The same folks who buy an Ebony when an old Deardorff or new Chamonix would do.
The same folks who bought SUVs when a Honda Civic would meet their needs.
It will sell. Maybe not like hot-cakes. But it will sell.
If it was sized more like an old Zeiss Ikonta, and about $500 cheaper, I'd probably sell off some stuff to get one.
Believe it or not, some people work hard, save money, never borrowed, didn't spawn a batch of children, are frugal with silly things and can afford something like this if they like it...not a crime and nothing to be justified or derided. Some of us don't like working with old crap and kitchen chemicals...Evan Clarke
Matt, if the Bessa III was a system camera like the Mamiya 645e, then I might be able to justify the price. But it isn't, it is a fixed lens folder, whose only 'selling point' appears to be the ability to switch between 6x6 and 6x7. Nineteen hundred pounds is simply way overpriced for this type of camera.
I will be buying the camera. The Fuji version, with the accessories
I think that many people will buy this camera because it is one of only 2 currently made cameras that fills the niche it occupies. Of the 2 6x7 RF's available it is less expensive and more portable. The other, the Mamiya 7, has its points as well and is, of course, equally rare. Not everyone buys used, not everyone needs 5 lenses or anything other than a normal focal length, and many folks prize portability. If I could get Fuji to just twist the dial ever so slightly (6x9 and 65-80mm or 6x6 and 43-50mm) I'd be saving up for one.
See this.
<http://mainlinephoto.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-bessa-iii-australia-wide-project-get-to-use-one-for-14-days>
although there isn't a shop within a 1,000 Klm's from me that will have one in stock.
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