[HUG ] Re: Analogue melt down - good and bad

Quoting flexbody, who wrote on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:53:38PM +0200 ..
> Wilko,
> 
> 420 euro is dead cheap by any standard.
> 

Even I would buy it for that price :)

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wilko Bulte" <wb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:37 PM
> Subject: [HUG ] Re: Analogue melt down - good and bad
> 
> 
> > Quoting Harry Lock, who wrote on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 09:29:41AM +0200 ..
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> As I sit here on the southern tip of Africa watching this thread I have
> >> mixed feelings. Like some, I don't intend selling any of my film 
> >> equipment
> >> as it really has no re-sale value. But the situation is allowing me to 
> >> buy
> >> some wonderful stuff! This morning I am collecting, from my local camera
> >> store, a full Mamiya 330 kit. 3 lenses, prism, brackets, filters, the lot
> >> for R350.00 ($42.00 or 30 EURO). Most of it boxed, or in its leather 
> >> cases -
> >> hardly used. I fell slightly sorry for the seller but that is the reality 
> >> of
> >> the situation here. He, on the other hand, has just bought a digital SLR
> >> which he has paid dearly for.
> >>
> >> The price of digital, and new stuff here is disproportionately high when
> >> compared to the US. Cameras are about 25% more here than in the US, but
> >> lenses are the worst. On example is the Canon 85 f1.2 lens. In the US it
> >> costs $1800.00 - about R14 000.00 in our money. However it retails here 
> >> for
> >> R25 000.00! And the local distributors can't understand why more people 
> >> are
> >> shopping online.
> >>
> >> Anyway, enough moaning and OT discussion for a Monday morning.
> >>
> >> Second-hand Hasselblad stuff here is still quite pricy, but I did buy a 
> >> SWC
> >> for R5000.00 ($600 or 420 EURO)
> >
> > 420 EURO for an SWC..  That is dirt cheap by Dutch/German standards.
> >
> > Wilko
> >
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