[HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
- From: "Franc Flipsen" <fujifan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:04:16 -0600
Well, with Kodak's announcment that it has discontinued LF sheet film will the
MF be far behind?. As to MF digital, it is now in the hobbiests price range
with new backs in the $10,000 range and used ones about half of that. Consider
this, you've spent $$2000 on a body, $1200 on the 80mm, $1000 on a prism
finder, heck a 30mm CFi goes for over $5000, I don't think that $10,000 for a
CFV is out of line considering the technology and work involved in the
production of it. Obsolete? I don't think so superceeded yes but not obsolete
(un-useable). My phase H25 is 5 years old it's still available today the fellow
I purchased it from paid $27,000 USD for it new in Oct./03. I purchased it in
Apr./08 for $6700. it works perfect and it has been upgrade to current
software/firmware. I'll bet you paid more than that for your V system. Yes I
know it's alot for 1 piece of the system, but so is the 30mm
Franc
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Schiff
To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [HUG ] Re: On the subject of equipement cost
Bill,
You said it. I high line pro in NYC can bill in a day what the best digital
body costs. It's also worth it for them as when they are on a fashion shoot in
the barbados the image can be streamed live to art directors and clients and
corrections can e made before the shutter is released. Everyone is happy and
no re-shoots.
Unfortunately this cuts out about 85% of the market of FA and hobby shooters
Hasselblad used to have. They just can't afford the stuff... and sometimes
within a few months the stuff is obsolete with re-sale value 1/2 of what it had
been. The life cycle of digital detectors can now be measured in months... and
it's going to get shorter. New MF films are continuing to come out and unlike
35mm MF will be around for quite a while as hardly anyone can afford MF
digital... It IS however only a matter of time before someone comes out with a
high quality MF back that's cheap enough to be affordable by the rest of us...
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> From: bs.pearce@xxxxxxx
> To: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [HUG ] On the subject of equipement cost
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:54:19 -0500
>
> I thought I had posted this some time ago in July, but perhaps not.
>
> In June, I went to Italy and took a photo workshop. We were driving in the
> Tuscan countryside, and pulled over to get photos. A large mercedes pullled
> up behind us, and into one of the long tree lined roads to a farmhouse. A
> man got out and set up a tripod and put on it one of the Fujiblads. Several
> of the workshop participants were nearby, and went for a look.
>
> The man was shooting for stock. He had, along with the standard outfit,
> essentially the entire catalog of digtital H stuff. One case probably held
> more in cash value than the car.
>
> It turns out that he spends about two months in Tuscany every year shooting
> stock. The other ten months, he lives in Boston, where he is a lawyer.
>
> That's who can afford this new stuff.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
>
>
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