Why the hell is everything rare?

[Field]

Seriously. I hate advertisements for cameras online. Like Russian lenses as "rare" um no. Russia has so many damn lenses they are going to be selling them on Ebay for the next couple of decades it appears.

Prices are soaring for P&S's. I'm not talking about 28/35Ti, or T4's. I'm now seeing rather cheap ones trying to sell in the triple digits. Many of which probably didn't cost that new. Uh $150 for a cheap not--so-sharp (even though advertised as so, not that they provided crops) P&S or a T4? Durrr. :bang:

Not everything is sharp. Zeiss Sonars are sharp. ASPH Summicrons are sharp. Every lens is reasonably sharp stopped down some. But "tack" and "pin" ? If that were true no one would of ever paid for Leica gear. I flag craigslist ads that advertise stupid, as well as lies.

 

[Field]

Like this boner.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/7800814...n=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=3&ga_search_type=vintage

 

[coelacanth]

Like this boner.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/7800814...n=0&ga_max=0&ga_page=3&ga_search_type=vintage

I wonder what the "35mm P&P Style!" is... 😕

 

[splitimageview]

Everything is rare, everything is mint.

And no one in prison is guilty.

This has always been true.

 

[clayne]

Greed. Only gonna get worse, my friend. :-/

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Everything is rare, everything is mint.

And no one in prison is guilty.

This has always been true.

LOL, very true. Except you forgot that many things are Minty!

 

[bobby_novatron]

$100 for an Olympus Mju-II? Wow.

The eBay descriptions don't surprise me. Especially the FSU sellers -- they're just trying to make a few rubles to pay their rent. Adjectives like 'rare' and 'mint' are very common on eBay. That's what makes it so slummy.

And yes, the prices of point-and-shoot cameras seem to still be rising. Is it because film is the current fad amongst the 'Generation Z' kids? Is it nostalgia from 40+ year-old camera hobbyists? Or all the above? 🙂

 

[back alley]

i like minty...

 

[pakeha]

LOL, very true. Except you forgot that many things are Minty!

Ha, that is the one word that makes me hit `back to search results'

 

[oceanpriest]

now holga already costs you $40 😀

 

[Greyscale]

$100 for an Olympus Mju-II? Wow.

Not even an mju II. That is the 35/3.5 mju, which usually fetches about $5 on eBay.

The mju II is listed for $200.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/65155125/olympus-epic-stylus-ii-mju-ii-35mm-ps?ref=correlated_featured

 

[clayne]

Ha, that is the one word that makes me hit `back to search results'

Couldn't agree more. Nothing turns me off more about an eBay listing when I see the word "minty."

 

[BobYIL]

Couldn't agree more. Nothing turns me off more about an eBay listing when I see the word "minty."

Ooo! How about "mintish"?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIKON-CAMER..._Camera_Straps_Hand_Grips&hash=item5891d914f6

 

[Greyscale]

Just throw a sliver of Irish Spring in your camera bag, and all of your gear will be minty. 😀

 

[John Bragg]

Actually the Mju--1 (Stylus Infinity) is a great little camera, but not at $100. Anyways, I like my cameras medium to well done.

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Actually the Mju--1 (Stylus Infinity) is a great little camera, but not at $100.

I had the brown leather covered one. Not a bad little camera.

Yes, I certainly agree that a camera that isn't well done isn't worth having.

 

[Steve M.]

I read somewhere that cameras and lenses with "rare" in the title sell much better. So I tried it on the few items I owned that may have loosely fit that description, and sure enough they sold rather quickly.

 

[stillshunter]

Home-grown 'minty' alert!

 

[ray*j*gun]

I read somewhere that cameras and lenses with "rare" in the title sell much better. So I tried it on the few items I owned that may have loosely fit that description, and sure enough they sold rather quickly.

Yes, PT Barnum would be proud.

 

[sahe69]

Not even an mju II. That is the 35/3.5 mju, which usually fetches about $5 on eBay.

The mju II is listed for $200.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/65155125/olympus-epic-stylus-ii-mju-ii-35mm-ps?ref=correlated_featured

Epic fail? 😛

Someone on a Finnish auction site was asking 499 EUR for a Canon MC P&S, allegedely a collectable rarity: http://www.huuto.net/kohteet/canon-mc-filmikamera-kerailyharvinaisuus/223135903 😱