----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dyer-Bennet" : karl shah-jenner wrote: : > The estimated costings in the course literature gave prices people could expect to spend each year on photo gear - it was the same amount for all three : > : > : : Do you think that's still true now? I don't have a collection of old : prices at my fingers now, but I have very clear memories of studying : those prices every month for 30 years, and I couldn't afford to get into : medium format, it cost multiple times what 35mm did for a basic outfit. from what I see here (or did when I last looked) yes. In the second hand market, we see this reflected in repuatable shops: a fuji gx680 (drool!) with a 180mm and a 250mm costs $2200 a hasselbad 500cm body is $500 an EL/M bosy is $250 a Canon 1V body is over $1000 a Canon AE-1 $250 but it must be a country thing is as you say, us prices are multiples of dollars more than 35mm prices karl
