[LargeFormat] A rich mans hobby!

Jim Hemenway largeformat@f32.net
Mon Oct 27 23:10:07 2003


Hi Vince:

I have enough of them, I just wanted to point out that even though 
digital in hospitals have made them redundant, that they still cost a lot.

Jim

Vince Dobson wrote:
> WoW, Jim,
> 
> It looks a man with the right tools could make them cheaper than that.  I
> thought I had remembered them selling on eBay a lot cheaper than that.
> 
> If you don't have it already, set up a search or two on EBay with email
> notification from them if any are listed there.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Jim Hemenway
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:07 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] A rich mans hobby!
> 
> 
> Vince:
> 
> As of October 26 at 1 PM on the east coast, the price for those 11x14
> holders is now USD $1,525.00 with 3+ days to go.
> 
> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
> 
> Vincent Dobson wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ouch!
>>
>>This underscores one thing I've noticed.  While it seems like everyone is
>>"going digital", I've seen tremendous growth (especially last two years)
> 
> in
> 
>>large format users and especially in those interested in Alt-Processes.
>>>From about 3 years up until about 1 year ago large format stuff was
> 
> dropping
> 
>>in price (Ebay), but it seems large format stuff has changed and it's
> 
> going
> 
>>back up in price, especially in the "LARGE" large format stuff.   There
> 
> also
> 
>>seems to be a lot more suppliers cropping up (like the link I sent you),
>>supplying things that were previously available.
>>
>>As far as buying stuff, if you are like me, sell something to buy it (like
>>those cameras you don't use).  If one looked at my eBay feedback one would
>>see only B's beside my name (buyer) I must start putting mostly S's now.
> 
> I
> 
>>have 5 large format cameras, only 2 of which I use.
>>
>>If I start contacting B&W's, I know I will be next looking to buy a 11x14
>>camera - then the whole process starts again.
>>
>>Vince Dobson
>>Visions In Nature
>>www.VisionsInNature.com
>>
>>:>-----Original Message-----
>>:>From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
>>:>Behalf Of Jim Hemenway
>>:>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:34 AM
>>:>To: Large Format Group
>>:>Subject: [LargeFormat] A rich mans hobby!
>>:>
>>:>
>>:>Alas, I'm not rich!
>>:>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2959818771&cate
>>:>gory=15248
>>:>--
>>:>
>>:>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>:>