Garage sale buy this morning

garage sale find this morning:

very clean (dare I say mint?) Canon QL 1.9 with hard plastic case, matching Canon flash, and manual for $10. Meter works. UV filter protected lens from cleaning marks. This is a great daily knock around camera. It offers shutter speed priority auto exposure (with trap needle feature) and non-metered manual.
 
Hi Frank,
How many such basic cameras do you now own?
As for fleamarket buys, I once found a Yashica Lynx14 for $20.
My best pawnshop buy may have been a Nikon F2.
My best used camera buy from someone local was a Leica M3 set and on another time a Leica M4MOT.
 
Raid, I used to have something like 8 of this type of camera, but then traded them all for a Bessa R a few years ago. I only have a few now.
 
RANDALL said:
Hello..I joined the RFF just this morning in an effort to post a reply to this thread. i think it is wonderful you are able to discover these treasures at such great prices. Now if you would be so kind to entertain a different thought....Please think about taking one of your working cameras or even a kit ( it might even be worth some money) and giving it away ( for free) to your nephew or grandkid or neighbor's kid. Don't think about giving them a piece of crap.. give them something that they can learn photography with... and a roll of b/w film will not kill you. And if you are knowledgable obout film development and printing... change their lives forever! Make them this deal... they may keep and use this kit as long as it suits them but they may not sell it. It must be returned to you or given to another youngster with your approval. Then take twenty minutes to examine their first roll of prints and get ready for a SMILE. I make you this promise...do this for just one kid and it will help change his world. Do this for just two kids and it will change your world...
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gave away my yashica 14e to a young budding photog who likes bw film.
I own a leica m3 and a canon 7. I dont need it now.
 
That's really nice. I like the 2 tone finish. I found a Yashica C at an estate sale last year. It is basically the same camera as your A. The C takes great pictures too. When I was carrying it around with a tripod downtown people thought I was a photographer! Have fun with it.

Steve
 
Antique Sale not Garage Sale

Antique Sale not Garage Sale

I attended an Antique Swap Meet at Pasadena City College this morning and found the following...

1. Tiffen Series 6-B Lens Shade (Vented) w/ Tiffen Series 6 Adapter Ring Summarit F:1.5

2. Luna Pro Variable Angle Attachment for Luna-Pro w/ Instruction booklet (very nice condition just needs cleaning inside)

3. Gossen Pilot w/case (Like new)

4. Weston Master II Meter (Model 735) in original box w/Instruction Book & Film Ratings chart (both in mint condition) and Leather Case...(Meter in Like New condition)

I will probably just be keeping the Gossen Pilot and selling the rest...

All for just $25...:D
 
Heh I gotta say I have yet to ever find any sort of good camera equipment from a garage sell or flea market. The stuff i find in the flea market is generally utter trash and not worth the insanely high prices venders offer it for.
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Leica Elmarit 90/2.8 for 90USD?
Why yes, yes you do find deals.
 
I haven't been to any flea markets or estate sales lately (weather, family, sleep, etc. all seem to be getting in the way) but did have a fair amount of luck over the last year or so. I'm usually on the prowl for old woodworking tools and jazz LPs, but every so often some photo gear turns up.

1> Nikon S RF + 50/2 Nikkor, $60. Slow speeds all fire at 1/20. Otherwise fine.
2> Bessa 6x9cm RF, $20. Perfect condition.
3> Graflex Super Graphic, $20 (sold for $250 on ebay, since I already have one)
4> Olympus OM-1, winder, 50/1.4, 28/3.5, and accessories - $30 (sold on ebay, already got one of those too...) Was fine except for some prism foam rot.
5> Voigtlander Vitessa 35mm, $5. Seller thought it was jammed, but he just didn't know how to work it. Fine condition.
6> Vivitar 285, $5. Batteries were dead.

And just last week I snagged the Omega D3 enlarger & all the darkroom gear from work. Didn't even know there was a darkroom in my lab, but they needed the space and were just throwing the stuff out... I guess I had to pay about $7 in gas to get the car into the city and back out, hope it's worth it.

I'm going to try to get out again next year, but with the cost of gas I better start looking for a new job. When my buying was at it's peak I could do 300miles a weekend hitting estate sales all over the state, then the flea markets...
 
It was an private estate sale, both out of state....

1956 Leitz Summarit f1.5 50mm Excellent Plus/Mint Minus with both caps and a Bolex Cine adapter $95
and an all original 1951 Leica IIF BD also Excellent Plus/Mint Minus with original Elmar caps, case and original flash unit and instruction manual $125 - (it`s worth $650/$700)
(Leica IIFBD is the "sleeper" collectable Leica with only 8400 made between 1951 and 52 - insiders know about this one)
It needs a CLA, new curtains and viewfinder work, but it looks near new, just a few little scuffs, no dents or dings, another museum quality looking camera that`s sat around too long that`s all

Photos soon.....

Tom
 
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Visiting wrong garage sales.....

Visiting wrong garage sales.....

jbf said:
Heh I gotta say I have yet to ever find any sort of good camera equipment from a garage sell or flea market. The stuff i find in the flea market is generally utter trash and not worth the insanely high prices venders offer it for.
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I found a mint Canon A1, w lens, like new everready case, manual and tele-extender for $60. Fresh battery and shot a near perfect roll of velvia first time out. Only problem was my composition, but understand I was testing the camera, not going after a Pulitzer. This has not been my only positive garage sale experience.
 
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