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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: ixpressraf on September 26, 2008, 07:07:24 am

Title: will Hassie HTS replace my X-act2
Post by: ixpressraf on September 26, 2008, 07:07:24 am

Hi all,
I had aquired a very nice Rollei X-act for use with my Ixpress back. The two lenses are razor sharp and the multishot works perfect.... but now there is the HTS wich also offers a lot of movements and seems a perfect replacemen for my X-act. I already had put my x-act up for sale but again nowbody seems interested( probably because it still costs a lot of money ) but i am worried that prices will go into a free fall now.

Title: will Hassie HTS replace my X-act2
Post by: Jack Flesher on September 26, 2008, 07:55:03 am

That's the way it works in any free enterprise system.  Prices of the latest technology fall as newer technology is introduced; you will always "lose" money on technology over time.

And if you think the "loss" on your X-Act is bad, buy a new car, drive it off the lot, and then check its value.

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Title: will Hassie HTS replace my X-act2
Post by: paulmoorestudio on September 26, 2008, 08:27:29 am

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Hi all,
I had aquired a very nice Rollei X-act for use with my Ixpress back. The two lenses are razor sharp and the multishot works perfect.... but now there is the HTS wich also offers a lot of movements and seems a perfect replacemen for my X-act. I already had put my x-act up for sale but again nowbody seems interested( probably because it still costs a lot of money ) but i am worried that prices will go into a free fall now.
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I would not consider the hts as a complete replacement for the xact.. it does offer front movements
and halfway to being a view camera which the rollei xact is.  I would not swap the hts for my xact
despite it's shortcomings..