bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

Keep a few. They're be worth something in 75 years.

bwa

joemcl1

jcboy3

I nearly always do BIN/Offers. But I am usually motivated to sell. I also set an lower limit on offers, to avoid lowball, and can see whether an offer has come from someone that has been trying to lowball.

baer

What cameras are you selling and how much for them?
Thanks,
Baer

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

Canon T-90 @$200/offer, Contax G2@ $1400, Canon F-100 @ 120/offer, Nikon F4 @ $95/offer, & the Canon EOS 7D @ $200/offer. Both covers l/s on the 7D, have broken off dew 2 age?

baer

Thanks very much!!
Baer

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

you're welcome

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Beware of the politicians who claim they will make film the new standard!!!

BebuLamar

I would benefit from that.

Robin Dessureau

I would check with eBay on used camera values, I have purchased several used like new with little use for really low prices from $25-100 with lenses prime and zoom that were over hundreds of dollars new, certain brands retain more values, but as digital and smartphones have been around for a while now and gotten better the longer you wait the less they are worth. I own a couple Mamiya 645 bodies with meter prisms, extra lenses, flash-handle that are in great shape and all working condition, but to sell them now would be a shame I would rather use them on my digital cameras with manual adapters.

rck281 Loc: Overland Park, KS

In my experience, if you use BIN/Offers, you will get a lot of low ball offers - less than half your asking price. But by doing counter offers, you have a chance of getting it sold. Get ready to take a beating on price.

gwilliams6

I must agree here with Paul.

Additionally "working fine" with any SLR or film camera with a older mechanical shutter isn't enough. You need to test the shutter for speed accuracy as over time older SLRs shutters can slow down as parts wear and lubricants dry out, and that can through off exposures. You need to make some test photos to show the buyer that the shutter speeds are still within range of their settings. Not as big a deal with negative film with a bit more latitude, but it can be a problem shooting transparencies that have little room for exposure inaccuracies.

A case in point, years ago I was doing a magazine cover article shoot at the Daytona Rolex 24 hours Endurance Race on Porsche Racing Legend driver , the late Al Holbert (five Time IMSA Champ, Five Time Dayton 24 hr. winner, Three Time LeMans 24hr winner), using a couple of SLR film cameras shooting transparencies. Little did I know that the shutter in one of my Canon SLRs had slowed down, and wasn't giving me the actual fast shutter speeds as set. Everything was working and sounding fine (remember no chimping review with film).

When I got the transparencies back from processing, all my photos with that unknowingly slower shutter were overexposed and unusable. Fortunately my other Canon SLR's shutter was fine and I had enough shots to make the magazine spread and no one in the public was the wiser, but some of my best shots of cars against the Florida sunset were blown out and unusable, Sure enough Canon repair had to repair that shutter.

So I personally would not buy a used SLR and/or rangefinder film camera without knowing the shutter was within proper tolerances of its set shutter speeds, even it is working and sounds right. And as a seller, unless you are selling "as-is", it is the responsible thing to check on that.

Cheers and best to you.

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

every ounce-in-awhile, cameras do get a run-thru & proved working still

BebuLamar

Not everyone has a shutter tester and even if one does few besides service station has one that can check shutter speed in auto mode. So there is no warranty on the accuracy of the shutter speeds. I can get perfect exposure on a camera with seriously wrong shutter speeds by simply compensate for what the actual speed is. So showing pictures taken with the camera doesn't prove the accuracy of the shutter speeds.

gwilliams6

Bebu no need for a shutter tester, just make shots at the correct meter settings using various slow to fast shutter speeds, and see if they are properly exposed, and that will indicate that your shutter is working within tolerances of its settings.

As I said, any responsible seller would want to do that for any buyer. Just put yourself in the place of that buyer who paid for your used SLR and the shutter is off. No need to be the jerk and tell them afterwards, "sorry but buyer beware".

I bought a used Canon F1 SLR as that model had been my go-to when I covered the War in Nicaragua between the Sandinistas and Contras, and one of my original Canon F1 copies had gone on to camera heaven. I use the Canon F1 when I teach my university 35mm B&W film courses. The seller verified that the shutter was still within tolerances, and since I got the camera and have extensively used it, I know that he was an honest and responsible seller.

Cheers and best to you all.