Thrift store find of the month, if not year!

[Creagerj]

EDIT: Pics have now been posted further down in the post.

Today i was making my weekly rounds at the local thrift stores and I came across a few beat up old cameras, nothing special though. Then I just happened to be wandering around in the back of Goodwill and decided I would sift through the old P+S to see if there was anything good. One camera in particular stood out to me, and I knew that I may have just struck gold.

The camera I found:

I paid $6.99 for the camera and $12 for a battery. It works perfectly, although it clearly has been dropped and has a small ding. Other than that, it is in great shape.

Pics further down.

 

[Creagerj]

Sorry about the crappy cell phone picture.

 

[DennisPT]

You struck titanium, congrats!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

YOU WIN!

That is a find. Report back with some pictures.

You beat my $15 Rollei 35TE.

 

[tj01]

great find. show us some pics once you get some done.

 

[Brian Legge]

Very nice find! I gave up on the Goodwills around here as they seemed very good at filtering games to their online site. The only decent one I found that slipped through was a Cosina CX2. I'm surprised that one slipped through!

Nice find!

 

[nikon_sam]

Why, Oh why do I look at these threads???
I'm soooo happy for you...groan...:bang:😉

 

[Creagerj]

Why, Oh why do I look at these threads???
I'm soooo happy for you...groan...:bang:😉

Ha ha, I'm pretty happy myself. Thrift store hunting does yield treasures, but one must be very patient.

 

[RFH]

Congratulations! Reminds of the time I bought a Hexar AF for $15...

 

[Creagerj]

Congratulations! Reminds of the time I bought a Hexar AF for $15...

Wow, that is quite a deal. I have found a lot of great stuff at thrift stores, but so far this one takes the cake. The only thing that comes close is getting a Leica M2 and Elamar 50mm f/2.8 in fantastic shape for $550 on eBay. That and maybe picking up a Minolta Auto 360PX for $1 at Value Village.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Congratulations on the find! That's a good story! 🙂

 

[gavinlg]

One day this will happen to me. I hope.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Now that is what I call a find. You are 100% right when you say you must be very patient and you got duly rewarded for it. Yea, lets see some photos from it.

Bob

 

[Greyscale]

That kind of makes the Canon A35F that I bought yesterday for $4 look like a booger.

 

[Creagerj]

Photos coming soon! Just give me a day or two to shoot with it and I'll get some photos up.

 

[johannielscom]

Nice find indeed!

Just loaded film into my thrift-store found Yashica Minister II (EUR 5.00). Wanna have a thrift store shoot-out? 😛

 

[umcelinho]

My best photo bargain at a thrift shop/fair was a $50 Yashica mat 124G, but it has a dead meter and needed cleaning (it was filthy). Not so much of a bargain as my 10 euro dark brown leather trenchcoat, by far my best deal ever!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Wow those cost about $700 new!

 

[Mudman]

Nice find indeed!

Just loaded film into my thrift-store found Yashica Minister II (EUR 5.00). Wanna have a thrift store shoot-out? 😛

My $40 Rolleiflex would win 😀

 

[btgc]

Hm, is there any film still available? Probably people throw this things away because they don't take SD cards 😀