Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here...here....raise a glass of your favorite to what Nathan said..... Without a doubt..the best camera deal ever....the LUG.... Cheers!!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Best camera deal ever > So far my best deal must be said to be the Hasselblad 501CM outfit I > bought last year: body, two A12 magazines, 80mm and 50mm lenses, tripod > coupling and other odds and ends for 650 EUR. The person selling it was > not unaware of value, he was a retired wedding photographer here in the > Netherlands, and he preferred to sell it to me at a relatively low price > because we could do the deal in person and I paid cash. Cash talk loudly > :-) > > I later added a 150mm lens to the outfit, bought for 150 EUR at the > twice-yearly photo market in Houten near Utrecht--paying 1 EUR per mm for > Carl Zeiss glass must be defined as a good deal. > Incidentally, later this morning I am going to the following edition of > the camera fair with Michiel and Bruce, so who knows, maybe by this > afternoon I will have something even more fantastic to report ;-) > > But...as Charlie said, by far the best "deal" has been finding the LUG in > 1998. The knowledge and friendships I have acquired from the people here > are priceless. > > Nathan > > > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > Opportunistic Image Acquisition > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com and http://www.greatpix.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information