januaryman
"Flim? You want flim?"
You're all killing me here with these stories.... Stop. Please! I can't take it any more. My life savings are in the toilet as of today and these tales just too much to take.
Just bought the most expensive camera ... at my local thrift store :)
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NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku?
Everyone's savings are in the toilet this week.
BUY MORE CAMERAS 😉
Kiu
BUY MORE CAMERAS 😉
Kiu
Henryzx
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John, Well said....for those who don't dare to look at their investment portfolio (including me) today... go buy some camera (classic/neo classic of course), prob. a better investment option 🙂. Just started the first roll on it today, will post the result soon. Good luck hunting guys.
bhop73
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Pardon my ignorance, but what "should" this camera cost?
Henryzx
Established
from good to brand new condition price varied from $400 to $1,200 . Black price slightly higher than Titanium color.
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Nikon Bob
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racoll
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Congrats on a great camera day! A few weeks ago I was at our local flea market and found an Exakta VX with 2 Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar f/2 lenses for a total price of $50! Then 2 weeks later I found an Olympus 35-S and a Voigtlander Bessa 46, each for $20. I love when things like that happen. I'm happy for you; what a good day!
Erik L
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i have! oh i have! this year at least 6 lenses. i see my savings account NOT keeping up with inflation and i got sick of it and want my money in something tangeable.....
i can see just putting a few hundred in kodachrome alone.
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Henryzx
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ChrisN
Striving
The standard reference is KEH.com.
http://www.keh.com/OnLineStore/Cate...e=&item=0&ActivateTOC2=true&ID=26&BC=OM&BCC=1
Body about $400
50 macro lens about $120
50/1.4 lens about $120
So - a good deal for the buyer. 😉
nvnusman
Newbie
Bought my OM4T on eBay this month for about $250 with 1.8 50mm. Better shape than expected, probably 8+. Several OM4T's and 4Ti's listed now. Maybe folks ARE unloading? But just try to get your hands on an MD2 with motor-rewind or a 250-exposure back! Yeah, yeah, yeah!!! What are these questions doing on an RF forum? Well, at least I DO have an Argus brick and an XA. (Oops! That's an XA1, which doesn't even focus!) Well, there's also my OM88, which could qualify as a motor-driven RF for that split-screen prism in the finder, couldn't it? Huh? Huh?
Lani Kai
Member
The Hasselblad SWC/M kit that I was unable to sell here was originally purchased for $900.
simonSE15
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inspired by this I went looking and couldnt believe my eyes when I found a zuiko 24mm 2.8 in the second charity shop I went in! cost me £20 and not in great cosmetic condition. but still a nice find and I wanted one anyway. 🙂
Henryzx
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John Hermanson
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Woah, nice find! What's so special about a 3Ti, 4T, 4Ti? Real titanium top and bottom cover for one thing. BTW, 4T/Ti are identical except for designation on top. John, www.zuiko.com
Al Kaplan
Veteran
I'm saying this as someone who was married to an antique shop owner, still friends with her, and know a bunch of other dealers. They're all looking to turn a profit, and keep turning over their money. Some will sell the better stuff on Ebay or at shows. It's common practice to sell things to other dealers who have a more upscale customer base. There are what are known in the trade as "pickers", people who hit every yard sale they can find, buying saleable stuff for peanuts, and then reselling to retail dealers. Others specialize in "buy-outs" or "clean-outs", where an elderly person dies or goes into a nusing home, the kids usually living in another state or just to lazy to sell the stuff. The dealer picks out the good stuff for herself, holds a yard sale for the rest, and what doesn't get sold is donated to a thrift shop. Everything from lawnmowers and old clothes to expensive porcelain figurines has to be out of the house! And yes, cameras too.
At each stage everybody wants to make money. For the most part nobody knows squat about photography equipment. They just hope to double or maybe triple their money, and if they can do it the same day all the better. One elderly lady who had given up her shop used to sell on Ebay. When she got camera stuff I'd help her with photographing everything worth listing on Ebay, write the ad copy for the camera stuff and give her an idea what the reserve should be. In exchange I'd get 10% of the money and on occasion some free little stuff such as 8 Leica cassettes. Another dealer asked me if I'd like to buy a "sack of old cameras for $500". I found out later that he was the only bidder at an estate auction and the sack went for $25. I got a few Leicas, including an M2, an M3, a CL, an assortment of Leitz lenses, plus a Minolta Autocord, a 150mm Hassleblad Sonnar, and a bunch of "little stuff". An hour later I'd sold the 'blad lens to my repair guy for a CLA on the M3 plus $600 cash. Bill was thrilled that he'd turned $25 into $500 an hour after he'd left the auction. He later told me that he suspected it was worth big bucks when I didn't make a counter offer of maybe $300.
