On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
My local dealer was telling me that rentals of the Hasselblad H
system camera with digital back were quite strong, so there's
definitely a market for a very high end, medium format class digital
camera.
Wouldn't your local dealers experience simply indicate that there
is a good
market for rental units?
Well, someone has to buy the rental units ... right?
Not many can afford the ~$30K investment immediately, they want to
rent it a few times at least to be sure it does the job they need.
Those who find themselves renting the equipment often enough spring
for it. My dealer's comments were that their rental units were seeing
quite a lot of action, and many repeat clients. That bodes well for
camera sales in the long term.
Godfrey
