[FS: General] Sony XDCAM PMW EX3 plus extras to a good home at below-market price

[StuOS]

I just got a Canon C300 and my beloved EX3 and its accessories need to go to fund a Zacuto shoulder rig, EVF, and follow focus for it. I love this camera, and it has been through many high-end, corporate productions with me. There are 401 hours on the meter, so there's lots of life left in her.

The lens appears to be perfect to my eyes. There is minor cosmetic wear along one of the upper edges on the back, right side of the camera, and some miscellaneous scratches elsewhere, as you would expect. All the white lettering appears to be perfect. There is a small spot of dried super glue on the focus ring, and some small scratches on the bottom of the camera that I've had covered up for quite a long time now with a metal base plate I use (a base plate with the EX3 is essential, as you know.). The lens remote port is a bit loose. I just discovered this, actually, and I suspect an AC got a bit overzealous while removing the Varizoom remote controller cable. I tested it and it works just fine. A bit of glue would secure it. The battery release button sticks, but has no effect on operation, and eventually unsticks once the battery has been in for a bit. None of these things are issues, but I want to do a full disclosure. To the best of my knowledge, these minor things are the only imperfections with the camera.

The camera comes with the following accessories that were in the original kit:

• 8GB SxS card
• 1/2" lens adapter
• Component cable
• BPU-30 battery and charger
• Lens hood, charger, and etc.

Additional things I'm selling with the system are:

• Four Hoodman SxS adapters with three 16GB Hoodman RAW SDHC cards and one 32GB Hoodman RAW card (four adapters and four cards in all). I got these particular adapters and cards because they have a sterling reputation for reliability.
• Strut Gunner GTC-3U, semi-hardened bag made specifically for the EX3. It fits in the overhead compartments of full-sized aircraft.
• B+W UV filter, thin, multicoated, top-of-the-line
• Kata rain jacket made for the EX3 (never used)
• Two Sony BPU-60 batteries
• One Swit W-8U62 battery with D-tap (brand new and never used)
• DM-Accesories shoulder rig that includes:

-- Base plate (essential)-- Shoulder cushion​

-- Pivoting back plate with retaining clip​

-- Two-battery mount (for putting the BPU-60 batteries in as counterweights and running the camera with their power)​

-- Sennheiser wireless box (holds G2/G3 receiver)​

• Varizoom remote controller (record, last clip playback, and zoom control) with 10' extension for mounting on a jib or other remote operation
• Vortex media field guide

My philosophy is to price things to sell instead of trying to squeeze out every penny, so I started by trying to determine a fair, market price using online auction sites. Based on what's ACTUALLY sold recently (not what people are asking), the hours on those cameras, and looking at both EX1rs and EX3s that have sold, it appears to me that a fair market price for the camera, only (with the basic stuff that came with it) is around $5,500. Getting used prices on the accessories is more difficult, so I basically took the online prices for new equipment and took 50% of that unless there was better data. The total fair market price for the accessories would be around $1,500, bringing the total to $7,000.

Since I want to sell and be done as soon as possible, I'll sell the total package for $6,000. If you want the camera only, I'll sell that for $5,200. I will NOT sell the accessories before I've sold the camera.

I don't post here very often, so I don't have much of a track record, here. I've never sold on ebay, but I have a 100% rating as a buyer under my former company's name: heirloomfilm. Regardless, I've been researching ways to buy and sell on the 'Net so that both parties are protected, and you may have some ideas, too. If you want the camera and accessories, we'll find a way to protect ourselves from fraud on both sides.

Hope to hear from you soon!

 

[StuOS]

Price reduced $200 to $5,000 for the camera only, and $5,800 for the whole kit. I went back to ebay to look at EX3s that have sold recently. One sold for $4,500, but there was no information on it other than the fact that it exists, so I have no idea of the condition or hours. Another with 645 hours sold for $5,100. One with 195 hours sold for $6,075. One with 202 hours with an accessory package of roughly the same value as mine sold for $8,900, but that has to be an outlier. So, I'm selling a camera with 401 hours for less than one that sold on ebay with 645 hours on it. The accessory package is about half off the new, retail price. I'd rather not sell this on ebay because of the hassle factor, so I'll hold off another day or two on that. If you're in the market for a great ENG camera, this one is a deal.