am i asking too much for my camera?

[javadog]

I think your biggest problem is where you are advertising the camera. Craigslist isn't the best place to get top dollar for anything. It's where you go to get cheap prices...

JR

[vash]

yea...EBAY is next. but i hate ebay. i may get a friend that is hard up for cash to sell it for me. for a fee.

or i may stick up a poster old school style at a local art school.

[javadog]

If I were you, I'd track down the internet sites/forums that are devoted to that type of camera. It's always better to sell to an enthusiast.

JR

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by javadog

I think your biggest problem is where you are advertising the camera. Craigslist isn't the best place to get top dollar for anything. It's where you go to get cheap prices...

JR

I'm not so sure about this. I asked top dollar for mine, and had literally dozens of interested parties call.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by javadog

If I were you, I'd track down the internet sites/forums that are devoted to that type of camera. It's always better to sell to an enthusiast.

JR

+1 You don't want to sell it to someone who will re-sell

[gtc]

A friend of a friend of mine buys and sells a lot of medium format gear... you might ask him what he would give you.

J. Cohen Photography

[Superman]

Digital cameras will probably evolve to the point where their image quality is peerless, in terms of pixels per square inch. And image processing will be very flexible and allow infinite colorations, etc. But you know.......there is something that light does to a strip of film that digital systems will have a very difficult time emulating. Like many of you, I see two images when I look through the viewfinder in my SLR35. I see what I see......and I see what the light is going to do to that film. Sometimes when I release the shutter, I think to myself "that frame is going to be real interesting."

For work (taking pictures at a construction site), digital is the way to go. For play (taking pictures of a foggy meadow at sunrise), the fun is in knowing how the film will manage the light/image.

I have lately been unable to get my mind away from vacuum tube hifi gear. I don't have any, but I know what tubes do to sound, and I REALLY want to experience that at home. Same topic as the cameras. CD's played through solid state amps are quite sharp and accurate......but the warmth and stage are not there.