Canon help (Page 2): It is/was an excellent camera. Unfortunately worth very little these days. I donated my old equipment ( similar quality ) to a high school art department that had...

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

It is/was an excellent camera.
Unfortunately worth very little these days.
I donated my old equipment ( similar quality ) to a high school art department that had a film class.
Made the most of it...
You may get more by writing it off this way.

steve49 Loc: massachusetts

It is/was an excellent camera.
Unfortunately worth very little these days.
I donated my old equipment ( similar quality ) to a high school art department that had a film class.
Made the most of it...
You may get more by writing it off this way.

AntonioReyna Loc: Los Angeles, California

Here in Seattle, you could get about $100-$125 tops for that. I shot Canon rangefinder bodies VIT and VII and some of their SLR bodies, FTB and have a collection of F-1, A-1 and FTB but the AE-1 and the AE-1 Program are not bodies that have interested me. There are tons of them on the market.

Grgap86 Loc: Rochester, NY

I had an AE-1 with several lenses. When I decided to go to digital, they wouldn't offer me anything. A good friend had a daughter who was just starting college for a graphic arts degree. One of the classes she had to take was on film photography and needed a film camera so I gave her all of my lenses, flash and camera bodies. And yes, she passed her class.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

I'm afraid that film cameras have lost a lot of their value with the advent of digital photography. I have collected around 30 film cameras over the last 25 years, which I have in a display cabinet in my home office. I can't remember but I think I may have an AE 1. I probably paid 5 or 6 dollars for it. Tell the neighbor to put it in a display case in her living room. It will give people something to talk about.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Bigmike1 wrote:

I'm afraid that film cameras have lost a lot of their value with the advent of digital photography. I have collected around 30 film cameras over the last 25 years, which I have in a display cabinet in my home office. I can't remember but I think I may have an AE 1. I probably paid 5 or 6 dollars for it. Tell the neighbor to put it in a display case in her living room. It will give people something to talk about.

I sold two pristine AE-1Ps for $125 each to private buyers in the last year. BTW, the AE-1P (program) is a big improvement over the AE-1.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

The AE 1 probably cost more than $500.00 new. That is quite a bit of depreciation.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Bigmike1 wrote:

The AE 1 probably cost more than $500.00 new. That is quite a bit of depreciation.

I dunno. I don’t recall the new price when it was introduced in 1981 (38 years ago in a few days), but I bought mine for $125 in the 90s and sold it for the same price 25 years later.

thrash50

I started buying, fixing, selling Canon a1's, ae1's and ae1 programs about a year ago,$60 would be my max offer, for your gear, $100 to $150 would be a decent price, $150 to $200 excellent, above $200 would have to be mint.
Thrash50

thrash50

P.S. The AE1 program is a great camera for starting to use film, or returning to film. Inexpensive, camera, and lenses available, great quality, I believe that line, was the most popular line, of all cameras, before the Canon EOS line became available.
Thrash50

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

The camera body AE-1 and the prime lens may retail for about $200. Would you consider donating this equipment. I am interested in a donation of this equipment for my son's alma mater high school. We are a registered 501(c)(3) dedicated to disability awareness.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

You are probably right. Years ago they didn't cost that much. I just remember that the Canon OES I bought in 2000 when I retired from the military cost me $500.00. I now have three of them. I picked up the others for less than 20 bucks at the local thrift store several years ago. I paid $40.00 for one because it had a Canon EF 28 to 135 mm f3.5 lens on it that I wanted. I use that lens now with my Canon EOS 10D digital, which I got from KEH for around $40.00. I don't have the most modern or expensive equipment but it works. As they said in the British comedies, Grace and Favor, "I'm happy!" (:

Richard Engelmann Loc: Boulder, Colorado

I did not know that - thanks!

gofast Loc: Joliet, IL

the old Canon film cameras just aren't worth much anymore, even the good ones. As was already said, make sure there's not a corroded battery in there. The lens and flash aren't good for much more than a paperweight. You can check eBay and Craigslist to see what interest may be out there. I'd say if you got $100 for the whole shootin match, you hit the jackpot. But, as the other person said, a donation to a school would be nice, and your friend could get a charitable donation tax write off for a couple hundred.