Prices from Japan are skyrocketing. Difficult to believe that they can get that money considering how much inventory is available and how much competition there is. . You might think that those prices will come down eventually.
The sad trend on eBay is gradual disappearance of "Make an Offer" buttons on Japanese auctions. I guess the demand/supply pressure removed the incentives for sellers to offer that. I was lucky to negotiate a significantly lower-than-listed price for both my Blad and the M6 this way. Some domestic listings still have this feature, but I avoid non-Japanese sellers.
Prices from Japan are skyrocketing. Difficult to believe that they can get that money considering how much inventory is available and how much competition there is. . You might think that those prices will come down eventually.
Are those asking prices or selling prices?
I dunno...I find it hard to take you seriously after your latest claptrap in the Rose and Driftwood thread.
You misunderstand - this is the post I was attempting to correct by adding "exists" after "depth of field" :Oh? Lets take score then. In MF, I have the Hasselblad 503 CX, ...
I have a more nuanced response to the fandom of shallow depth of field photography.
For anyone who comes from using a cel phone for most of their photography, the discovery that shallow depth of field is a revelation.
You misunderstand - this is the post I was attempting to correct by adding "exists" after "depth of field" :
Oh? Lets take score then. In MF, I have the Hasselblad 503 CX, 30mm Fisheye, 50mm, 80mm, 100mm, 150mm, 250mm, 500mm, Hasselblad 903 SWC plus a Jobo processor and a color and black & white dark room. What do you have?
Have I embarrassed you again? If you start listening to me, your photographic life will be better.
Embarrassed me? Not in the slightest. I'm referring to the condescending, childish bullshit you posted in response to me on that other thread. I couldn't care less how much Hasselblad gear you have. "If you start listening to me..." Haha. Get over yourself already. Clown.
Be careful in the rain, the tin foil hat could short out your brain.
Two weeks ago I found a clean-looking Bronica SQ w/80mm, WLF and grip at an estate sale for $125. I snapped it up without even checking it out. I hadn't seen the prices on these for some time and figured they sold for about $300. I thought if it didn't work I could still sell it for at least what I paid. I got it home and everything works. Cool. Then I checked for asking prices and was shocked at what sellers were asking for these!
Its interesting,
that now on eBay, quite allot of the medium format gear is mostly sold by Japanese camera dealers who have way overinflated
prices. Allot of other sellers have followed too.
Who is to determine the fair value of an item? It is the market--and ebay is a good example of that.Given that the "Sold" items on ebay tend to be in a similar ballpark to what's still up for sale for the most part, are they really 'over inflated prices', or are some people comparing really lucky lowball deals they've gotten, and assuming that is the 'fair value' of the cameras?
What a beautiful portrait of beautiful machines. Good job on cleaning or repairing them.Ive managed to get 8 TLR cameras and got great
deals on all of them.
These cameras I shoot with....
Yashica-Mat 2.8 in mint condition $99
Mamiya C2 with 105mm for $110
Mamiya C220 with 65mm blue dot lens in perfect working condition for $160
Mamiya C220 for $40 in good condition, I needed to do some lite restoration.
also found these too..
Mamiya C33 that is in perfect working condition for $55
Yashica A for $22 that was a total mess and I completely restored it back to good condition
Yashica A for $36 that was in near mint unused condition.
Yashica A for $40 that I repainted, totally redid the leatherette and cleaned all up.
All of these had good lenses, and good working shutters too
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What a beautiful portrait of beautiful machines. Good job on cleaning or repairing them.
Given that the "Sold" items on ebay tend to be in a similar ballpark to what's still up for sale for the most part, are they really 'over inflated prices', or are some people comparing really lucky lowball deals they've gotten, and assuming that is the 'fair value' of the cameras?
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