What is your greatest photo gear 'score'?

[zuiko85]

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]

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 😀

 

[Harry Lime]

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]

Polaroid 185 for $3 at a “brocante” in Brussels

Black Nikon F with prism, and a Noct-Nikkor f/1.2 for $300.

 

[rfaspen]

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 🙁

 

[p.giannakis]

These two more recently. Got them in two consecutive car boot sales.
Top one for a pound, bottom one for a fiver.

 

[Erik van Straten]

That was a black paint M2 button rewind.

Erik.

 

[webOSUser]

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]

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.

 

[MikeMGB]

I picked up a Pentax 67 kit this evening, 2 lenses, filters, hoods, TTL prism.

Free. 🙂

 

[kshapero]

A camera store had a box that someone dropped off. It had a Leica IIIf and 3 lenses, plus a bunch of various accessories. I paid $25 for the lot.