Barter
wishlist of Peter Paine

The idea is that we swap equivalent things, so I offer a Symbolics system which cost me $30,000 to $100,000 new for something that you have which might have cost a lot new and has now depreciated. The idea is not for you to buy something in order to barter with me - obviously I would prefer the cash (and cut the middlemen out). The objective with barter is to help those who have assets but no spare cash. The following are just vague suggestions (my birthday wishlist, and probably too specialist to be of use here) to give you some ideas, although I am open to any creative ideas of what you might be able to offer if you are short of cash.

last updated 29-May-2008

Priority
(1 = highest)
New
price$
     
Work contacts or leads to business 1**
Mac Mini (Intel) 1
Apple Xserve RAID disk (Fibre Channel interface) 1
Other RAID disk enclosure and interface    
Pair of hifi speakers (old large Tannoy would be fine)  
HiFi amp  
   
Nikon 85mm f/1.4D IF AF 1
830
Nikon 50mm f/1.4D 1
200
   
Nikon D3x camera body (not invented yet - nearly FF, 24MP, quiet, modular) 1
~6k
   
Kodak grey cards and other calibration charts 5
~2
Compact Flash cards (2GB or larger) fast Lexar or Sandisk 5
15
Copy stand 5
Strobes and softboxes (remote radio trigger eg.Pocket Wizard)) 2
   
Nikon MR-3 and AR-7 3
PB-6 + PB-6E 3
385
Photo printer (separate inks)  
Digital video camera (camcorder, inc FireWire)  

 

  

 
Ebony large format camera (SV45Te)  
3000
Plaubel PL69D (Peco Profila 69D camera set) 1
3000
Eyelike Digital Back 2
~10k

NB. Remember to budget for packing and shipping cost (which are outside my control).
PS. Yes, I earn a living making (not taking) pictures (amongst other things).

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