KenY Loc: Glenside, Pa

A friend has asked me to post for sale the following:

Canon EOS 650 SLR
EF 50mm f/1.8 ll Canon lens
Tamron ASPHERICAL 28-80 mm lens
Canon Grip GR20
Canon Remote Switch 60 T3
Canon Speedlite 420EZ
Hoya Filter 52mm (high quality) UV
Canon Filter UV Haze
Instructions books for Camera and Speedlight

She says that everything is in excellent condition.

Is there any demand for this stuff? Will any of it work with Canon DSLRs?

BebuLamar

I don't think there is any demand for those specific items but the lenses would work on current Canon DSLR's and the flash would work also but I don't know if it's 100% compatible.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Here on the UHH perhaps little, but there many out there who still fancy film photography or collect photo equipment. I still own my 35mm and 4x5" film equipment but rarely use it. The 50mm might be useable for a MILC (mirrorless camera). Some older Canon film lenses can be used on some Canon DSLR too. But you will have to ask a Canon expert which.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The EF lens will work on all Canon EOS bodies, EOS film, EOS DSLR, and the multiple EOS mirrorless formats with the appropriate mount adapter.

The 60 T3 is not compatible with newer EOS digital bodies.

The speedlite 420EZ will 'work' on EOS digital bodies, but there is no output control like an EX model. Rather, the 420EZ will fire only at full-power. One can still work with this model, in manual exposure on the camera, adjusting the shutter speed and / or aperture to account for the full-power output of the flash.

BebuLamar

The EOS-650 has one thing going for it that it's the first EOS.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

How about donation to school photography club. I'm sure they're some who dabble in B &W film and bulk load it. Maybe tax deduction too.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Lenses are fully compatible with the full line of DSLRs and FULLY operational with the R cameras using the Canon adapter with NO loss of features or capabilities.
The EZ flashes I believe have less feature compatibility than the EX flashes but will still be good to use.
Filters are good on any lens they will fit on.
The camera is a very good one and the grip is limited to that camera I believe and definitely not to any new cameras. That said if the camera is in good condition it is an excellent film camera that all lenses one might get for it will not be made obsolete with a Canon EF or RF mount camera.
The remote switch might not work with newer cameras, I know things have changed but you can lookmup compatibility.
The instruction books are a huge plus to sell with the related equipment.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I agree about using / keeping the film camera with all EF-mount lenses. The camera remains relevant, if you want to shoot film, and all IS-enabled lenses now 30+ years later will work great on this body, making it better than it was in the past.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

The EF lens is the same mount is in the EOS DSLR cameras, but may not have the same autofocus and image stabilization capabilities. The Speedlite may be compatible, but I am not sure. If you check EBAY the EOS 650 SLR can be found for sale from $20 to $39 to $100 If you do the Advanced Search and look up completed listings you will see that they are selling for $20-$30.

I gave all of my SLR equipment to Goodwill. It was a sad day.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Whatever the EF lens was built with it will maintain regardless of the EF or RF body it is used on.
In other words there is no loss of any feature or capability of any EF lens on an old original body or the latest R3 camera.
Thank you for seeing the future over 33 years ago Canon.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Of those items, only the EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens will definitely work on modern DSLRs. It is not a particularly well regarded lens... slow, noisy and rather inconsistent micro motor autofocus, plastic bayonet mount. Optically it's pretty good. The EF 50mm f/1.4 USM has slightly better contrast, slightly richer color rendition, much faster and more reliable AF, and is more resistant to flare. But it also cost almost3X as much when both lenses were new. The current going price for The EF 50mm f/1.8 II is under $70. (The first version of that lens was optically similar and better with a metal mount, sells for more if you can find one. The current STM version is the best of the three with good optics, much better AF and a metal mount. Even this latest one rarely costs more than $95 used.)

The Tamron lens MIGHT work on modern DSLRs. Sometimes there are "issues" with older third party lenses not working properly on newer cameras. For example I have an older Sigma 28-75mm that worked fine on Canon EOS film cameras and the early DSLRs, but with 30D and onward it would cause the camera to lock up with an error code. Considering that lens only cost me $15 used and I got some use out of it years ago, it wasn't a big loss. Sigma had a lot of old lens/newer camera issues with their Canon versions. They would often provide a free fix when the lens was fairly current or relatively high value. But that's not the case with the old 28-75mm. Tamron had fewer old lens/newer camera issues, but still had some. I don't know if that particular lens will work or not. There are still some problems going on with 3rd party EF mount lenses being adapted for use on the RF mount mirrorless cameras.

The 420EZ flash will partially work with modern cameras. I don't have any of the earlier EZ series so don't know the specifics. You can probably find out more with an online search. Most Canon EOS produced in this century are designed to work the "EX" series Speedlites. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of people still using them, so that 420EZ Speedlite only sells for around $20.

The Canon 60-T3 remote release was unique to film cameras and cannot be used with any DSLRs. In fact, it wasn't even compatible with some of the later film cameras such as the EOS-1V, EOS-3, Elan 7/EOS-30/33, etc.

Canon Grip GR20 is exclusive to the EOS 620, 630 and 650 film cameras. It is not usable with any other cameras.

The filters, of course, are fully compatible with any lens that has the same thread diameter. Both are UV, though, which is much more useful for film than for digital. Much film was overly sensitive to UV light, which would cause a color cast in images. Digital doesn't suffer from this problem. UV filters are still used today, but mostly just for "protection" (a whole can of worms subject I'll avoid here). They have some slight utility reducing bluish haze in the distance in scenic shots... but little usefulness other than those purposes. Value is probably $5 or $10 ea., maybe a little more if they have modern multi-coatings (many Canon filters don't... a Hoya would likely have "MC" or something imprinted on it, if it does... but a lot of older filters don't).

While I usually recommend people split up kits and sell most items individually to get the best returns, I don't think that's a good idea in this case. Essentially, she's got a complete kit that someone might buy to get into shooting film and there is some interest in doing that. I've particularly seen a bit of a resurgence of film cameras here in Silicon Valley, where a lot of people spend 60 hours a week at their computers and really don't want a hobby that's digital too. But, I'm not going to kid you... there really isn't much demand. My darkroom and "user" film cameras are all boxed up in storage. Aside from some collectibles, the value has dropped so much I don't care to sell them.

I would recommend your friend do a little research of the local market. I used to participate in a couple photography groups that I found through Meetup.com. She might find a retro/analog photographers group... or something more general... and attend a meeting to see if someone has interest in her kit.

The alternative is to offer it all up in an auction on eBay.... and see where it goes. Likely she won't get a lot, but at least she would reach the widest possible audience that way.

By the way, you can search each of those items on eBay and filter "sold" to see what prices they are actually bringing recently. This is a pretty good guide as to values, along with dealers who have large used gear departments like Adorama and B&H, or who specialize in used gear such as KEH, MPB, UsedPhotoPro (Roberts Camera) and some others. Many of those dealers will buy gear, too... but they only pay wholesale, so I'm not really recommending that. They may not even make an offer on older film gear.

I gifted one of my film cameras to someone who appeared to have an interest (though I don't know that they really did). But that's another option. A school or a relative may have an interest.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Nit picking?! My Canon G1X III is a mirrorless camera but it is not an MILC (Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera). Not all mirrorless cameras are MILC'S.

BebuLamar

When people said mirrorless cameras they meant MILC not simply a camera without the mirror. Cameras without mirror were available for more than 100 years.

Canisdirus

Unless your friend is hard up for cash...Goodwill donation perhaps.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

Post them here on this site where others post things for sale I’m pretty sure most of it will receive an offer to buy.
Bruce.