[HUG ] Re: Analogue melt down - or - How Much'll Ya Give me 2.

Good on you Uncle Dick!
Like you, I am now immersed as manager of a Camera store (plus we are an Apple Computer reseller - another love of mine). The only downside is I am so busy I don't have time to take pictures, with a Hasselblad or with anything else. Lots of " in store" play time but little else, 

 Time to retire again!
The Pentax 6X7 in my office is a great conversation piece with young and old customers for different reasons - a mixture of nostalgia and pure awe! I keep the Hasselblad at home for limited use. Maybe it will go out tomorrow... 
Regards,
Phil

On 27-Sep-08, at 4:15 AM, Stein wrote:


Dear Friends,

        I am now in a new career - that of a professional photographic
salesman. I am the loony old film guy in the pro camera shop who knows the difference between TRI-X and Rodinal. I kid you not - I have been asked for Rodinal film. It took me a little while with a Texta, but I was able to write Rodinal on 50 rolls of 1962 Verichrome Pan and it has been selling 
well....

        I CAN sell Hasselblad, but at a lower price than before. I CAN sell
Pentax 645 cameras but at a higher price than expected. I do not understand this, but then I was never good at maths. I have just sent a Pentax 645 kit off on the back of a cyclist on a tour of our scenic regions, and I hope he does very well with it. I have also sent a Hasselblad kit on a tour of New Zealand, along with a Linhof kit and a digital kit. I expect that the owner of this box of optics will come back with either the greatest pictures of 
his life or a hernia.

        Folks, the market for the gear is down, but the gear is still up. It
can do what you want, if you want to do it. I am using mine to take pictures and when a digital back comes along - and it will - I will add it to the armamentarium. In the meantime I am training with a digital SLR for some 
selected jobs.

         Do not quit your HB gear for pennies. Keep it, use it. Use it for
the jobs that make you feel good.

Uncle Dick

PS: Never lose a skill - add a new one.
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