Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/04

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Subject: [Leica] Speaking of medium format,I've picked up a 1954 Rolleicord...
From: creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)
Date: Mon Jul 4 09:27:53 2005
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNOENCCDAB.red735i@earthlink.net>

Great for us.

I would like to find a Leitz V35 enlarger to go next to my Beseler 45M.

Long live film ! ! !

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 12:09 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Speaking of medium format,I've picked up a 1954 
Rolleicord...


> Insane??  The pros that shoot weddings and portraits have switched to
> digital to be competitive, dumping a lot of really good equipment on the
> market.  Then the Joe-Amateur has switched to digital, dumping his stuff 
> as
> well.   It is a field day for us that like to shoot film.....
>
> Now if you want a big shock, price darkroom stuff.  Like 1/5 of what it 
> was
> a few years ago....  and the hard to find really good stuff comes up for
> sale every year or so...
>
> And youse guys with the digital cameras, trading them in every time a new
> more megapixel camera comes out are selling your old cameras for pennies 
> on
> the dollar after 2 years of lilttle use.....
>
> It is nice to be in film.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> You can find beautiful Hassie 50mm Distagons and 150mm Sonnars in local
> camera stores in the NYC area for $700-$900 in excellent to mint 
> condition.
> This is insanity!
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius) ([Leica] Speaking of medium format, I've picked up a 1954 Rolleicord...)
In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Speaking of medium format, I've picked up a 1954 Rolleicord...)