I remember going through the entire site in one sitting.
Well the 6 in many ways is ultimate medium format sensibleness - hand holdable, easily usable at eye level, no reversed image - 35 mm handling pretty much, so an all round desirable photographic tool. Not sure abput sexy though, I wouldn't want to play with it like I would with the F3 or the Bronny.
Aw, come on - fat birds and plastic cameras need love too you know....
I was in a photographic shop years ago and I pro who I knew only vaguely had gone bust and was selling his gear including two black MX bodies. The shop were offering him derisory money despite the fact he'd bought most of his gear from there in the first place. The guy was desperate and near to tears but they wouldn't budge on the price. In the end I told him that if we stepped outside I'm sure we could come a better arrangement which would suit us both if he could follow me to nearest bank.
We did the deal which suited us both - I got the two bodies, a cracking light meter and some other bits and pieces, but I wasn't very popular in the shop for a while afterwards.
The Konica Eyeborg does have a look of the Cylons about it though...
Not to try and be unpopular, but myself running an independent secondhand shop (video games and the like) I've banned customers before for doing exactly this kind of thing. This kind of vulture behavior literally steals business away from independents, whose overheads can be rather shockingly high. In my view, only if the selling customer categorically rejects the offer made by the shop and the shop won't go any higher is it ok to approach the person and make an offer on their gear, out of the store premises. Otherwise you are going into another mans shop and setting up camp trying to buy and sell where he is paying rent.
*And with that rant over...*
These are some bloody gorgeous 35mm bodies on here!
Unfortunately we do get some people hanging around purely to try and pounce on people selling stuff to us to get it first Any customers who are regulars just get the standard "Please don't do that" from me though.
Fair enough, I'm just giving a direct comparison to my line of work thats all
If the price offered to the guy in your example was daylight robbery though, surely that would affect your opinion of the shop in question? Have you shopped with/sold to that store on occasions after it happened?
I can't remember if it's been mentioned already, but surely the Rolleiflex?
Not 'sexy', but once again I think very elegant.
I would argue that it's not just confined to cameras - it's pretty much everything. Nobody takes pride in what they do any more. Hell, most things are designed to break when the warranty period is up so they can squeeze more money from you.
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