Am I stupid to sell my HVX for $4,000?

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Hi,

I am thinking of selling my HVX200 for $4,000. Is this a good price or am I losing too much money? Not many hours on the heads and it is in perfect condition!

I want to sell because the recording times are not long enough and I am shooting events mostly. I am thinking of going with a Canon instead for this reason.

Also, I cannot afford assistants to offload footage all the time so please let me know if you think $4,000 is too cheap for my HVX with some extra batteries and UV filter.

Thanks!
 
Well, you can get one brand new, with the 8gb P2 card (rebate), for $5200 from B&H. So, if you are including an 8gb P2 card, you are offering a 20% discount. Sounds reasonable to me, but that's just me.
 
4k is the price that I am lookng for! Let me know if you do put it up for sale. I am very interested!

-Ted
 
Veej said:
I want to sell because the recording times are not long enough and I am shooting events mostly. I am thinking of going with a Canon instead for this reason.
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Why not just shoot in SD mode on tape? do you need HD for your events?

Just my suggestion: hold onto it and shoot in SD mode on tape. Offer HD, but up your price by at least 75%. With the extra money from the HD price's, get yourself a firestore or two.

-brown
 
And get a Spider Brace if you are looking to be comfortable for a full event. You are going to regret selling it! When you do need HD for something you are going to regret not having it. I also agree with RC! Dont do it! Get a couple of DVX batteries too! They are great, cheap and have long run times!
 
You could probably get more for it. I suggest holding onto it if you're going to continue doing video projects.
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Rick Rock said:
You could probably get more for it. I suggest holding onto it if you're going to continue doing video projects.
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2o% below the cost of brand new unit seems totally reasonable. not too high not too low.

i don't know if hvx is in b stock mode yet but when that happens your camera will be worth even less. Dump it now, dump it fast, things change really really fast in the digital age.
 
rcbrown23 said:
Just my suggestion: hold onto it and shoot in SD mode on tape. Offer HD, but up your price by at least 75%. With the extra money from the HD price's, get yourself a firestore or two.

-brown
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one firestore should be plenty =)
 
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