amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

OM2? OM2n? OM2S? Chrome? Black? Working? Condition?

Prices seem to range from $11 to $250 or so.

Here ya go... Look it up for yourself. :

https://www.ebay.com/sch/15230/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=olympus+OM-2&LH_TitleDesc=0&_blrs=recall_filtering&Model=Olympus%2520OM%252D2&Film%2520Format=35%2520mm&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

Now that’s funny. You’re gonna give me crap after your useless response? At least mine did provide true information.

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

Thanks I think its om2 2n
I'll check. Battery should be removed anyway but doubt its alive. Not buying batteries to see it it works
Pretty good shape. I have used 50 mm on my canon camera in manual. I quickly went back to auto lens

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Very wise ... cuz the big picture is "zero value".

Sometimes zero equals fifty or a hundred USD.

The "better class" of oldies, Blad, Leica, etc will
usually need some service to bring them up to
their "full value". Sadly, service costs can easily
approach a camera's "full value". IOW, another
version of zero.

Hopefully, she has a sizable heap of them cuz
when displayed as a herd, they're kinda cool,
like so:
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Too bad OM's are too lightweight to
serve as book ends :-(

OTOH, you can fill them up with BBs
or lead shot easily enuf :-)

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

I saw someone drilling a hole in the back door and removed the lens. He put a tube with bulb and made it into a lamp. Camera sat on shelf and bulb through lens opening

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

I’ve bought dozens of film cameras online and through dealers in person. There is a huge difference between some models of the same camera, though, and it’s easy to get taken.

You can make a list, take photos of them and work with either a dealer specializing in vintage gear or one of the UHH members who collects and uses film gear.

Film camera prices are spiking now, due to increased interest, especially among millennials. Prices for some highly sought after models - Hasselblad, Mamiya medium format, and Leica, for example, have tripled in the past 2-3 years.

Even some simple point and shoot 35mm cameras have acquired a certain cachet, are going for more than $100 when they used to be $5 thrift store finds.

If you’d like specific advice on what your friend has, you can contact me by Private Message. It might be worth a total of a sawbuck or two. BUT, there might be a ringer worth several thousand amongst the junk.

You really need some advice from someone who knows what they’re doing. I’d be glad to try to give a first look with some honest opinions.

Andy

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Go to Ebay, look up the film camera, go down the left margin to one that says "sold items" click on that and then you will see what that film camera is actually selling for, that will give you the current market value of that camera.

Carnpo Loc: North Carolina

To repeat what others have said, it depends on camera and condition. I am sure you will be asked 'Where can you buy film?'. Online or if you are in a big city that still has a Camera store. All kinds of film and brands available. Online processing available. I use thedarkroom.com or Ilford prepaid processing mailers for Ilford film. It is fun to shoot film. The anticipation of results is a factor. This past summer my 13 year old Grandson and I made a trip to Daytona Beach from NC. We only took film cameras. My profile photo was taken by a 1958 medium format folding camera I purchased while there. Flea Market.

GGerard

I have to echo the comment on the Rebel G. I tell myself I quintuple the value whenever I put a battery and roll of film in mine. I do have a soft spot for it - light as a feather and quite quiet.

MrPhotog

Art schools which have photography programs are a good market for older film cameras, including old box cameras.

While the trend in photography tends toward digital, those studying older, silver-based, image making are avid buyers of working equipment. Freestyle Photo has been selling Holgas to this market for decades !

Don’t expect top dollar (art students are frequently described as “poor and starving”), but film cameras will continue to be used and loved by at least another generation of students. Particularly those who have access to a school’s darkroom where they can learn processing film and making prints.

Even Box cameras which were built for film sizes that are no longer marketed ( like 116,122, 828, etc) are easily adapted to become single-shot cameras when loaded (in a changing bag) with a properly trimmed piece of sheet film. A small tab of Opaque black electrical tape over the red window is the only modification needed to make it light tight and ready for great art.

The market will determine the value of old cameras, but some groups of buyers are more motivated ‘cause they need some kind of camera to take their classes or to pursue their art.

It won’t be easy finding buyers or accirate appraisals of used equipment, so, good luck.

penguin 123 Loc: Bloomington MN

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design took 9 cameras plus lenses
They were happy to add them to their impressive inventory. FYI All donated

Happy New Year 2020!!

Big Yankee Fan

Several years ago I tried to sell my Dad's and my old film cameras including Pentax, Olympus, Canon AE-1, and A-1 at a local camera store. Learned that there is a robust secondary market in college towns as their photography classes require that the students shoot with film. Here, Brown, Providence College, and URI. The Canon's were in poor shape so they didn't move but my Dad's stuff could have. Sentimentally when it came time to pull the trigger, couldn't do it.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

While I would like to have Leica, Nikon, Canon or other high-end marques in my collection, I just can’t afford the investment. But I’m not collecting to maximize the monetary value of my collection. I’ve collected many old cameras because they are interesting variations on the common theme of a device for taking photographs. The mechanical and physical variations of cameras that have been produced through the years is really pretty astounding and interesting. My collection contains consumer oriented cameras and prosumer level in the 35mm.

So old cameras that aren’t worth much money can be nice additions to a collection, depending on what your focus is in your collection endeavor.

Stan

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

The collectiblend.com website is a good source for pricing of hundreds of cameras at all value levels. Personally, I think their condition-based collectible prices are a tad high but they can provide top-end guide for negotiating pricing.

Stan