Well I know you may not want to hear this but I like the idea that the prices are low and i hope they stay that way. I need to get some more lens, I only have a 60mm and 80mm so I need at least a 150mm or a zoom. I would also like to get a 903SWC but they are still around 2000.00 an Arcbody or Flexbody one or the other not both are on my list but they are still to high. I want to know why you want the prices to go up unless you are going to sell them. I want to shoot film and so I want to get them as cheap as possible. Just because they are low priced does not make them cheaply made, they are some of the best cameras and lens made. ________________________________ From: Tom Just Olsen <tjols@xxxxxxxxx>. To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, January 24, 2011 2:50:04 AM Subject: [HUG ] VS: Re: AW: Re: It's a sad Hasselblad day........ Q.G. All of the Carl Zeiss/Hasselblad lenses I have - and know of that others have here in Norway, are in perfect working order. My three lenses (250, 80, and 50) , which I bought myself almost 40 years ago works perfect. A friend of mine have similar series (150, 80, 50) of these shiny examples from the end of the 60 - also in perfect condition... It is the testament to the quality of the Hasselblad gear. I think it is just a matter of time before prices will go up and the V-series gear will become collectors items. Tom of Oslo > PS - I also have a 203FE with three lenses. Also in perfect order. But this >set of gear is only 13 years old, - almost new. > > > From: Q.G. de Bakker [qnu@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: 2011-01-23 23:25:38 MET > > To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [HUG ] Re: AW: Re: It's a sad Hasselblad day........ > > > > Ulrik Neupert wrote: > > > > > Hello Q.G., > > > you know that these lenses are very old and none of them was without need > > > of > > > major service. My 5.6/60 mm lenses are from 1958 and 1961, the 4.0/60 is > > > from 1962. I bought one of them in combination with a 553 ELX. For reasons > > > far beyond me the sight of a EL.. camera lets buyers stay away from such > > > nice items. > > > > A 1958 60 mm would fit my 500 C from that year very well. > > So, since you have two... ;-) > > > > I am a bit puzzled about that service thing. The lenses i bought obviously > > had had a previous life spanning some decades. > > And though i of course don't know anything about that previous life, they > > all came to me in excellent condition. The only mechanical flaw among them > > is the 'hanging diaphragm' in the 80 mm lens (it will not open completely > > for viewing at f/2.8, though it will when you fire the shutter at f/2.8. So > > only a minor problem). > > The barrels too are very clean. They aged a bit, i.e. show that they are > > not > > new, but no scratches to speak of. > > The 60 mm lenses however... Beaten up and bruised. And indeed in need of > > major service. > > > > Could be because there are far fewer of them than of any other C lens, and > > while i could ignore the also abundant beaten up, malfunctioning samples of > > those, it's hard to find a C non-f/3.5 60 mm lens at all, let alone be > > picky > > about them. > > But i am (picky). I don't want a lens just to know i own one. It has to > > work, and work properly too. And it has to look good as well. (And i even > > pass on lenses with imperial unit distance scales. Have to be metric for > > me.) > > > > > > You're right about the EL-models. Surprisingly cheap, oftentimes. > > But i noticed there are quite a few among them that are not worth even the > > little money that is asked for them. Now if my EL-repair skills would be a > > bit better than they are, i could have the time of my life. > > > > > > >============================================================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) >and unsubscribe from there. > >