On 6/5/05, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yah, but you apparently wanted a cheap view camera, not a press camera. Also > you > apparently want the type of images new lenses give, not the neat old time > look (see Shells > recent posts). You would have been better off buying a half-way decent view > camera for that > that type of use.
yeah, sure, you know better what i wanted. > 2. anyone who would pay more than $50 for these old lens shutter units unless > it has been > gone through in the past 6 months by a competent technician (few are anymore > and the "I > used to be a Graphic repair guy" guys seem to be the most incompetent, or > maybe senile) is > nuts. seems you have no idea what you are talking about. some of the old lenses are *very* good. schneider xenars go for $150+, routinely. ektars for more than that. and there are *lots* of places that gan give a shutter overhaul. e.g., S.K.Grimes place. > 3. starting at $600 (new) or $300 (used in good condition). Yep, that is a > cheap way to get > into it, not. yes, it is. that's dirt cheap.
