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Post by John Farrell on Dec 12, 2022 19:15:28 GMT
I won a Fed 4 on an online auction - it was described as not working, shutter won't wind. I paid $5 for it. When I collected the camera, I turned the rewind knob (around the release button) to "advance", and the camera worked. I adjusted the rangefinder, put a short test film through the camera, and sold it for $40.
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Post by zou on Dec 12, 2022 19:53:14 GMT
Probably my Box Brownie for £8. Cheapest medium format I've seen, and fully working. Well, very little to go wrong innit.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 12, 2022 20:58:32 GMT
I have another camera, which I didn't count as a bargain, since I didn't pay for it. One of my nephews told me one of his workmates had a camera which he was going to dump - would I like it? He dropped off a Konica Autoreflex TC, with a standard lens, two zoom lenses, and a macro lens. The extra lenses looked unused, and the camera almost new. I still have it.
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Post by John Farrell on Dec 13, 2022 5:13:59 GMT
One other bargain I picked up from a local auction house. They were trialling online auctions, and had "buy now" prices listed. I found a lot, in an case, which included a Canon FTBn, a Vivitar series 1 zoom lens, and an Olympus zoom compact camera. I paid $140 for it. I listed the Olympus compact on an online auction, and sold it for $140. When I pulled the foam out of the case, I found old brochures, and 2 sets of autographs. One set was a New Zealand cricket team from the 1960s. I listed this for auction online, and it sold for $50.
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Post by steveandthedogs on Dec 13, 2022 10:08:45 GMT
Best for the pocket is a Nikon F801s body for free.
Otherwise a Voigtlander Vito for £5 because "it doesn't work". Oh yes it does!
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Dec 13, 2022 13:03:08 GMT
I picked up a Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7 with grip and 28-75mm f:2.8 for a couple of hundred quid off eBay at the time when folks were dumping film SLRs like they had the plague, at the start of the digital revolution. Just as well, as my 7000 was failing electronically in a leisurely manner. It was my first second hand camera, as living in the Middle East, if I wanted a new toy I would just shuffle along to the Dubai duty-free shop. In the seventies and eighties, and into the early nineties, prices were about half the UK retail price. Not any more!
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Post by gray1720 on Dec 13, 2022 16:03:33 GMT
I guess being given (in separate events) a Leica (admittedly an MDa) and a Nikon F3 and Nikkormat ELW are probably the jammiest. Cheapest paid for? Hmm. I haven't sent the £50 Contax III off to be fixed yet, so it will finish costing rather more!
I've picked any number of box cameras up for between £5 and £10, and the odd folder too - a Vito II for £10 at a boot sale, and a Voigtlander Bessa (one of the lower-grade ones, not the top-of-the-range jobs) for £5 at the same one.
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Post by zx9 on Dec 20, 2022 17:58:20 GMT
At the time I was using a Bronica SQ and bought another 120RFH for it, you could never have too many backs, the RFH came with a free faulty SQA odd thing was that the camera did work but the RFH did not. The back was an easy fix, I think there was a loose screw on the wind on / dark slide interlock mechanism, it has been a while and I can't remember the exact details. In those days I paid about £100 for a back, sadly the whole outfit is probably not worth a lot more than that now.
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Post by zou on Dec 21, 2022 21:47:09 GMT
At the time I was using a Bronica SQ and bought another 120RFH for it, you could never have too many backs, the RFH came with a free faulty SQA odd thing was that the camera did work but the RFH did not. The back was an easy fix, I think there was a loose screw on the wind on / dark slide interlock mechanism, it has been a while and I can't remember the exact details. In those days I paid about £100 for a back, sadly the whole outfit is probably not worth a lot more than that now. I would have thought that a 120 SLR would - if in working order - attract a decent price these days. You could always send it my way in exchange for good karma!  |
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Post by petrochemist on Dec 29, 2022 19:44:21 GMT
Not my best bargain today, but still one I'm fairly pleased with, an apparently working VPK (vest pocket kodak autographic) from ~1918 for £10.
When I got it I thought the bottom plate needed new screws, but then I found out how it works.
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Post by peterba on Dec 29, 2022 21:32:00 GMT
At the time I was using a Bronica SQ and bought another 120RFH for it, you could never have too many backs, the RFH came with a free faulty SQA odd thing was that the camera did work but the RFH did not. The back was an easy fix, I think there was a loose screw on the wind on / dark slide interlock mechanism, it has been a while and I can't remember the exact details. In those days I paid about £100 for a back, sadly the whole outfit is probably not worth a lot more than that now.Keith, if it's an SQ in good order, with a (standard) 80mm, you'd probably be looking at around £500-£600. A little more if it's an SQ-A, and a little more again if it's an SQ-Ai. |
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Post by zx9 on Dec 29, 2022 21:48:14 GMT
At the time I was using a Bronica SQ and bought another 120RFH for it, you could never have too many backs, the RFH came with a free faulty SQA odd thing was that the camera did work but the RFH did not. The back was an easy fix, I think there was a loose screw on the wind on / dark slide interlock mechanism, it has been a while and I can't remember the exact details. In those days I paid about £100 for a back, sadly the whole outfit is probably not worth a lot more than that now.Keith, if it's an SQ in good order, with a (standard) 80mm, you'd probably be looking at around £500-£600. A little more if it's an SQ-A, and a little more again if it's an SQ-Ai. Wow, that I did not expect. I shall have to go digging in the back of the cupboard at the weekend. |
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Post by peterba on Dec 30, 2022 10:15:25 GMT
Keith, if it's an SQ in good order, with a (standard) 80mm, you'd probably be looking at around £500-£600. A little more if it's an SQ-A, and a little more again if it's an SQ-Ai. Wow, that I did not expect. I shall have to go digging in the back of the cupboard at the weekend.
I should point out that I'm no expert, Keith.  The prices I mentioned are just from my casual observations of items for sale. I have an SQ-A, and am therefore interested in its value, so I take notice when I see one advertised (though I have no desire to sell mine). |
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Post by donerundlecams on Feb 5, 2023 8:25:18 GMT
My dad bought me a Kodk Disc camera to replace my 8 year old Kodak 110 camera  Cheers, Jack |
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Post by zou on Feb 5, 2023 9:39:13 GMT
My dad bought me a Kodk Disc camera to replace my 8 year old Kodak 110 camera Cheers, Jack Did anyone consider that to be an upgrade?  |
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The prices I mentioned are just from my casual observations of items for sale. I have an SQ-A, and am therefore interested in its value, so I take notice when I see one advertised (though I have no desire to sell mine).
