Film cameras on classified

[Ansel]

Its nothing compared to the drop in the price of SH digital cameras 😱

 

[KoNickon]

I think you see more film cameras resold, because most of digital cameras don't even get resold - they get thrown out.

The exception to this seems to be the Epson RD-1 -- I don't know the specifications of this camera, though I expect, given it's age, that it's long since been surpassed. However, folks seem to keep using them and they command a pretty darn good resale price. Witness the one for sale in the classifieds here right now.

 

[hepcat]

In 2000 I sold my Hassy kit, two early '70s vintage 500cm chrome bodies, five C and C T* lenses, five backs and 'stuff' for about $5k wholesale just at the dawn of digital. This year I bought two late '90s vintage 500 black bodies (501cm and 503CXi), eight CF T* and CFL lenses, six later model backs and 'stuff' for about $3000 retail. I really don't care what they're worth now on the market as I won't be selling this kit. My heirs can do that. But the prices seem to holding or even climbing a little since I bought my stuff.

35mm film bodies (exclusive of collector-value bodies) are all over the map with supply seemingly increasing and demand diminishing. They're worth what you can get for them.

 

[philipus]

I've noticed a lot of very desirable stuff on eBay lately from dealers in Japan.
Many who never switched to digital may now be "aging out" of photography altogether.

Chris

Interesting Chris. Anything in particular?

 

[Addy101]

Invariably, more and more from the film generation (from film's golden age perhaps of the '50s and '60s) are passing on and families who inherit those classics don't shoot outside of cell phones or P&S.

Huh? 50's and 60's the golden age of film? I would think the 70's and 80's were the golden age of film photography.

Whatever, there is a slow decline in prices of film cameras. Cameras like the Minolta Dynax 7, Canon EOS 3 and Nikon F100 now are cheaper then five, six years ago. But still, it is a slow decline.

 

[hepcat]

Huh? 50's and 60's the golden age of film? I would think the 70's and 80's were the golden age of film photography.

Whatever, there is a slow decline in prices of film cameras. Cameras like the Minolta Dynax 7, Canon EOS 3 and Nikon F100 now are cheaper then five, six years ago. But still, it is a slow decline.

There were no "good" film cameras introduced after 1972 that were worth spending money on. The Leica M4, Nikon F2, Canon F1, Minolta SR-T-101 and Konica Autoreflex T were all introduced before 1972. Their predecessors were cameras. The introduction of the Canon AE-1 and similar ilk were the end of "good" film cameras. They all just became more complex Instamatics after 1972.

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