Sylvester
Well-known
muser53
MUSER53
Someone's laughing all the way to the bank ;-)
I Love Film
Well-known
All you people moan and groan about the death of film.
So someone helps keep film and film cameras alive to a young audience through clever marketing techniques, and then everyone here starts bashing them because they want to make a small profit.
So someone helps keep film and film cameras alive to a young audience through clever marketing techniques, and then everyone here starts bashing them because they want to make a small profit.
dazedgonebye
Veteran
You know, they clean 'em up and presumably make sure they work before selling them.
I don't think it's all that bad of a deal.
How much money have we all lost buying old gear cheap, that didn't work?
I don't think it's all that bad of a deal.
How much money have we all lost buying old gear cheap, that didn't work?
Sylvester
Well-known
Seen in that way, I did buy a Kiev for 100$... Still, those at 600$ made me laugh.
lam
Well-known
In mother russia.. oh i'll just stop. 
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
I wouldn't buy one, but I think they're funny. I mean, come on:
steveniphoto
Well-known
i bought my fed4 with jupiter 8 for $50. even lomography in SF sells the fed5 for like $150 with an industar lens i think so the prices here are kind of ridiculous.
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
I think this is more of an art project and priced as such, given how completely over the top the design is. If people buy this, they're unlikely to be taking pictures with them.
It's a good idea, though. I could go to the flea market here and vandalize a few of those $5 Zorkies
vinyljunky
Member
If it takes a gimmick to keep film alive, I'm all for it. I'm not ashamed to say that I started getting into film photography through Lomo (I'm sure it's the same for a lot of my generation).
chodgson45
Grain is Good
Hell if it keeps companies making film, I'm all for it.
Got to keep Film alive - by any means possible.
Got to keep Film alive - by any means possible.
dee
Well-known
I guess if they leak , it's all part of the toy camera game !
umcelinho
Marcelo
it's a shame they don't come in black, it'd be so much more stealthy...
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
They should make a Black Electrical Tape Edition. For $700, for that extra black tape stealthiness.
matthewm
Well-known
I bought my wife a "snakeskin" Fed 5B for Christmas a few years ago. She's never even shot a roll of film with it, but it looks pretty, I guess. I paid roughly $75 shipped from the motherland. I suppose these, with a proper CLA, some form of warranty and the artwork on them really isn't a horrible deal. It's a little steep, but like someone else mentioned, the people buying these probably aren't buying them as users, it's probably an appreciation for art thing.
It's not much different than Urban Outfitters taking a standard Holga and slapping a $60 sticker on it. I remember buying multiple Holgas back 6 or 7 years ago for $20 each from Freestyle Photo.
Where there's a will, there's a market.
Wish they would sell the standard Fed 2. I've been after one of those for a while...
It's not much different than Urban Outfitters taking a standard Holga and slapping a $60 sticker on it. I remember buying multiple Holgas back 6 or 7 years ago for $20 each from Freestyle Photo.
Where there's a will, there's a market.
Wish they would sell the standard Fed 2. I've been after one of those for a while...