Help buying a Digital Hasselblad

[ndwgolf]

Anyway again thank you for taking the time to try and help me. I am currently sat on an Oil Rig in Nigeria and will be back home in 2 weeks time when I will go and get some hands on with a H4D and see how it all feels

You are welcome. I don't know where "home" is for you, but if it is close to Munich, Germany, the offer to let you play with the camera is real.

Jerome home for me is Malaysia (ex Scotland) and again thanks for the offer

[ndwgolf]

My mate in KL who has the Pentax 645z said he can organise a free rental for me to try it out. He ditched his Canon plus Otus for one and swears by it. So at least I will have the chance to try it myself

[ndwgolf]

A mate of mine in KL is the owner of the Starhill Leica store and he has a new Leica S with a 70mm Summicron (I think that's what it is). I told him that if I got it I would want to trade in my Leica M gear for it and he said he could do me a really good deal on it
The 70mm would be a nice walk around lens and I would also get the 100mm for my portraiture stuff............I would plan to trade in all my M gear so it would be a win win situation except I would be buying back into the Leica Dream



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[jerome_m]

The Leica's ergonomics are closer to what you are used to with Nikon and the Lenses are superb. What exact M equipment are you dumping, if I may ask?

[ndwgolf]

The Leica's ergonomics are closer to what you are used to with Nikon and the Lenses are superb. What exact M equipment are you dumping, if I may ask?

M240
Monochrome
0.95 Noctilux
90mm APO
21mm Lux

[jerome_m]

The Leica's ergonomics are closer to what you are used to with Nikon and the Lenses are superb. What exact M equipment are you dumping, if I may ask?

M240
Monochrome
0.95 Noctilux
90mm APO
21mm Lux

I see... and how much money is he offering you for the lot?

[ndwgolf]

The Leica's ergonomics are closer to what you are used to with Nikon and the Lenses are superb. What exact M equipment are you dumping, if I may ask?

M240
Monochrome
0.95 Noctilux
90mm APO
21mm Lux

We haven't talked about that part of the equation..........We will talk about it when I get back to KL in 2 weeks time.............What would you think was a good price for my M gear??
I see... and how much money is he offering you for the lot?

[desertdiver]

........I would plan to trade in all my M gear so it would be a win win situation except I would be buying back into the Leica Dream ]

I really do understand your feelings here. Been using M gear for a year or so, but wasn't really happy with it and lately dreamt about using an S with H glass. After quite bad experience (two phone calls) with Leica headquarter in Germany I stopped dreaming about this solution. Another add is a friend's experience with his S which had to be shipped a couple of times between the US and Germany in order to fix the camera..... Although I have to admit that there is still some kind of addiction...

In the meantime I upgraded my H4D50 to H5D50c and am a happy 'camper' !

Good luck with your decision.

Regards, Udo

[jerome_m]

What would you think was a good price for my M gear??

Enough money for a Leica S, 70mm and some.

[ndwgolf]

What would you think was a good price for my M gear??

Enough money for a Leica S, 70mm and some.

Unfortunately not.
I decided to trade in my Leica M gear for a new Leica S and pretty much took a 60% hit on my Leica gear that is less than 2 years old...............I haven't made the deal yet but when I look back to last month when I sold my wife's Sony a7r to help finance her new Sony a7ii that puppy also took a 60% depreciation hit and that was over a 6 month period................

[ndwgolf]

I still haven't made the deal yet on the Leica S but I was offered a really good deal on the H5D 40 with a 80mm bundled lens............how is the H5D 40 does it have the leaf shutter as well??

[jerome_m]

All H cameras have a leaf shutter.

[jerome_m]

M240
Monochrome
0.95 Noctilux
90mm APO
21mm Lux

For 40% of the price new, I am really tempted to jump in and get the whole lot, if it is in good shape. In other words: I know that dealers must make a profit to survive, but it does not seem a very generous offer, especially considering that many dealers have a waiting list for the 0.95 noct.

As to the H5D-40, in Europe, dealers offer it for 8530€ (+ tax, but you won't have to pay VAT if you live in Malaysia). Hasselblad priced the H5D-40 down to clear inventory.

[ndwgolf]

If your interested in it and willing to take the lot then you can have it for 20k American (I paid 32k for it) PM me if your interested.
By the way its all in a like new condition and comes with all the original packaging and boxes

[jerome_m]

Is your dealer also offering 20K? I understood from your post that he reduced the new price by 60%, which would be 12.8K...