angeloks
Well-known
250$ for a Canon 7 with the 50mm f1.2 LTM!
batterytypehah!
Lord of the Dings
No kidding. It was listed for all of 6 minutes. Look for those items to reappear separately soon. Dang.
In a "Junk Box" at the now long discontinued Santa Monica Camera Show held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (site of many Oscar presentations in the 60's), I found a rare Leica screw mount 25/4 Nikkor with a Leitz screw mount adapter for the princely sum of $20.
At the same show I resold the adapter alone for $50.
Stephen
At the same show I resold the adapter alone for $50.
Stephen
mikesrc
Member
My best buy is a Leica M6 for $50.00 at a estate sale. Asked if there was any other photo stuff around and ended up buying a BOX full of lens for another $100.00. You really don't want to know what was in that box. If I told you would piss down your leg!!!
MISH
Well-known
I think I am going to have to start going to estate sales
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
alright, not funny. tell us.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Yes tell us! I've got a pair of extra pants ready for the shock.
strangerbeat
Member
what, the $50 M6 wasnt enough of a shock?
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
It was so shocking I want to know what came in $100 mystery box. Come on, I'm ready and went to bathroom already.
KenRothman
Takes really bad pictures
35mm V4 'cron with hood in VG+ shape for $699 at my local shop, last fall. think i did ok.
Mohan
Established
my best bargain was a mamiya RB67 with many accessories, bought for £90, sold for over £400.
Aside from many 70's and 80's SLRs (nothing extraordinary) I've been extremely lucky to have been given an Olympus Pen FT with the 40mm 1.4 and to top it a leica 3G with collapsible summicron.
Aside from many 70's and 80's SLRs (nothing extraordinary) I've been extremely lucky to have been given an Olympus Pen FT with the 40mm 1.4 and to top it a leica 3G with collapsible summicron.
michaelshane
Well-known
1955 M3,50/summarit,W/case....$15.00.Flea market.
je2a3
je
My cherished Komura 36mm, f1.8 lens with VF and leather case found in a flea market for $35.
nome_alice
Established
i hate reading this thread!
rdeleskie
Well-known
Just grabbed a Sekonic L 328 Digilite F flash meter at my local Value Village for $5.99. I've been checking it against one of my other light meters and so far it seems to be working perfectly. I'm a happy shopper!
Pompiere
Established
Olympus XA with A11 flash for a dollar. The camera only needed batteries. The flash needed the corrosion cleaned out and a new battery and all is good. Found it on a rummage sale table with several cheap point & shoots.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
I once saw a dumpster literally full of used lenses on the street outside B&H Photo.
Peeking inside I saw mostly M42 stuff. I thought about digging through them
but by then I couldn't muscle my way past the other vultures, er, collectors...
Chris
Peeking inside I saw mostly M42 stuff. I thought about digging through them
but by then I couldn't muscle my way past the other vultures, er, collectors...
Chris
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
300$ for a Nikon F100 in excellent shape. For some reason the seller gave me his original receipt even though the warantee period had long expired, the bill said 1400$
cidereye
Film Freak
Just won a Pentax ME Super in exc++ condition on eBay for £2.19. Bargain!
Seller said mirror was sticking badly, new buffer & seals and she's working like new. A nice present now for a relative who has shown an interest in film photography.
Seller said mirror was sticking badly, new buffer & seals and she's working like new. A nice present now for a relative who has shown an interest in film photography.
wotalegend
Well-known
I have no argument with the fact that that price is a steal compared with its original new price, but it is about par for the course these days. I bought my F100 in near-mint condition three years ago for US$299. If I could justify the need I would be buying more. You can get one rated EX+ from KEH for less than that now, and even less on eBay.