Price guide to Nikon rangefinder equpiment

[cny3123]

Hi all I was wondering if there is any kind of a price database for equipment. I was wondering what I could expect to pay as a reasonable price for an S2 and 5cm 1.4 lens to go with it.

Thank you for your time and I hope I am not asking a question that has been asked many a time. I did a search and it did not yield anything.

Chris

 

[CameraQuest]

sure,

it's a variable price guide called Ebay.
prices change from day to day depending upon who is buying that week.

Stephen

 

[jonmanjiro]

There's a good price guide here for the Nikon rangefinder lenses.

See rough guide below for the bodies. Prices vary a LOT depending on the condition, and who's buying on a particular day 😉

Nikon One - extremely expensive collector camera (leave it to the collectors)
Nikon M - very expensive collector camera (leave it to the collectors)
Nikon S - $200 to $600 with 5cm lens in working order (not very user friendly)
Nikon S2 - $400 to $700 with 5cm lens in working order (chrome dial), $600 to $900 with 5cm lens in working order (later black dial)
Nikon SP - $1200 to $2500 or more with 5cm lens in working order
Nikon S3 - $700 to $1,100 with 5cm lens in working order
Nikon S4 - $700 to $1,100 or more with 5cm lens in working order
Nikon S3 2000 kit - $1,800 - $2,200 (chrome) $2,100 - $2,500 (black)
Nikon SP 2005 kit - $4,000 - $5,000 or more

 

[cny3123]

thank you for the very helpful post. I have seen a fair amount of fluctuation on ebay and wasn't sure what I should truly look for.

 

[arturo]

When looking prices in eBay, get sure you look at the final auction prices. Go to 'advanced search' and tick on 'completed listings'.

Arturo

 

[Jan Van Laethem]

Great pricelist you gave us, Jon. In your list, how much do you value the 5cm lens? That is, how much should I take off to get to an S2 body only, SP body only etc. price? I think I'm about set up lens wise, but could use another body to complement my "not-very-user-friendly-but-still-terrific" S.

Thanks

Jan

 

[cny3123]

Thanks Arturo for the advice. Wasn't aware that I could do that.

 

[jonmanjiro]

Great pricelist you gave us, Jon. In your list, how much do you value the 5cm lens? That is, how much should I take off to get to an S2 body only, SP body only etc. price? I think I'm about set up lens wise, but could use another body to complement my "not-very-user-friendly-but-still-terrific" S.

Thanks

Jan

Thanks Jan 🙂

I'm hoping Nikon Kiu (the Ebay price master!) or others can give us some more input (hint hint 🙄).

Regarding the price of 5cm lenses, my experience watching prices here in Japan is that a combined lens plus camera kit usually sells for about $100 to $150 less than if the same camera and lens are sold separately. For example I've seen nice 5cm f1.4's sell for $300 - $350, but when the same nice 5cm f1.4 is added to a camera body it probably only adds $200 to $250 to the price. In other words the price difference of a body with a lens / without a lens is about $100 to $150 less than the cost of the lens on its own. Does this long winded explanation make sense?

 

[NIKON KIU]

I couldn't say it better than Jon did, apparently he is been checking prices as much as I have been.
Bottom line is, it's pretty easy to find a descent S2 with lens around $500.00
I've been watching this one to see if it would sell, it didn't the first time around:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nikon-S2-rangef...305324869QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320305324869


Kiu

 

[cny3123]

Thanks all for the help with the pricing. To be honest while I wait for the right time to buy an S2 I might go and buy a Canonet QL17 due to the price of them. It shocked me to see that they go for only $20-$60 on ebay. I cannot just outright buy an S2 probably for another week while I wait for another paycheck to be comfortable with the purchase. Being in college I don't want to spend all my money at once and then starve for two weeks 😉

 

[Jan Van Laethem]

Thank you, Jon. Yes, that makes sense, I've seen the same thing happen with Nikon SLR equipment, where lens and body sold together fetch a slightly lower price than if sold separately. That would be another option by the way, I could look for an S2 with lens and then sell off the lens if it duplicates what I already have. Hmmm... 🙂

Thanks for the link, Kiu. It's up for sale again, but unfortunately this seller only sells to US residents. As I've mentionned in a previous post, Nikon RF equipment is quite difficult to find in Europe and almost non-existent in Spain, where I currently live. If it can be found, it is usually way overpriced and in doubtful condition. The US seems to have plenty for sale, but I rarely find something from Japan on Ebay. Or should I look somewhere else?

Regards

Jan

 

[BillBingham2]

Jan,

Drop me a PM with your email and perhaps I can help.

B2 (;->

 

[Jan Van Laethem]

OK, sent you a second PM just now, my email account is doing funny things.

Jan