Place to donate older cameras (one digital; one film)
May 27, 2018 16:49:12 #
I just recently upgraded to a new digital camera and now have an older digital as well as a film camera that I need to find new homes for. The only thing is that they are too old to sell--except to someone who really wanted them (but since I see many listings for them on e-bay with no apparent takers), I don't know if that route is viable. I'd love to donate them somewhere where they would be useful, but don't know where to start.
The cameras are an Olympus IS-3 film camera with bag as well as X2 and X.8 zooms and a Canon Powershot G2 (4 whopping megapixels) and bag.
Any ideas would be welcome.
Thanks
Gordon
The cameras are an Olympus IS-3 film camera with bag as well as X2 and X.8 zooms and a Canon Powershot G2 (4 whopping megapixels) and bag.
Any ideas would be welcome.
Thanks
Gordon
May 27, 2018 16:53:15 #
Does your local high school have a photography program or yearbook club?
(I have my Ftb and AE-1 in the curio cabinet...)
(I have my Ftb and AE-1 in the curio cabinet...)
May 27, 2018 17:28:15 #
May 27, 2018 17:37:57 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
PixelStan77 wrote:
Goodwill!
Goodwill is NOT a charity! A "non-profit" owned by a millionaire, who pays employees minimum wage to sell merchandise that doesn't cost him a cent.
Go with the camera club suggestion.
May 27, 2018 17:48:28 #
Anywhere that (real) photography is taught such as a high school or college.
The students are usually required to start with film so they need inexpensive film cameras.
The students are usually required to start with film so they need inexpensive film cameras.
May 28, 2018 05:54:33 #
Yes, put your old cameras to good use at a new home. I met a lady at the Tampa Photo Museum having problem with locked memory... helped her. We became shooting buddies... I gifted her my old Sony DSLR and 3 lenses... She wore that camera around her neck like a gold/diamond medallion. The old camera set fire to her photo soul and she has come a long serious way to becoming excellent.
In the early days, I bought her a $30 book on photography that has lessons and tests and when you pass you get a certificate. She has moved from Florida, but we still communicate; she continues formal learning. Michigan State University has free courses and last week she sent me a copy of her certificate ... point being... an old camera gathering dust on the shelf gifted change her life gave real focus.
In the early days, I bought her a $30 book on photography that has lessons and tests and when you pass you get a certificate. She has moved from Florida, but we still communicate; she continues formal learning. Michigan State University has free courses and last week she sent me a copy of her certificate ... point being... an old camera gathering dust on the shelf gifted change her life gave real focus.
May 28, 2018 06:59:32 #
steve49
Loc: massachusetts
I have gifted stuff to a local high school.
It's good that somebody uses the stuff to death.
It's good that somebody uses the stuff to death.
May 28, 2018 07:02:03 #
GPaisley wrote:
I just recently upgraded to a new digital camera a... (show quote)
You might try selling them to KEH.com. KEH often has the highest prices. You can also try B&H and Adorama.
May 28, 2018 08:37:06 #
GPaisley wrote:
I just recently upgraded to a new digital camera a... (show quote)
See what they have sold for recently on ebay. Do a search and then go down the left column and click on "Sold items." People often buy old cameras for parts. Donate them to the Salvation Army and get a minor tax deduction. Schools don't generally want to accept various old cameras.
May 28, 2018 08:45:37 #
I have donated cameras and lenses to Habitat for Humanity. Check your area for a Habitat reStore.
They also take tools, furniture, etc. I like Habitat because those who benefit have some sweat equity it the projects, rather than being a direct hand out.
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They also take tools, furniture, etc. I like Habitat because those who benefit have some sweat equity it the projects, rather than being a direct hand out.
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May 28, 2018 10:32:33 #
May 28, 2018 11:50:20 #
hookedupin2005
Loc: Northwestern New Mexico
Bud Black wrote:
How about a reputable pawn shop?
I think that is an oxymoron!
May 28, 2018 13:02:07 #
May 28, 2018 13:15:26 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
Anywhere that (real) photography is taught such as a high school or college.
The students are usually required to start with film so they need inexpensive film cameras.
The students are usually required to start with film so they need inexpensive film cameras.
Real photography? What is that? Are you implying that film is required, or it’s not real? If so, “Them’s fightin’ werds ‘roun heah, dude!”
I can’t believe people still insist on starting with film. There is zero logic in that.
It’s absolutely fine to teach film photography, but the luddites who insist on teaching “film first” really do have their heads screwed on backwards. 99% of their students will never use film after finishing the course. Bits beat atoms soundly, about a decade ago.
I used film from 1960 to 2005. I had my own darkrooms, worked eight years producing multi-image slide shows, and had a 33 year career — multiple roles — in a pro portrait lab and yearbook environment. I cheered with glee when our film processors were ripped out for environmental hazard disposal.
May 28, 2018 16:04:47 #
GPaisley, B&H is the only company I know of that will still make an offer on film camera gear in good condition; sold them my FE2 a while back for more than the going rate (not counting dubious Ebay claims of worth); it was good to know a pro or film student would learn on gear that had served me well for so long. As for donating, Ken has a farm for retired cameras and lenses, check kenrockwell.com for details. If you donate to anyone, anywhere, be sure to get a receipt for what you believe to be the fair price for taxes. Good luck and good shooting. sv.
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