Price suggestion for Mamiya RB67

[tfg]

Hi guys...

 

A teacher of mine is offering to sell his "old" Mamiya. But I'm

kinda stuck on the price issue. Could you help me with that?

Here's what is following in the package:

 

12-year old Mamiya RB 67 house

127 mm Mamiya Sekor, 3,8

90 mm Mamiya Sekor C, 3,8

65 mm Mamiya Sekor, 4,5

50 mm Mamiya Sekor C, 4,5

Several different filters and bellows

2 * 120 mags Pro S

1 Polar mag

Gossen Lunarsix F flashmeter

 

My teachers oppinion was that the price lay around $1300 or

1000 pounds. Is he way off? What say you?! :)

 

Torben

[rajiv1]

If everything is usable, the price is reasonable. Check e-bay for ball park pricing... Cheers!

[marck mcgill]

With a 50mm? More than reasonable!!!

 

I would pay it in $, if I were you... Don't know where this teacher of yours read that 1300$ = 1000£... ;-)

[douglas_green1]

Individually, it's all worth around $1500 so, if you want all those pieces and they are all in good shape, it's a good deal - In dollars, but, the Pounds price is too high.

[._._z]

It's a fair U.S. price if the equipment is in good condition, but do you really need to lay out

themoney for an entire system right now? Medium format prices are sropping and will

continue to, so if you want to get into MF and you're a student you are probably better off

by getting a body, back and lens then buying additional pieces later as you need them (at

greater and greater savings).

[douglas_green1]

That's a good point. Certainly, you could get started with a body, one or two of those lenses, and one or two backs, for perhaps $600-900 initial expenditure. Although I'm of the view that RB67 prices are about as low as they'll go, much like Rollei TLRs.

 

I really can't see a fully working RB67 system selling for much under $300 (they can be had now for under $400 with a back and a lens) as long as 120 film is widely available.