![]() ![]() I was surprised to learn about Arax, which sells-new, for very modest prices-a camera of a design that I'm personally familiar with. Since I posted the notice about the closing of the Arsenal factory in Ukraine a few days ago, I've been corresponding with several enthusiasts of cameras from the former Soviet bloc. But I see medium-format making what could actually be called a comeback. And the best bargains are receding, as people begin to compete for the best stuff that's left. People are realizing that much less medium-format gear is coming to market as new product now, and that they might want it.someday if not now, then later. ![]() Revivified.Īnd so prices have just barely begun to rise again. A thriving sub-sub-culture was.well, not born, because it has always been there. A number of people, perhaps limited in means or driven by enthusiasm, had snapped up some nice bargains and found medium format to be a fun and rewarding way to practice their photography. The demand never disappeared it's just that it's beginning to catch up to the supply again. Not all photographers and hobbyists want to own and use medium-format film gear.but some do. Recently, however, a small, steady undercurrent of demand has begun to reassert itself. There was an interlude of a few years' duration during which bargains abounded. On the world's virtual flea markets, the bottom dropped out of used equipment values. Here on TOP, we linked to a sobering set of pictures of Hasselblad's abandoned headquarters building. Several medium-format cameramakers went out of business a couple of others stopped making medium-format cameras. Here's my sense of the ten-year trend in medium format:Īs the world rushed to digital, medium-format camera sales, always extremely modest as a percentage of camera sales in general, diminished a lot further. A Minolta Autocord currently for sale on Ebay* by seller w911jan ![]()
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