Digital BW, The Print

Ken,

Totally agree with you on eBay...just seems like I hear of scams on eBay nearly weekly. Shutterbug ad? Are you a subscriber to View Camera? If so, I would consider advertising there because you've got a target audience.

Sorry to say, but my guess is that large format equipment--like darkroom stuff--ain't gonna be worth much nowadays. That said, what have you got? I might be interested. E-mail me off-list. I'm not ready to give up my LF gear, yet, because I haven't personally seen digital output that can match the quality of a scanned 4x5 chrome. Maybe the 22-megapixel medium format backs come close, but I can't afford the cost of entry. Consider this...for less than half the cost of a Canon 1Ds, you could get a pretty nice 4x5 (even new) with a few lenses, and produce very nice work!

Good luck,
Alan Huntley

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> From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1@...>
> Date: 2004/02/08 Sun PM 08:05:42 EST
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Selling equipment
> 
> Hello all.  Now that I'm firmly entrenched in desktop printmaking, I'm
> thinking about selling my large format gear to make way for, what appears to
> be, the inevitable transition to digital capture.  Truth be told, I haven't
> used the LF stuff for a while, having warmed up to 35mm.  Now the lure of a
> high-end digital SLR with instant gratification is strong.  My question is
> whether there are reliable places besides ebay on the internet.  I don't
> really trust ebay/paypal (I see to open a seller account they want my bank
> account number in addition to a credit card number.  I know --- everytime I
> write a check someone has my bank account number, but still it doesn't sound
> right, and I've heard lots of horror stories, defrauded once there
> myself...).  More to the point, a search for LF equipment on ebay today
> resulted in pretty slim pickings.  My search skills are probably just off
> today, but I couldn't come up with alternatives.  Any advice appreciated!