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    What's wrong with this for $300

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Horseman-L45...81156526529%26

    I don't need another 4x5 but it seems like a great price.

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    sometimes horrible photography is a sign that the seller doesn't know what they are selling or they're hiding the defects.

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    I wouldn't bother with such a poor salesman. Consider the better version I am watching. I have both. Just watching.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/190886704867...84.m1438.l2649
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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Moe View Post
    I wouldn't bother with such a poor salesman. Consider the better version I am watching. I have both. Just watching.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/190886704867...84.m1438.l2649
    Nice! I won't bid against you Seems to be plenty of bidders already but pretty stingy.

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    Quote Originally Posted by Laura Ranzio View Post
    I bought a camera from Florida that had mildew. Anything from the damp states can be musty or moldy. I guess you might find sand in cameras from the beach or desert, radioactivity from Kiev or Los Alamos or around the Japanese nuclear plant, toxicity from China or Eastern Europe.

    Buyer Beware!
    My first read came out "I bought a camera from that mildew". I thought you knew the seller

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    Please bid, I am NOT bidding.

    They are very nice, very precise, very sturdy cameras.

    Sinar lens boards and bellows also fit.

    I bet the LX will not go much above $300. I bought my L for $115.

    GOOD LUCK!

    Quote Originally Posted by redshift View Post
    Nice! I won't bid against you Seems to be plenty of bidders already but pretty stingy.
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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    If there is nothing wrong with it, it's probably a good camera. Especially is tt is the kind of camera you're wanting (monorail, with lots of numbers.) Of course you might find a Graphic View II for half that price, OR a Calumet 400 for 1/3rd of that price (monorail, no numbers) so if price is the pivotal factory, you may be able to do better.
    "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    Quote Originally Posted by Laura Ranzio View Post
    I bought a camera from Florida that had mildew. Anything from the damp states can be musty or moldy. I guess you might find sand in cameras from the beach or desert, radioactivity from Kiev or Los Alamos or around the Japanese nuclear plant, toxicity from China or Eastern Europe.

    Buyer Beware!
    I wouldn't say that any camera from a " damp state" would be musty and moldy, it would depend on how and where it was stored.
    I've purchased some real gems, and stinkers ( literally ) off the Bay, unfortunately it's the game you play when you
    purchase stuff without being able to physically examining it.

    Stay away from Aero Ektars if you're worried about radiation

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    I've used the Horseman L45 sparingly and found it to be a very nice camera. I'd consider it more of a studio camera than field camera but I know a few hardy souls who use it in the field.

    The crappy pictures don't show much but it looks reasonably clean.

    Nate Potter, Austin TX.

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    Re: What's wrong with this for $300

    Last week I am in Tokyo Bic Camera, they dump the Horseman accessories out. 6X9 film holder for around us$80, bag bellow for us$38, ground grass with holder for us$4 which is the only item I bought, the others no one look at it. All are new in box. Look like the end of large format day.

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