Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ebay is a real crapshoot for enlargers in general, because after you pay $100 to ship a huge object (it doesn't really cost that much if your seller knows what he is doing - i.e., never) you generally find that it is rusted, needs a $40 bulb (if you can find it, or antinewton glass that no one has stocked for a while. A good enlarger will cost $300 and up used if you want to save yourself massive frustration. And I would skip anything but a Durst or a Leica. You might as well get a good one, since it is tough to get rid of cheapo enlargers. Dante On Jan 26, 2004, at 11:34 PM, Jeff S wrote: > Sure they are! About 33 pennies on the dollar anyhow. > At my last photo swap meet, I found a very clean 500c > w/Accu-Matte, modern WLF, current wind crank, A12 and > 80/2.8CF with an asking price of $900 (USD) or so, a > 120/4CF Makro (w/box) with an asking price of about > $1100, and previously, I've found the 30 fisheye with > an asking price of around $1600. But prices were very > very flexible at this show, and someone with $3000 > cash could have gone home with a LOT of Hasselblad > gear. > > Jeff > >> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 18:40:26 -0500 >> From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> >> Subject: RE: [Leica] enlargers >> Message-ID: >> <001a01c3e465$c7141dc0$720ce640@corp.nortel.com> >> References: >> >> I was hoping that Hasselblads would be selling for >> "pennies on the >> dollar", but not so yet. >> >> Sigh >> >> Vick > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > ____________ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html