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[John Sharaf]

Andy,

Now that Panasonic has lowered the list on the Varicam to $45K it effectively lowers the resale to some point just above a new HDX900. My guess of the resale value of a well used Varicam like yours would be about $30000 with the standard accessories.

As far as selling it, I’ve had good luck with Barbara Haller at NewProVideo, but there are many used equipment dealers and it couldn’t hurt to list with several; you’ve got to understand that they want anywhere from 5-15% of the transaction, so it does behove you to try and sell it privately first. If you do list at used dealers, to be fair, you should offer them all the same price.

I just recently sold my F900/3 through NewProVideo (to replace it with a F900R) and it took almost three months, so you must be patient, but there still is considerable interest in the DVCPRO100 cameras and I’ve heard of several people recently buying new “H’s” because of the favorable pricing. I think there is a lot of pent-up emotion for moving to HD amoung freelancers in all markets and the climate to sell your used HD gear and upgrade is relatively good.

JS

[Peter Corbett]

What kind of street-price US dollars does a HDX900 with VF sell for in the States?

Peter