What to do with my old 35 SLRs (Page 3): Digital opens up a whole new world of learning. Jump in, challenge yourself, and enjoy. Then decide whether you want to continue with film. Mark...

mffox Loc: Avon, CT

Digital opens up a whole new world of learning. Jump in, challenge yourself, and enjoy. Then decide whether you want to continue with film.
Mark

James R. Kyle Loc: Saint Louis, Missouri (A Suburb of Ferguson)

TJBNovember wrote:

This is my first post having recently discovered t... (show quote)

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Donate to a local "Arts Center"....

That is what I did with three of my cameras = Two Minoltas and Lenses -- and A Medium format (120 roll film) "Omega 100".

Alby144 Loc: Northern Nevada

Listing and selling are two different things. Do a custom search in eBay and look at those, if any that have sold. This is the only way you can get a true idea of value on eBay.

Architect1776 wrote:

Welcome.
The 9xi on Ebay is listing from about $40.00-$100.00 depending on condition. So not a lot of value but better than nothing.

BebuLamar

dynaquest1 wrote:

I got rid of my two Pentax SLR's around 2002 or 2003 - back when kids in Photography class were required to use film SLRs. Now, unless the camera has serious collector value, they are pretty much worthless. Is film better in any way? Some say so. I say, even if shooting film was better in some way, why would you want to go to all the trouble? Go digital and never look back. I did that in 1998.

I don't do photography professionally, I do it for fun! What you called troubles are the fun parts.

dynaquest1 Loc: Austin, Texas

BebuLamar wrote:

I don't do photography professionally, I do it for fun! What you called troubles are the fun parts.

Really? I hardly think going to the store to buy different ASA films; shooting only 12 or 24 or 36 exposures; taking exposed film back to processor; waiting a couple days; going back to the processor to pay and pickup....doing any of those chores would be fun (for anybody).

Besides, I did all that for about 30 years. If it was ever fun doing the above, I maxed out about 1977.

I think you did not understand the intent of my post.

BebuLamar

dynaquest1 wrote:

Really? I hardly think going to the store to buy different ASA films; shooting only 12 or 24 or 36 exposures; taking exposed film back to processor; waiting a couple days; going back to the processor to pay and pickup....doing any of those chores would be fun (for anybody).

Besides, I did all that for about 30 years. If it was ever fun doing the above, I maxed out about 1977.

I think you did not understand the intent of my post.

Not really doing so I would miss a big part of the fun. After complete the shooting I would go into my darkroom and develop the film and then making prints. And yes I do color and not B&W.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Alby144 wrote:

Listing and selling are two different things. Do a custom search in eBay and look at those, if any that have sold. This is the only way you can get a true idea of value on eBay.

Yes, I do have a comprehension of this simple concept of listing and why I said listing. But that is why the range and likely they sell in this range. A good starting point to determine a value range. Of course you could have provided actual selling prices rather than this snide remark. I just chose to not research it as the OP would be able to do this, but the quick look at Ebay was easy to see a trend.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Architect1776 wrote:

Yes, I do have a comprehension of this simple concept of listing and why I said listing. But that is why the range and likely they sell in this range. A good starting point to determine a value range. Of course you could have provided actual selling prices rather than this snide remark. I just chose to not research it as the OP would be able to do this, but the quick look at Ebay was easy to see a trend.

It didn't seem like a snide remark to me, but rather good advice.

Alby144 Loc: Northern Nevada

Thanks John...no matter what somebody says these days somebody is going to be offended by. I share my experiences so others can learn from them and yet some people view my sharing as if I've put them down in some horrible way. I don't understand this mindset at all. Maybe it's how I say things, I am rather direct and really hate beating around the bush.

JohnSwanda wrote:

It didn't seem like a snide remark to me, but rather good advice.

wj cody Loc: springfield illinois

dynaquest1 wrote:

Really? I hardly think going to the store to buy different ASA films; shooting 12 or 24 or 36 exposures; taking exposed film back to processor; waiting a couple days; going back to the processor to pay and pickup....doing any of those chores would make me (or anybody) a better photographer.

Besides, I did all that for about 30 years. If it was going to make me a better photographer, I probably would have max'ed out in 1988.

I think you did not understand the intent of my post.

try developing it yourself.

Lucasdv123

I agree with some of you guys.if you donate them to some hi school,you will feel very good about the the whole thing.

TJBNovember Loc: Long Island, New York

Thanks for all the input and suggestions, including a number of really informative links. I think I'm going to pull the old 35mm out, dust them off and run a couple of rolls of film through them to see how they survived being stashed away. Then go from there.