New Year pricing

[Mike McCarty]

I'm going to make it a point in the next few days to head over to the Camera shop and check the prices some of these most desirable cameras. Maybe there will be some good after Christmas sales. The word was that there were some new and even more nifty digitals coming out early this year. So once again we will have to make that decision ... top of the line, or, settle for second best. As we progress down this predictable path, second best starts to look better and better.

Another thing that is of interest to me is the market for the "old" medium format film cameras. Some of those top of the line auto focus Mamiyas, Hasselblads and such have to be suffering. These cameras used to cost 3-5 thousand dollars. I know they have come off of these prices in the last 18 months but I wonder, would anyone choose one of these cameras over a $1000 - $1500 digital if the price were the same, even for studio work?