahoo.com (Robert Y Adler) ([Leica] The final gasp of MF film?)
In reply to: Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] The final gasp of MF film?)
Message from jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] The final gasp of MF film?)
Message from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] The final gasp of MF film?)