Digital BW, The Print

Alan has a good point, Ken. Unless you really need to sell you LF eq, I would hold on to it. There
may be times when your work demands such equipment. I suspect, too, that the price such eq. would
fetch may be less than would want. I still keep my 35mm Nikons, for example.  -B


--- Alan.Huntley@... wrote:
> 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
> 
> > 
> > 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!
> 
> 


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