zuiko85
Veteran
Hard to say, no screaming deals, just a few ok deals. Last one was a “jammed “ OM-4Ti for $35 that just needed new batteries to bring it to full functioning.
f16sunshine
Moderator
I think it's my present Rolleiflex 2.8D.
It's my 3rd one of this model.
The price was half of average which is cool ... it's the condition that makes it a score.
The Xenotar lens as well as the viewing lens are absolutely spotless.
They are completely new. No dust inside. Not a touch to the coatings, no sign of cleaning.... really remarkable.
It's a time-capsule and now I'm using it
It's my 3rd one of this model.
The price was half of average which is cool ... it's the condition that makes it a score.
The Xenotar lens as well as the viewing lens are absolutely spotless.
They are completely new. No dust inside. Not a touch to the coatings, no sign of cleaning.... really remarkable.
It's a time-capsule and now I'm using it
Harry Lime
Practitioner
Mint Leica IIIc with 3.5/50 Elmar at a garage sale. It's been a few years, but I think I paid $100 for it. It had sat in a drawer for a few decades after the owner purchased it in Germany in the early 50's.
Trask
Established
Polaroid 185 for $3 at a “brocante” in Brussels
Black Nikon F with prism, and a Noct-Nikkor f/1.2 for $300.
Black Nikon F with prism, and a Noct-Nikkor f/1.2 for $300.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
Maybe not the most screaming deal, but one I'm glad happened:
Saw a craigslist ad for a bunch of filters. No real price asked. A lot of them were RF sizes such as 39 and 46mm. But in the photo I could spy a small item that said "E. Leitz Wetzlar" on it. No idea what it was from the awful photo.
So I met up with the seller and got several nice filters (including Leica and B+W filters) and a SHOOC all for $15. I casually collect Leica screwmount junk and a SHOOC is not a commonly found item on craigslist.
What's a SHOOC? --The 135mm brightline finder. Mine is "mint" in the little leather case. No box though
Saw a craigslist ad for a bunch of filters. No real price asked. A lot of them were RF sizes such as 39 and 46mm. But in the photo I could spy a small item that said "E. Leitz Wetzlar" on it. No idea what it was from the awful photo.
So I met up with the seller and got several nice filters (including Leica and B+W filters) and a SHOOC all for $15. I casually collect Leica screwmount junk and a SHOOC is not a commonly found item on craigslist.
What's a SHOOC? --The 135mm brightline finder. Mine is "mint" in the little leather case. No box though
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
These two more recently. Got them in two consecutive car boot sales.
Top one for a pound, bottom one for a fiver.
Top one for a pound, bottom one for a fiver.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
That was a black paint M2 button rewind.
Erik.
Erik.
webOSUser
Well-known
Picked up a new in box Sigma 21-35mm AF zoom from Hunt Camera for about $45 plus shipping. It came complete with Sigma warranty paperwork.
flagellum
Established
This was a near-score, but it's too good not to share. Picked up an M3 off Craigslist for a good deal, came with a non-matching Leica ever-ready case. The late owner apparently had boxes of Leica gear that the family had sold off years before (sounds like they didn't know much about what it was), but I was happy to get the last of their collection. That is, until I realized the leather case was actually an original case for the first MP with Leicavit...
Whoever bought that collection got very, very lucky.
Whoever bought that collection got very, very lucky.
