Market Value of Film Cameras
May 15, 2017 13:13:44 #
Last month I downsize my collection of film cameras. I unload 20 cameras. 35mm, 120mm film cameras. 18 of them were full running camera. I ran the cameras through two action house. One was local and the other was 2 hours drive from my house. Sale price of the cameras all over the place. Some I made 2x what I pay for them, Others I loss money. None of the cameras did I equal or beat the asking price one would find on E-Bay for any one of the cameras. Yes, I understand that at lest half of people at a auction are people who want to make money on a camera, not collector. With dealers would want to keep the price down, and people not wanting to use film cameras anymore. Value of film cameras is down, which is great for collector looking for old film cameras. But with everyone having a computer, looking at E-Bay, people see the asking price for a camera and said that what my camera value is. So in the end if you are a collector of film cameras and want to use them, do your homework you will find the camera you want. It like digging for gold by hand, you have to move a ton of earth to find ounce of gold.
May 15, 2017 13:52:36 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Last month I downsize my collection of film camera... (show quote)
I agree, since I have sold a few in the past as well. Still hanging on to my old Rollei A26. Hate to sell it. One of the first decent camera's my Dad gave to me. I still have his 1967 Nikon F with motor drive. Those were some tough steel bodied camera's!
May 16, 2017 06:47:20 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Last month I downsize my collection of film camera... (show quote)
When you sell anything at auction you want there to be a full house with a lot of people bidding the price up. That is why eBay is such an attraction to sellers. Buyers have an advantage as well because so many items go up for sale that a buyer has good odds for finding what they want.
May 16, 2017 07:31:03 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Last month I downsize my collection of film camera... (show quote)
Do a search on ebay for the cameras. Then go down the left column and click on "Sold listings."
May 16, 2017 08:07:16 #
So was that you that sold the Leica M2?
https://petapixel.com/2017/05/15/thrift-store-miracle-college-student-finds-leica-m2-just-5/
Dang, I still shoot 120...what was your best 120 camera that you sold...just curious.
https://petapixel.com/2017/05/15/thrift-store-miracle-college-student-finds-leica-m2-just-5/
Dang, I still shoot 120...what was your best 120 camera that you sold...just curious.
May 16, 2017 08:25:09 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Last month I downsize my collection of film camera... (show quote)
The law of supply and demand will never be repealed.
The good news is that most older film cameras have dropped about as far as they can. Since the supply continues to drop the price will probably only go up.
On the other hand, older digital cameras are likely to drop all the way to $0. Their initial depreciation is dramatic because new and improved models are always coming out.
May 16, 2017 08:32:01 #
Cdouthitt wrote:
...what was your best 120 camera that you sold...just curious.
I traded my RB67 kit for a Hasselblad and several lenses. I never regretted the weight loss.
But the Mamiya was one of the best I ever owned and I miss the 6x7 format. I am seriously considering an RZ67 in the near future.
May 16, 2017 08:37:49 #
selmslie wrote:
I traded my RB67 kit for a Hasselblad and several lenses. I never regretted the weight loss.
But the Mamiya was one of the best I ever owned and I miss the 6x7 format. I am seriously considering an RZ67 in the near future.
But the Mamiya was one of the best I ever owned and I miss the 6x7 format. I am seriously considering an RZ67 in the near future.
Loved my RB's!
Even more than the 'blad.
May 16, 2017 08:52:12 #
Cdouthitt: It was not me who have Leica M2. That is a real find $5.00 for a working Leica. I have working Leica IIIb with right lens that goes with it and others items at a yard sale a few years back For $75.00. Leica is not for sale.
May 16, 2017 09:40:13 #
Cdouthitt: I did not answer your second question. High end 120mm film cameras I had sold: Voigtlander Bessa II with Color-Skopar 1:3.5/105 lens. Hasselblar 1000f with Zeiss Tessar 1:2.8/80mm lens. Mamiya C330 with Mamiya-Sekor 1:2.8/80mm lens. I had other 120mm film cameras that sold, 1930s German cameras. I still have some 120mm film camera. You can read about one of them, look under "Use 120mm film in 116/616 film camera" Just posted that yesterday. Quinn4
May 16, 2017 09:58:32 #
Please tell me you got a decent price for the Hasselblad 1000f...Did I totally miss these being for sale here on the site?
May 16, 2017 10:06:14 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Loved my RB's!
Even more than the 'blad.
Even more than the 'blad.
I have several images from the RB that are as good or better than any I ever got from the Hasselblads. Too bad it weighed a ton.
May 16, 2017 10:29:45 #
Cdouthitt: The Hasselblad 1000f sold for $325.00, that with out 20% for the auction house. It was sold thought a auction house here in New York State.
Selmsile: You right it weighed a ton and hard to use in the field, that the reasons I sold it.
Selmsile: You right it weighed a ton and hard to use in the field, that the reasons I sold it.
May 16, 2017 13:09:44 #
selmslie wrote:
I have several images from the RB that are as good or better than any I ever got from the Hasselblads. Too bad it weighed a ton.
I didn't mind the weight.
The lenses may not have been quite as good, but then again, you didn't have to blow up those 6 x 7 images as much.
I used mine to shoot some high school football for the daily I worked for.
This was back when we could use flash.... and I was younger.
May 16, 2017 13:19:18 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
Cdouthitt: The Hasselblad 1000f sold for $325.00, that with out 20% for the auction house. It was sold thought a auction house here in New York State.
A steal at that price.
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