KEH's MF Film Camera page is suddenly experiencing a tsunami of Hassy V series, after a serious drought the last few years.
What might account for this? Recession? Film prices? Short hipster attention spans?
May 16, 2023
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In my case I sold off all my Hasselblad equipment over a year ago. Film availability, processing, scanning... makes no sense for me now that Sony and Leica (what I shoot) are both over 60MP. The size, weight, speed, digital, all make film, in general, and medium-format especially, pointless.
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Of course, they were thick on the ground in stock for about a decade after digital took hold. But about 4/5 years ago they became very sought-after, along with Pentax 67 and a couple of others. Prices began to rise and you began to see very few in stock, sometimes none. However, in the last, say, five weeks, they're proliferating like mushrooms. Why right at this particular juncture, is what I'm wondering.
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Good to hear . . I am always looking for more Hasselblad stuff / backup bodies etc.
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Maybe call KEH and ask where they got them.
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Could the recent H announcement cascade over?
