<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Panavision is rental-- and this only applies to used gear for sale.<br>
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What it boils down to is that they are in worse shape than the US economy, and trying to force the home market to use new gear made there is a priority.<br>
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The whole world is going bonkers. I'm going to attach a capture from an email sent to me suggesting books to buy.<br>
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The clarity is amazing.<br>
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I think we are all doomed.<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Peter Haas <peterhaas@cruzio.com><br>
To: Konvas Discussion List <cinema@konvas.org><br>
Sent: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 8:52 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Konvas] Gear Available<br>
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On Feb 25, 2009, at 1:18 PM, H. W. Stone wrote: <br>
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> Interestingly, the Japanese have now slapped heavy imports on used > cine gear, and rejected the purchaser's paperwork-- hold your > breath-- unless a 150% of "designated market costs" is added as a > penalty import tax. They don't go on what he was going to pay, but > what they decide it the market price. It seems they are very, very > protective of the internal market, and while new items are covered > under treaties, used gear is not. <br>
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Must be being used to prevent Panavision, et. al., from displacing Canon and Nikon cine lenses. <br>
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