What is your greatest photo gear 'score'?

[Swift1]

Pentax 67ii w/unmetered prism
Not working Pentax 67 w/unmetered prism
45/4
90/2.8 LS
165/4 LS
67mm reverse adapter mount for 67
helicoid extension tube
full set of extension tubes

All for $400...

I sold the 67ii for $550, the 165/4 for $250, and the helicoid extension tube for $150...

Then spent $250 servicing the 67 and other 2 lenses.

Walked away with a working 67 kit, plus $300 more than I had before buying the kit.

 

[zuikologist]

Back in the 1980s - Leica M3 and 50 Summarit for £50.

 

[ForestCap]

Plustek 7200 with everything, unused for 25 CAD in 2016. Or is it normal deal now for 199$ scanner in 2005 ? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1765491,00.asp 🙂

M-E for 3K$, last new, from official dealer in 2016. Instead of $4,790 in 2015 (last year in production).

Beat me. I got my 7200 for $50 in 2014, still cheap.


My Olympus Mju II was bought for $8 last year.

 

[Huss]

I hate all of you.


😉

 

[Chubberino]

Either my Coolscan 5000 for $300 or my Minolta 58mm 1.2 for $10 or my 35 2.8 Summaron for $200 maybe?

side photography related, a Bolex H-16 Rex 5 for $25. It had a super rare Tobin motor drive attached which seems to sell for at least $800 on it's own.

 

[Swift1]

Also... a fully functional Olympus XA in original plastic box for $1.99

 

[mbf4755]

All in one day in 1986, as a 20 year-old at a now-closed second hand shop that bought out estates:

Leica M5, 21 SA, 50 Lux, 90 cron, 135 Elmarit, table tripod, and other extra (hoods,caps, leather cases, boxes, etc.): $800

plus

Rolleiflex 2.8F: $50

All in beautiful condition and perfect operating order. The M5 is still by far my most used camera today.

Matt

 

[zuiko85]

At a second hand store, a mirror stuck up, 'jammed' OM-4Ti for $35. Took it home, put in two S76 batteries, reset, and it came to life right away. That was a couple of years ago and it still works fine.

Almost forgot, at a photo show a working perfectly Sears KS-500 (Ricoh KR-5) with 50mm f2 lens and good meter batts for $5, really, what more does a person need in a PK mount body.

 

[Jake Mongey]

Hassy 500 EL, NC2 and A12 for £220
(okay its not that much of a steal compared to the others but its a big deal for me who always wanted to own a hassy but has always been priced out up until this point.)

 

[dtcls100]

Never got a deal quite as good as some of your deals described above. But my best deals were, in no particular order:

Nikon FE2 with MD12 motor drive (excellent condition) -- $90
Olympus OM-2n (black) body with Winder 2 -- excellent condition -- $65
Nikon F6 body (USA model in flawless condition with only 4 rolls shot through it) -- $750 (new USA bodies go for $2400). The overwhelming bulk of used F6 bodies are non-USA models that Nikon USA may not service.

 

[scorpius73]

A black paint Nikon SP with a 2.8cm f3.5 in mint condition in the original leather case for $500. I also got a Rolleiflex 2.8C with Planar lens in exceptional condition for $400. I still have the Rollie.

 

[aperture64]

M3 DS + 50mm DR Summicron + Leather case + moth ball smell for $485.

 

[Timmyjoe]

Nikon F Apollo with FTN, in mint condition (under a layer of heavy dust/dirt), with a fully functioning meter. $89.

Best,
-Tim

 

[Calzone]

I was walking home to the Southside of Williamsburg in a time before it was conquered by hipsters, and I diverted my foot out of habit, because the hipsters on the Northside tended to walk their dogs on the Southside and leave the turds as booby traps.

So initially I thought this black object laying on the sidewalk was just another booby trap, but it was a Contax T3 in a leatherette case. Came pretty close to crushing it with my foot.

So a free Contax T3 likely lost by a clueless hipster, highly likely a dog owner.

Oh-well I say.

Cal

 

[sepiareverb]

I found an M3 with a 50/1.5 Summarit about ten years ago in a local junk shop for $25. Talked him down to $20. Sold the lens to have the VF redone, then sold the body to help fund the first M9. I got a weird ICA Stereo camera there the same day for $15. Sold that to a collector last year for almost $600. Sadly, the store has closed.

 

[jsrockit]

From a fellow RFF member... a Nikon F2 for a few beers.

 

[p.giannakis]

Sadly, the store has closed.

Not surprised with a pricing policy like that....

 

[sepiareverb]

Not surprised with a pricing policy like that....

Yep. Not the sharpest tool in that shed behind the counter.🙄

 

[Vince Lupo]

Probably a black MOOLY-C motor for $400. Second would be a grey IIIcK Luftwaffe (repainted black) for $650 (thank you KEH). Third was a Leitz 50/1.5 Xenon lens for free - I put $75 into it to have it cleaned and lubed, then I resold it for $600. Fourth was a SOOZI 9cm f/2 Summicron lens - very rare, with the original hood, caps, M-adapter. $400 for that, and Jim Lager told me it was the best he'd ever seen.

 

[Michael I.]

leica m4 with 35 cron for around 900$ from a retired pj
minolta autocord for 62$