Don't be afraid to make a lowball offer. A lot of "thrift shops" solicit donations but are not connected to any kind of charity. They're money making businesses. That pristine Pentax Spotmatic might not have cost them a penny. It might have a $50 price tag on it but they might accept an offer of $10.
Get to know what a wide range of photo equipment sells for on Ebay. You might be looking for Leica stuff but a clean Rolleiflex for $20 can be sold at a tidy profit. Always sell the "little stuff" seperately. Sell that 50mm Summicron by itself. It'll bring almost as much as it will with hood and front and rear caps and UV filter on it, but the "little stuff" might bring as much as the lens itself will.
Don't forget to ALWAYS offer your finds here on the forum first...LOL
At each stage everybody wants to make money. For the most part nobody knows squat about photography equipment. They just hope to double or maybe triple their money, and if they can do it the same day all the better. One elderly lady who had given up her shop used to sell on Ebay. When she got camera stuff I'd help her with photographing everything worth listing on Ebay, write the ad copy for the camera stuff and give her an idea what the reserve should be. In exchange I'd get 10% of the money and on occasion some free little stuff such as 8 Leica cassettes. Another dealer asked me if I'd like to buy a "sack of old cameras for $500". I found out later that he was the only bidder at an estate auction and the sack went for $25. I got a few Leicas, including an M2, an M3, a CL, an assortment of Leitz lenses, plus a Minolta Autocord, a 150mm Hassleblad Sonnar, and a bunch of "little stuff". An hour later I'd sold the 'blad lens to my repair guy for a CLA on the M3 plus $600 cash. Bill was thrilled that he'd turned $25 into $500 an hour after he'd left the auction. He later told me that he suspected it was worth big bucks when I didn't make a counter offer of maybe $300.
Don't be afraid to make a lowball offer. A lot of "thrift shops" solicit donations but are not connected to any kind of charity. They're money making businesses. That pristine Pentax Spotmatic might not have cost them a penny. It might have a $50 price tag on it but they might accept an offer of $10.
Get to know what a wide range of photo equipment sells for on Ebay. You might be looking for Leica stuff but a clean Rolleiflex for $20 can be sold at a tidy profit. Always sell the "little stuff" seperately. Sell that 50mm Summicron by itself. It'll bring almost as much as it will with hood and front and rear caps and UV filter on it, but the "little stuff" might bring as much as the lens itself will.
Don't forget to ALWAYS offer your finds here on the forum first...LOL
Olsen
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The Olympus were very good cameras with a very large viewfinder. The best in the business, back in it's days. They are not very reliable and most of them sold 2.hand for a few years ago did not work properly. Had it to do with leaky batteries...?
The Vivitar is a far better buy, to my opinion. 10 $ for a fully working pro flash is very cheap. Do you have pictures of it?
The Vivitar is a far better buy, to my opinion. 10 $ for a fully working pro flash is very cheap. Do you have pictures of it?
Henryzx
Established
I've own 10+ OM bodies (most are OM-1,2,3 to 4t) over the years never had any problem with them except OM-2sp and OM-40 (PC), they are the most problematic. The rest of the OM line are pretty much solid/bullet proof reliable even the OM-2000.
Anyhow, this is picture of the flash
Anyhow, this is picture of the flash
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myequation
Member
I purchased a Rolleiflex F and E model for $40 shipped.
These were some mislabled/miscategorized auctions online, they were untested but still $40 who cares.
I watched the ups tracking number constantly waiting for my goodies.
While I was at work it was "delivered"
I rushed home on my lunch break.
No box....
asked my neighbors..
no box.
It was gone, who knows what happened.
Even to this day I still look in the bushes around the house hoping to find a weathered box.
sighhh
These were some mislabled/miscategorized auctions online, they were untested but still $40 who cares.
I watched the ups tracking number constantly waiting for my goodies.
While I was at work it was "delivered"
I rushed home on my lunch break.
No box....
asked my neighbors..
no box.
It was gone, who knows what happened.
Even to this day I still look in the bushes around the house hoping to find a weathered box.
sighhh
retro
Well-known
Great score! I once found a Nikon RF at a thrift store for $5.