Would you buy this for $3500?

Would you buy this for $3500?

  • Yes, I sure would

    Votes: 3 5.1%

  • No, you must be kidding

    Votes: 56 94.9%
  • Total voters
    59
  • Poll closed .
NIKON KIU

NIKON KIU

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I saw it in the local craiglist:

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http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/pho/886834205.html

Funny, the seller says this is a must for the Nikon collector!


Kiu
 
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In my experience, it's really not easy to get a camera into that shape. You'd be paying for the wear and tear to the user!
 
No way, no deal for me.
that price is as real to me as Oprah's talking minge.
with that money I would get Jon's S3 and a grand's worth of Tri X film.
 
well, if I wanted a user and I had $3500 bucks, Perhaps.

As long as it functioned perfectly, seems a better deal than a bookend. Might have some of the optics cleaned up, though.

I liked this line: "Camera overall show sign of use." Hell, if that's just "sign of use," I want to see what "heavily worn" looks like!

But then I'm not a collector.
 
The short answer? Nope.
While I'd love a black SP, I've got a chrome one that takes photos very nicely, so if I had $3500.00 in disposable income to dispose of, I'd dispose of it on lenses instead, and use the change to buy film.
 
Holy crap! That camera/lens combo listed for $375 when new. The lens looks horrible and the body needs a new covering from Cameraleather. If the outside looks like that what do the insides look like? I'm sure that the camera had an interesting and exciting life. Too bad it can't talk! Offer the guy $250 at most.
 
NWIH (No Way In He11). I'd take the money and search for a new (to me) SP 2005 with a 35/1.8. While it is a great user, only thing I can see that I'm missing the the titanium shutter and that I think I could transplant from an F.

Come to think of it, I'd just pick up the lens and use it on my S3-2000, forget the SP and sell my CV 35/2.5.

Al, you can call the guy, his number is in his add!

On the collector side I thing this camera has seen some wonderful things. But that is just a guess.

B2 (;->
 
No way. Looks like it has been used as a hammer at some point. Even if I used a camera every day and had another three lifetimes ahead, I'd never manage to get it in this terrible shape. Collectors piece, no. Bashed up camera with heavy signs of use, yes. If you have money burning a hole in your pocket...
 
No, even if I had the money! But hey, maybe this kit was owned by some famous war photographer and it has just "rescued" from former battle field or jungle? ;)
 
Great googamooga! This is in my neck of the woods. I may need to take a page from this feller's book if he moves it at this price. I might have some Kodak 110s I can antiquify real good.
 
No way, no deal for me.
that price is as real to me as Oprah's talking minge.
with that money I would get Jon's S3 and a grand's worth of Tri X film.
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Ophra's talking minge????????

Does that mean the same in the US as it does in the UK?
 
I've noticed on Craigslist that people who are not photographers have this idea that any old camera is worth "A lot of money" because cameras are expensive. Not just collecibles like the Nikon SP shown here, but dead common cameras like Minolta X370 and Canon AE1 that go for $30 on eBay. I regularly see such basically worthless cameras (from an economic standpoint....they're probably useful to take photos assuming they work right) listed with generic off brand cheapie zooms for $200-400 on craigslist. No thanks.
 
I recall an ebay auction not long ago, for a similar camera, that sparked a lot of discussion at the Nikon Historic Society site, and scrolling through the auction pages there I found the thread called "ugly black SP", regarding speculation on final price for a black SP & lens in similar condition to this one. Apparently the winning bid was $4,000.00, so anything is possible.
 
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