[Leica] now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market whattoys will you buy?

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Nathan, if you are going to keep bringing up the bargain prices on your 
Hasselblad gear, I'm going to have to visit and berate you
personally. Don't think it's an idle threat. I'm off in October to counsel 
Luis in Spain. You could be next.
Still the Bronica RF has an awful lot of appeal. But I have the Mamiya 645 
and you can't give them away in out local market. Damn
the digital tsunami.

Cheers
Hoppy

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Subject: Re: [Leica] now the the bottom's fallen out of the film market 
whattoys will you buy?

Most non-collectible medium format gear has really become cheap. In the 
past 12 months, I have acquired 2 medium format outfits: a Hasselblad 
501CM with 50mm, 80mm and 150mm lenses, and a Bronica 645 rangefinder 
with the 45mm, 65mm and 100mm lenses. The total price of the Hassy kit 
was a bit under $1000; the Bronica outfit was a bit more, but only 
because the 100mm lens is rare and hard to find. The used photo 
equipment fair I attended last weekend was awash with Hasselblad and 
other MF gear.

Nathan