[HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
- From: Richard Schiff <leicaman@xxxxxxx>
- To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:11:57 -0700
Bernard,
The reality is that a good basic MF Hassi kit setup used to cost around $12,000
new.... You are now looking at almost 3 times the cost. AS I said this has
effectively cut out almost ALL normal Fine Art and hobby shooters... even pros
that are in small markets. The wedding shooter will be using a D3 or iDs. As
a Leica shooter I would not pay $5,000 for an M8 even though it will use my
M-4's lenses. It 2 years my $5,000 M8 will be worth $2,000. My M4s are still
worth 4X what I paid for them in 1970.
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> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:55:26 -0400
> From: bernard_cousineau@xxxxxxxx
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
>
>> So photographers themselves can not afford to buy, so they rent it by the
>> day......
>>
>> So change the question.,.... How many rental houses will buy one to offer
>> it on rental? That is an even smaller market than Pro photographers that
>> buy one for their own use....
>> Now the market is less than tiny.
>
> The cost of a medium format digital system is comparable with what other
> professionals pay for their tools.
>
> As an old pro friend used to say, nobody's amazed when a taxi driver shows-up
> in
> a $30,000 car, but everyone's surprised when you tell them how much a
> Hasselblad
> costs.
>
>
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