Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Medium format
From: h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)
Date: Mon Jul 17 16:37:51 2006

Geez. One of the differences between Europe and the US
is that there you can find Hassy stuff at a flea
market.

--- Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:

> Nope. The details are: I bought the Hassy with 50mm
> and 80mm lenses and 
> the extra magazine from a retired photographer here
> in the Netherlands, 
> through a Dutch classifieds site. Price 650 EUR,
> transaction done in 
> person. Then a few weeks later I went to a photo
> flea market near 
> Utrecht and picked up a 150mm for the Hassy for 150
> EUR. So altogether I 
> have spent 800 EUR on my outfit.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 17, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Nathan wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry to sound harsh, but you are living in a
> dream world, Vick. The
> >> prices of medium format gear HAVE already
> crashed, and they are NOT
> >> going to go back up. This is why I picked up a
> Hasselblad outfit earlier
> >> this year--the price was simply irresistible. For
> the price of a 50mm
> >> Summicron, I picked up a Hasselblad body with 3
> lenses, 2 magazines and
> >> various odds and ends.
> >
> > Wow! What a buy.
> >
> > Do they have another?
> >
> > Larry Z
> >
> >
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> 
> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
> 
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