Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, Are those students using Hasselblad digital systems like the H3 or are they shooting film in older V-Series Hasselblads? I'm a grad student, but working on my MA in History (I have a BFA in photography already). I bought a Hasselblad 503CX a couple yrs ago, I could finally afford one now that digital has made people dump them cheap. The digital ones are likely to remain out of my reach forever, as I am a fulltime artist living off my sales alone. Can't imagine paying $40,000 for a camera! -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-424-0897 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! On 8/26/10 8:14 PM, "Phil" <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> wrote: > I have a friend who has purchased two M9 bodies and several lenses > through the student purchase program. he sold one & made a decent > profit off of it, actually which I told him I don't condone, but > whatever. > > The issue is that he is from a family that is certainly > pretty well off which is the reason he was able to take advantage of > the program. He's the ONLY student at our university with an M9 > and I'm pretty sure that none of the faculty has one either because > many often live below the level of the students. > > I'm willing to wager the number of M9 bodies sold under the student > purchase program is under 100. Most students are saving up for 5D > MkII's or D700's. Lots of the fine art kids are using Hassy systems now > that the price has come down so much. > > I'm eligible to buy under the program but there is no way that I can > save up almost $4000 to put down on the body. I'm keeping my M8; if > that dies, I still have my M4, so life could be worse. (then I'll get a > "real" working digital camera like a G11 and use it for work.) > > Phil Forrest > > > On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:29:18 +1000 > Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I bet there are NOT many students taking advantage of that for >> obvious reasons. >> >> Sorry ;-) >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> ....... <....... at gmail.com>, but I bet there are many students taking >> advantage of that for obvious reasons......... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information