I had an unfortunate accident in Newfoundland this Sept. I was photographing Puffins on an island off the coast when the wind blew my tripod mounted Hasselblad 500C over onto the rocks. It landed on the winding lever and tweaked the body so bad that it is basically junk. The lens and magazine were fine though . . . I paid $500 for that kit (80mm and 150mm lenses with two A12 magazines and 35 rolls of various frozen 20 yr old Kodak films) in 2016.
Back in July 2017 I purchased a 500CM body with waist level finder from KEH in excellent + condition for $349. It was absolutely flawless, shows no signs of ever being used, and has performed flawlessly. This last week I have been looking for another 500CM body for a backup at KEH and the price has AT LEAST doubled . . . As of today there are no 500C or 500CM bodies on KEH, there is a very nice 501CM body with Accumat screen for $999 . . . trying NOT to pull the trigger on that.
Why? What is going on?
Back in July 2017 I purchased a 500CM body with waist level finder from KEH in excellent + condition for $349. It was absolutely flawless, shows no signs of ever being used, and has performed flawlessly. This last week I have been looking for another 500CM body for a backup at KEH and the price has AT LEAST doubled . . . As of today there are no 500C or 500CM bodies on KEH, there is a very nice 501CM body with Accumat screen for $999 . . . trying NOT to pull the trigger on that.
Why? What is going on?